Human Rights Index

CRC/C/15/ADD.133 (CRC, 2000)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	w) ratification of ILO Convention No. 138 and African Charter on Rights and Welfare of Child	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments	children general
	Paragraph(s) 4 CRC/C/15/ADD.133 (CRC, 2000)
	n) State ratified 1954 Convention relating to Status of Stateless Persons c) absence of legislation to implement Convention's provision as they affect children	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 17 - Rights related to name, identity, nationality	children general
	Paragraph(s) 34 CRC/C/15/ADD.133 (CRC, 2000)
	r) consider adopting and implementing legislation to implement 1954 Convention	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 17 - Rights related to name, identity, nationality	children general
	Paragraph(s) 35 CRC/C/15/ADD.133 (CRC, 2000)

A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) consider ratification of OP-CEDAW and acceptance of amendment to art. 20, paragraph 1 CEDAW, concerning meeting time of CEDAW	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	general women
	Paragraph(s) 65 A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)

CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) announcement made by delegation that State plans to ratify OP-CAT	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment	general
	Paragraph(s) 6 CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)
	w) announcement by delegation of State concerning recent ratification of OP-CRC-AC, as well as OP-CRC-SC	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment	children persons affected by armed conflict
	Paragraph(s) 7 CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)
	r) ratify OP-CAT as soon as possible	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment	general
	Paragraph(s) 29 CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)

CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 (CEDAW, 2008)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) the State party signed the OP-CEDAW in November 2001	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	general women
	Paragraph(s) 8 CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 (CEDAW, 2008)
	r) fulfil the expressed intention to ratify OP-CEDAW as soon as possible	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	general women
	Paragraph(s) 8 CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 (CEDAW, 2008)
	r) ratify OP-CEDAW and accept, as soon as possible, the amendment to article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention concerning the meeting time of the Committee	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	women
	Paragraph(s) 41 CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 (CEDAW, 2008)
	n) States’ adherence to the nine major international human rights instruments enhances the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of life r) ratify the treaties to which it is not yet a party, namely the ICMW, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	Burundi	2.1 - Status of international instruments 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	migrant workers persons with disabilities women
	Paragraph(s) 44 CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 (CEDAW, 2008)

CRC/C/15/ADD.133 (CRC, 2000)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) (in light of art. 44(6) CRC) initial report and written replies be made widely available to public at large; publication of report be considered along with relevant summary records and concluding observations adopted thereon by CRC r) such document be widely distributed in order to generate debate and awareness of CRC; implementation and monitoring within Government, Parliament and general public, including concerned NGOs r) request international cooperation in this regard	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies	children general
	Paragraph(s) 79 CRC/C/15/ADD.133 (CRC, 2000)

A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) respond in next report to specific issues raised in present concluding comments r) improve collection and analysis of statistical data, disaggegrated by gender and age, and submit such data to CEDAW in next report	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies	general women
	Paragraph(s) 66 A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)
	r) text of present concluding comments be widely disseminated in Burundi so as to inform public, in particular administrators, officials and politicians, of measures taken to guarantee equality de jure and de facto between men and women and of further measures to be adopted in that area r) continue to give broad publicity to CEDAW and OP-CEDAW, general recommendations of CEDAW, Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and results of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century", particularly among women's associations and human rights organizations	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies 4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity	general women
	Paragraph(s) 67 A/56/38(SUPP) (CEDAW, 2001)

CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	i) provide in next periodic report detailed statistical data, disaggregated by crime, ethnicity and gender, on complaints relating to torture and ill-treatment allegedly committed by law enforcement officials, and on related investigations, prosecutions and criminal and disciplinary sanctions i) information is further requested on measures taken to compensate and provide rehabilitation services for victims	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment	general
	Paragraph(s) 28 CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)
	r) disseminate widely reports submitted by Burundi to Committee and latter's conclusions and recommendations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, media and non-governmental organizations	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies	general
	Paragraph(s) 30 CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)
	i) provide, within one year, information on measures taken in response to Committee's recommendations, as contained in paragraphs 9, 10, 19, 20, 21, 23 and 25 above	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies	general
	Paragraph(s) 31 CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)
	r) submit second periodic report on 31 December 2008	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies	general
	Paragraph(s) 32 CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)

CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 (CEDAW, 2008)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	n) the obligation of the State party to implement all the provisions of the Convention systematically and continuously > the Committee views the concerns and recommendations identified in the present concluding observations as requiring the priority attention of the State party r) focus on those areas in its implementation activities and report on action taken and results achieved in its next periodic report r) submit the present concluding observations to all relevant ministries, to Parliament and the judiciary in order to ensure their effective implementation	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	general women
	Paragraph(s) 9 CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 (CEDAW, 2008)
	r) utilize fully, in the implementation of its obligations under the Convention, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which reinforce the provisions of the Convention i) information thereon in the next periodic report	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies 34.1 - Elimination of discrimination against women	general women
	Paragraph(s) 42 CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 (CEDAW, 2008)
	r) respond to the concerns expressed in the present Concluding observations in its next periodic report under article 18 of the Convention r) submit its fifth periodic report, which is due in February 2009, and its sixth periodic report, which is due in February 2013, in a combined report in 2013	Burundi	3.1 - Cooperation with treaty bodies	general women
	Paragraph(s) 46 CEDAW/C/BDI/CO/4 (CEDAW, 2008)

CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	r) continue to request technical cooperation from OHCHR in Burundi and from UN Integrated Office in Burundi, which is to replace UN Operation in Burundi on 1 January 2007	Burundi	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 12.1 - Prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment	general
	Paragraph(s) 27 CAT/C/BDI/CO/1 (CAT, 2007)

A/HRC/4/5 (IE Burundi, 2007)

Annotation		Country	Right	Affected Person
	to the international community w) IE Burundi commends the international community, particularly the Regional Initiative on Burundi, the Security Council, the African Union and the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General, for their efforts in assisting Burundi to attain and consolidate peace	Burundi	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions	general
	Paragraph(s) 86 A/HRC/4/5 (IE Burundi, 2007)
	to the international community w) IE Burundi commends the people of Burundi, the civil society in Burundi and the international community for their role in ensuring that justice was done in the case of those accused of attempted coup	Burundi	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society 6 - Right to an effective remedy, impunity	general
	Paragraph(s) 87 A/HRC/4/5 (IE Burundi, 2007)
	to the international community w) IE Burundi commends Maison Shalom for its work and its leadership, and calls upon the international community to support this initiative and through it the enjoyment of human rights by all Burundians who have been deprived of their dignity by the war and the slow pace of reconstruction and economic recovery	Burundi	3.3 - Cooperation with other international mechanisms and institutions 3.42 - Inter-State cooperation & development assistance 4.3 - Context, statistics, budget, training, dissemination, civil society	general persons affected by armed conflict persons living in poverty
	Paragraph(s) 90 A/HRC/4/5 (IE Burundi, 2007)