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appoint one of its members as Rapporteur for this task. At the thirty-seventh session in
November 2006, the Committee embarked on preliminary discussions about the nature and
necessity of the revisions based on a review of its lists of issues and concluding observations.
Review and revision of the treaty-specific guidelines will continue in 2007 for consideration and
eventual adoption by the Committee.
Follow-up to concluding observations
22.
The 2006 annual report to the General Assembly of CERD includes a table providing a
comprehensive overview of follow-up replies received from States parties in relation to cases in
which the Committee found a violation of the Convention or provided suggestions or
recommendations in cases of non-violation (A/61/18, paras. 487-489). Wherever possible, the
table indicates whether follow-up replies are, or have been considered, satisfactory or
unsatisfactory, and indicates the status of dialogue between the State party and the Rapporteur
for follow-up. The table will be updated annually by the Rapporteur on follow-up to opinions
adopted by the Committee under article 14 of the Convention and included in the Committee’s
annual reports.
23.
At its eighty-eighth session in October-November 2006, HRC has reviewed its follow-up
activities to Views under the Optional Protocol (established in July 1990) and concluding
observations (established in March 2001). Recommendations for the strengthening of these
follow-up procedures will be considered at the Committee’s eighty-ninth session in March 2007.
Individual complaints procedures
24.
On 29 June 2006, at its first session, the Human Rights Council adopted by consensus
resolution 1/3 on the “Open-ended Working Group on an optional protocol to the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, in which it extended the mandate of the
Working Group for a period of two years to elaborate an optional protocol to the Covenant.
The Chairperson of the Working Group initiated drafting in close consultation with CESCR and
with a number of Governments, stakeholders and experts. The draft will be reviewed at the
fourth session of the Working Group, to be held in July 2007.
Dissemination of the work of treaty bodies
25.
A compilation of the concluding observations of CERD for States parties in
Latin America and the Caribbean (1970-2006) was published in 2006 and the OHCHR
regional office in Santiago, in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF), published a second edition of the compilation of concluding observations of CRC
(1993-2006). A subregional workshop on the implementation of the concluding observations of
CRC hosted by the Government of Costa Rica with the support of Plan International, UNICEF
and the World Health Organization (WHO) was held in Costa Rica from 30 October to
1 November 2006.
26.
The Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), in cooperation with the
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), organized a
subregional workshop on implementation of, and follow-up to, concluding comments of
CEDAW from 6 to 9 November 2006, in Bangkok. Government officials, members of
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