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Home / CEDAW in Southeast Asia / Regional Overview / Ratification/Reporting Status
 CEDAW Ratification and Reporting Status
Brunei Darussalam |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
24 May 2006 (acceded) |
Article 9 (2) and Article 29(1) |
Not signed |
No report submitted yet; initial report due in June 2007 |
Department of Community Development, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports |
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Cambodia |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
17 Oct 1980 (signed); 15 Oct 1992 (ratified) |
None |
Signed 11 Ratified by the National Assembly but has not been deposited to the UN |
- Combined initial, 2nd and 3rd reports examined at 34th Session, January 2006;
- Combined 4th, 5th report due November 2009 |
Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Cambodian National Council for Women (CNCW) |
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Indonesia |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
29 July 1980 (signed); 13 Sept 1984 (ratified) |
Article 29, paragraph 1 |
Signed 28 Feb 2000, not yet ratified |
- Initial report examined at 7th session, 1988
- Combined 2nd and 3rd reports examined at 18th session, 1998
- Combined 4th and 5th reports examined at 39th session, 2007
- Combined 6th and 7th reports due in 2009 |
Ministry of Women Empowerment (MOWE) |
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Lao PDR |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
17 July 1980 (signed), 14 Aug 1981 (ratified) |
None |
Not signed |
- Initial, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th combined reports examined at 32nd Session, January 2005
- Combined 6th and 7th reports to be examined at 44th Session, 2009
- 8th and 9th combined report due 2014;
Written information on VAW and migrant women workers due 2011 |
National Commission for the Advancement of Women |
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Malaysia |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
5 Jul 1995 (acceded) |
Article 5, paragraph a;
Article 7 paragraph b; Article 11 |
Not signed |
- Initial and 2nd combined reports examined at 35th Session, June 2006
- 3rd and 4th combined reports due in 2008
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Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (MWFCD) |
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Myanmar |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
22 Jul 1997 (acceded) |
Article 29 |
Not signed |
- Initial report examined at 22nd session, January 2000
- 2nd and 3rd combined reports submitted in 2007, examined at 42nd Session, 2008
- 4th and 5th combined report due August 2014
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Myanmar National Committee for Women’s Affairs, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement |
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Philippines |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
15 July 1980 (signed), 5 Aug 1981 (ratified) |
None |
Ratified 12 November 2003 |
- Initial report examined in 1984
- 2nd report examined in 1991
- 3rd and 4th combined reports examined at 16th Session, 1997
- 5th and 6th combined reports examined at 36th Session, 2006
- 7th and 8th combined reports due in 2010
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National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women (NCRFW) |
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Singapore |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
5 Oct 1995 (acceded) |
Article 2;
Article 16;
Article 11, paragraph 1;
Article 29, paragraph 2 |
Not signed |
- Initial and 2nd reports examined at 25th session, July 2001
- 3rd report examined at 39th session, August 2007
- 4th report due in 2009
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Inter-Ministry Committee on CEDAW; Women’s Desk of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports |
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Thailand |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
9 Aug 1985 (acceded) |
Article 16;
Article 29, paragraph 1 |
Ratified 14 June 2000 |
- Initial report (1987)
- 9th Session (1990)
- Combined 2nd and 3rd reports examined at 20th session, 1999
- Combined 4th and 5th reports examined at 34th session, 2006
- Combined 6th and 7th reports due in 2010
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Office of Women’s Affairs and Family Development, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security |
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Timor-Leste |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
16 Apr 2003 (acceded) |
None |
16 April 2003 (acceded) |
- Initial Report submitted May 2008. Report to be reviewed at the 44th Session, 2009
- 44th session (July 2009)
- Combined 2nd and 3rd periodic reports due May 2013;
- Written information on improving women’s access to education, and reducing maternal and infant mortality due 2011 |
Office of the State Secretary for Promotion of Equality |
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Vietnam |
Date of Accession / Ratification |
Reservations |
Optional Protocol |
Reporting Status |
Coordinating Agency for CEDAW Implementation |
29 July 1980 (signed), 17 February 1982 (ratified) |
Article 29, paragraph 1 |
Not signed |
- Initial report examined at 5th Session, Mar 1986
- 2nd report, and combined 3rd and 4th reports, examined at 25th Session, Jul 2001
- Combined 5th and 6th reports examined at 37th Session, Jan 2007
- Combined 7th and 8th reports due in 2011
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Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) |
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