E/C.12/BFA/CO/1
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Distr.: General
12 July 2016
English
Original: French
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations on the initial report of Burkina
Faso*
1.
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the initial
report of Burkina Faso on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/BFA/1) at its 28th to 30th meetings
(E/C.12/2016/SR.28-30), held on 9 and 10 June 2016, and at its 50th meeting, held on 24
June 2016, adopted the following concluding observations.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee welcomes the submission of the initial report of Burkina Faso,
although it was long overdue, and the written replies by the State party to the list of issues
(E/C.12/BFA/Q/1/Add.1). The Committee also welcomes the constructive dialogue that it
held with the interministerial delegation of the State party.
B.
Positive aspects
3.
The Committee welcomes the ratification by the State party of the following
international human rights instruments:
(a)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional
Protocol, in 2009;
(b)
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance, in 2009;
(c)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, in 2003;
(d)
Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1990, and its Optional Protocols on
the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of
children in armed conflict, in 2006 and 2007, respectively;
(e)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, in 1987, and its Optional Protocol, in 2005;
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-eighth session (6-24 June 2016).
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