E/C.12/RUS/CO/6
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Distr.: General
16 October 2017
Original: English
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the
Russian Federation*
1.
The Committee considered the sixth periodic report of the Russian Federation
(E/C.12/RUS/6) at its 60th and 61st meetings (E/C.12/2017/SR.60 and 61), held on 25 and
26 September 2017, respectively, and adopted the present concluding observations at its
78th meeting, held on 6 October 2017.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee welcomes the submission of the sixth periodic report of the State
party and the submission of the written replies to the list of issues (E/C.12/RUS/Q/6/Add.1).
The Committee appreciates the constructive dialogue that it had with the State party’s highlevel intersectoral delegation.
B.
Positive aspects
3.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s ratification of the:
(a)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2012;
(b)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography in 2013.
4.
The Committee also welcomes the legislative, institutional and policy measures
taken to promote economic, social and cultural rights in the State party, including the:
(a)
Amendments introduced to a number of federal laws through Federal Act No.
272 in 2016, which increased the liability of employers for violations of labour rights;
(b)
Adoption of Federal Act No. 58 in 2013, amending a number of laws aimed
at preventing trafficking in, and exploitation of, children;
(c)
Amendments to Federal Act No. 167 on mandatory pension insurance, which
extended the coverage of the mandatory pension scheme to foreign nationals and stateless
persons with permanent or temporary residence status, as of January 2012;
(d)
Enactment of Federal Act No. 419 to implement the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2014;
(e)
Appointment of human rights commissioners in all 85 constituent entities of
the State party, as of 2016;
* Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-second session (18 September-6 October 2017).
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