E/C.12/UGA/CO/1
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
Distr.: General
8 July 2015
Original: English
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Concluding observations on the initial report of Uganda*
1.
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considered the initial
report of Uganda on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights (E/C.12/UGA/1) at its 36th to 38th meetings (E/C.12/2015/SR.36–38),
held on 10 and 11 June 2015, and adopted the following concluding observations at its 50th
meeting, held on 19 June 2015.
A.
Introduction
2.
The Committee welcomes the initial report submitted by the State party despite the
considerable delay, the supplementary information provided in the replies to the list of
issues (E/C.12/UGA/Q/1/Add.1) and the State party’s common core document
(HRI/CORE/UGA/2015). The Committee also appreciates the oral replies to questions
posed during the dialogue with the State party’s delegation despite its limited composition,
which affected its capacity to respond to all the questions.
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 September 2008;
(b)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict, in May 2002;
(c)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of
children, child prostitution and pornography, in 2001;
(d)
International Labour Organization (ILO) Equal Remuneration Convention,
1951 (No. 100), in 2005; Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958
(No. 111), in 2005; Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), in 2003; and Worst Forms
of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), in 2001.
* Adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session (1–19 June 2015).
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