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E/C.12/GNQ/CO/1 to continuously evaluate the effects of such reforms and other measures on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. 18. The Committee encourages the State party to consider signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 19. The Committee also encourages the State party to consider acceding to the second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict; the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol; and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 20. The Committee requests the State party to disseminate these concluding observations widely among all sectors of society, particularly public officials, the judiciary and civil society organizations. 21. The Committee requests the State party to submit a comprehensive initial report on its implementation of the Covenant, with special emphasis on the issues raised and concerns expressed in these observations and during the discussion with Committee members, in accordance with the guidelines on treaty-specific documents to be submitted by States parties under articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant (E/C.12/2008/2) within two years from the date of issuance of these concluding observations. In this connection, the Committee wishes to highlight the commitment made by the representatives of Equatorial Guinea who met with the Committee to submit a comprehensive initial report within the allotted time period that takes account of the Committee’s comments and suggestions. In addition, the Committee urges the State party to ensure that civil society organizations are involved in the national debate held prior to its submission of its initial report. GE.12-48675 5

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Concluding observations of the Committee in the absence of an initial report from Equatorial Guinea as approved by the Committee at its forty-ninth session (14–30 November 2012)

Concluding Observations

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Equatorial Guinea

Rights Involved

Right to education
Right to health
Rights of migrants/non-citizens
Rights of persons with disabilities
Rights of the child
Rights of women and girls

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Non-discrimination
Progressive realization
Resource allocation
Transparency

International Human Rights Body

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Date: Dec 13, 2012

Summary: In their Concluding Observations of Equatorial Guinea, the CESCR recommends the State party strengthen its data-collection system, allocate the maximum amount of its available resources for social services and assistance, redouble its efforts to combat corruption and to ensure the transparency, adopt all measures necessary to protect human rights defenders and activists, adopt measures to eliminate discrimination against women, and step up its efforts to combat poverty. On maximum available resources, the Committee encourages the State party to honour its commitment to raise the percentage of its budget devoted to the social sector in the coming fiscal year.

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