Note: The following document is Annex I of the Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (A/56/38)

Annex I

 

                 Rules of procedure of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

 

 

 

Contents

Rule

 

 

 

                  Part one
General rules

 

           I.     Sessions.....................................................................

 

                             1.       Sessions.................................................................

 

                             2.       Regular sessions...........................................................

 

                             3.       Special sessions...........................................................

 

                             4.       Pre-sessional working group..................................................

 

                             5.       Place of sessions..........................................................

 

                             6.       Notification of opening date of sessions.........................................

 

                    II.     Agenda......................................................................

 

                             7.       Provisional agenda.........................................................

 

                             8.       Transmission of the provisional agenda.........................................

 

                             9.       Adoption of the agenda.....................................................

 

                             10.     Revision of the agenda......................................................

 

                   III.     Members of the Committee                                                       

 

                             11.     Members of the Committee...................................................

 

                             12.     Term of office.............................................................

 

                             13.     Casual vacancies..........................................................

 

                             14.     Filling casual vacancies......................................................

 

                             15.     Solemn declaration.........................................................

 

                    IV.     Officers......................................................................

 

                             16.     Election of officers of the Committee............................................

 

                             17.     Term of office.............................................................

 

                             18.     Functions of the Chairperson.................................................

 

                             19.     Absence of the Chairperson at meetings of the Committee............................

 

                             20.     Replacement of officers......................................................

 

                     V.     Secretariat

 

                             21.     Duties of the Secretary-General................................................

 

                             22.     Statements...............................................................

 

                             23.     Financial implications.......................................................

 

                   VI.     Languages...................................................................

 

                             24.     Official languages..........................................................

 

                             25.     Interpretation.............................................................

 

                             26.     Language of documents.....................................................

 

                  VII.     Records.....................................................................

 

                             27.     Records.................................................................

 

                VIII.     Conduct of business............................................................

 

                             28.     Public and private meetings...................................................

 

                             29.     Quorum.................................................................

 

                             30.     Powers of the Chairperson...................................................

 

                   IX.     Voting.......................................................................

 

                             31.     Adoption of decisions......................................................

 

                             32.     Voting rights..............................................................

 

                             33.     Equally divided votes.......................................................

 

                             34.     Method of voting..........................................................

 

                             35.     Conduct during voting and explanation of vote....................................

 

                             36.     Division of proposals.......................................................

 

                             37.     Order of voting on amendments...............................................

 

                             38.     Order of voting on proposals.................................................

 

                             39.     Method of election.........................................................

 

                             40.     Conduct of elections for filling one elective place..................................

 

                    X.     Subsidiary bodies..............................................................

 

                             41.     Subsidiary bodies..........................................................

 

                   XI.     Annual report of the Committee

 

                             42.     Annual report of the Committee................................................

 

                 XII.     Distribution of reports and other official documents 

 

                             43.     Distribution of reports and other official documents................................

 

                XIII.     Participation of specialized agencies and bodies of the United Nations and of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations...................................................

 

                             44.     Participation of specialized agencies and bodies of the United Nations and of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations............................................

 

                             45.     Specialized agencies........................................................

 

                             46.     Intergovernmental organizations and United Nations bodies..........................

 

                             47.     Non-governmental organizations...............................................

 

                  Part two
                  Rules relating to the functions of the Committee

 

                 XIV.     Reports of States parties under article 18 of the Convention

 

                             48.     Submission of reports under article 18 of the Convention.............................

 

                             49.     Failure to submit or late submission of reports.....................................

 

                             50.     Request for additional information..............................................

 

                             51.     Examination of reports.......................................................

 

                             52.     Suggestions and general recommendations.......................................

 

                             53.     Concluding comments.......................................................

 

                             54.     Working methods for examining reports..........................................

 

                  XV.     General discussion.............................................................            

 

                             55.     General discussion.........................................................

 

                             Part three
Rules of procedure for the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

 

                XVI.     Procedures for the consideration of communications received under the Optional Protocol 

 

                             56.     Transmission of communications to the Committee  

 

                             57.     List and register of communications 

 

                             58.     Request for clarification or additional information..................................

 

                             59.     Summary of information.....................................................

 

                             60.     Inability of a member to take part in the examination of a communication  

 

                             61.     Withdrawal of a member.....................................................

 

                             62.     Establishment of working groups and designation of rapporteurs

 

                             63.     Interim measures...........................................................

 

                             64.     Method of dealing with communications 

 

                             65.     Order of communications

 

                             66.     Separate consideration of admissibility and merits..................................

 

                             67.     Conditions of admissibility of communications 

 

                             68.     Authors of communications..................................................

 

                             69.     Procedures with regard to communications received 

 

                             70.     Inadmissible communications.................................................

 

                             71.     Additional procedures whereby admissibility may be considered separately from the merits...

 

                             72.     Views of the Committee on admissible communications   

 

                             73.     Follow-up to the views of the Committee 

 

                             74.     Confidentiality of communications.............................................

 

                             75.     Communiqués.............................................................

 

               XVII.     Proceedings under the inquiry procedure of the Optional Protocol..........................

 

                             76.     Applicability