SEYCHELLES

Special Action or Decisions taken Concerning Reporting

CCPR, A/66/40, vol. I (2011)

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Chapter III: Submission of reports by States parties under Article 40 of the Covenant

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B. Overdue reports and non-compliance by States parties with their obligations under Article 40

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78. At its ninety-eighth session... the Committee decided to consider the situation of civil and political rights in Seychelles at its 101^st session (March 2011) in the absence of a report, as the State party had not submitted its initial report, due on 4 August 1993. At its 101^st session (March 2011), the Committee undertook this review in the absence of a report and a delegation and absent replies to the list of issues. Provisional concluding observations were sent to the State party, with a request to submit its initial report by 1 April 2012 and to comment on the concluding observations within one month from the date of their transmission. On 26 April 2011, the State party requested an extension of time until the end of May 2011 to respond to the concluding observations. On 27 April 2011, the Committee granted the State party this request. On 13 May 2011, the State party submitted comments on the provisional concluding observations and indicated that it would submit a report by April 2012. In July 2011, during the 102^nd session, the Committee decided to await the State party’s report before taking matters any further.

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