III. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS, CONTINUED

ICESCR

•          Trinidad and Tobago, ICESCR, E/2003/22 (2002) 45 at paras. 260 and 283.

260. The Committee notes with concern that the State party has not ratified a number of ILO Conventions relevant to economic, social and cultural rights and that it has denounced various human rights instruments, including the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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283. The Committee recommends the State party to ratify the ILO Conventions relevant to economic, social and cultural rights and to withdraw its reservation to article 8 of the Covenant. In addition, the Committee notes with interest the State party's declaration that it will reconsider its position regarding the denunciation of human rights instruments.

CRC

•          Jamaica, CRC, CRC/C/132 (2003) 86 at paras. 405 and 406.

405. ...The Committee is...concerned at the State party’s withdrawal from the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 1998, which eliminated the right to submit individual communications for individuals under the State party’s jurisdiction and which also directly affects persons under 18 years.

406. The Committee recommends that the State party:

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(c) Consider re-acceding to the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.