KAZAKHSTAN

Special Decisions or Action Taken Re: Reporting

CCPR A/49/40 (1994)

III. METHODS OF WORK OF THE COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE COVENANT: OVERVIEW OF PRESENT WORKING METHODS

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D. Implementation of the Covenant in new States that constituted parts of former States parties to the Covenant

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49. At its forty-seventh session, in March/April 1993, the Committee envisaged, in broader terms, the problems raised in connection with the implementation of the Covenant in former States parties to the Covenant. It considered that all the peoples within the territory of a former State party to the Covenant remained entitled to the guarantees of the Covenant, and that, in particular, ... Kazakhstan ... were bound by the obligations under the Covenant as from the dates of their independence. Consequently, it noted that reports under article 40 of the Covenant became due one year after that date and requested, in notes verbales dated 28 May 1993 addressed to the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of those States, that such reports be submitted to it. 14/ No reports have yet been sent to the Committee in reply to that request.

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14/ See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 40 (A/48/40), para. 41.

CCPR A/58/40 vol. I (2003)

CHAPTER III. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE COVENANT

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

75. At its 1860th meeting, on 24 July 2000, the Committee decided to request Kazakhstan to present its initial report by 31 July 2001, notwithstanding the fact that no instrument of succession or accession has been received from Kazakhstan following its independence. By the time of the adoption of the present report, the initial report of Kazakhstan had still not been received. The Committee once again invites the Government of Kazakhstan to submit its initial report under article 40 at its earliest convenience.

CCPR A/59/40 vol. I (2004)

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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61.	At its 1860th meeting, on 24 July 2000, the Committee decided to request Kazakhstan to present its initial report by 31 July 2001, notwithstanding the fact that no instrument of succession or accession has been received from Kazakhstan following its independence. By the time of the adoption of the present report, the initial report of Kazakhstan had still not been received. The Committee once again invites the Government of Kazakhstan to submit its initial report under article 40 at its earliest convenience. In this context, it welcomes the signature of the Covenant by Kazakhstan on 17 November 2003.

CCPR, A/60/40 vol. I (2005)

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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. With respect to the circumstances that are set out in chapter II, paragraphs 56 and 57, the amended rules of procedure now enable the Committee to consider the compliance by States parties that have failed to submit reports under article 40, or that have requested a postponement of their scheduled appearance before the Committee.

79. At its 1860th meeting, on 24 July 2000, the Committee decided to request Kazakhstan to present its initial report by 31 July 2001, notwithstanding the fact that no instrument of succession or accession had been received from Kazakhstan following its independence. By the time of the adoption of the present report, the initial report of Kazakhstan had still not been received. The Committee once again invites the Government of Kazakhstan to submit its initial report under article 40 at its earliest convenience. In this context, it welcomes the signature of the Covenant by Kazakhstan on 17 November 2003.

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CCPR, A/61/40 vol. I (2006)

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CHAPTER III

SUBMISSION OF REPORTS

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

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74. At its 1860th meeting, on 24 July 2000, the Committee decided to request Kazakhstan to present its initial report by 31 July 2001, notwithstanding the fact that no instrument of succession or accession had been received from Kazakhstan following its independence. By the time of the adoption of the present report, the initial report of Kazakhstan had still not been received. The Committee once again invites the Government of Kazakhstan to submit its initial report under article 40 at its earliest convenience. In this context, it welcomes the ratification of the Covenant by Kazakhstan on 24 January 2006.