Periodic Reports

Subsequent reports of a States party that has already presented its Initial Report are called periodic reports. These are submitted every four years thereafter. At this stage a set of questions is prepared by a smaller group of experts called the pre-sessional working group. at its previous session called pre-sessionals in order to elicit clarifications or to ask for more information if the report is not comprehensive enough. For example, if a state is going to be reviewed in July, the pre-sessional working group will meet at the end of the January session for that state. These are then sent to the government and they have to submit written replies. The oral review takes only one day at which time the written replies are considered.

These periodic reports follow certain guidelines set out by the CEDAW Committee. For more information on writing a States party report to the CEDAW Committee, click here.

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