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Gabon

DATE D’EXAMEN :
5 mai 2008 - 10h - 13h

Membership of the Human Rights Council :
2006 - 2008 ; 2008 - 2011

Full name : Gabonese Republic
Population : 1,454,867

Permanent Mission of Gabon to the United Nations Office in Geneva :
Avenue Blanc 47
1202 Geneva
Tel : +41 22 731 68 69
Fax : +41 22 731 68 47
Email : mission.gabon ties.itu.int

Head of delegation :
Mr. Dieudonné Ndiaye
First Counsellor
Chargé d’affaires a.i.

Government type : Republic
Head of State : President Omar Bongo (since 1967)

National Human Rights mechanisms :
- National Human Rights Commission
- Human Rights Ministry
- Woman Promotion and Childhood Protection Ministry (Ministère de la Promotion de la femme et de la protection de l’enfance)
- National Observatory on the Rights of the Child (Observatoire national sur les droits de l’enfant)

Pledges and commitments : Gabon’s voluntary pledges and commitments for the election to the Human Rights Council (submitted April 26th 2006).

Gabon’s position on main resolutions and decisions at the HRC :

In favour : A/HRC/DEC/1/106, A/HRC/DEC/1/107, A/HRC/RES/2/3, A/HRC/RES/2/4, A/HRC/RES/3/1, A/HRC/DEC/4/103, A/HRC/DEC/2/109, A/HRC/RES/S-3/1, A/HRC/RES/4/5, A/HRC/RES/4/9, A/HRC/DEC/2/115, A/HRC/DEC/3/103, A/HRC/RES/6/3, A/HRC/RES/6/7, A/HRC/RES/6/19, A/HRC/RES/7/1, A/HRC/RES/7/4, A/HRC/RES/7/5, A/HRC/RES/7/11, A/HRC/RES/7/18, A/HRC/RES/7/30, A/HRC/RES/7/33, A/HRC/RES/7/36, A/HRC/RES/8/5, A/HRC/RES/8/9

Against : A/HRC/2/L.48 (rejected)

Abstained : A/HRC/RES/S-2/1, A/HRC/RES/6/37, A/HRC/RES/7/15, A/HRC/RES/7/19

No vote : A/HRC/RES/1/2, A/HRC/RES/S-1/1, A/HRC/RES/6/22, A/HRC/RES/S-6/1

For the full list of resolutions and decisions taken by the HRC, see here.

International Labour Organisation Conventions

ConventionRatification DateStatus
C29 Forced Labour Convention, 1930 14.10.1960Ratified
C87 Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 14.10.1960Ratified
C98 Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 29.05.1961 Ratified
C100 Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 13.06.1961 Ratified
C105 Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 29.05.1961 Ratified
C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 29.05.1961 Ratified
C138 Minimum Age Convention, 1973 NO ACTION
C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 NO ACTION
C182 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 28.03.2001 Ratified

Source : www.ilo.org

International Human Rights treaties

TreatyDate of SignatureDate of ratificationDate of accession
1. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, 1948 21.01.1983
2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1966 20.09.1966 29.02.1980
2.a. Amendment to article 8 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 1992NO ACTION
3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 21.01.1983
4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, 1966 21.01.1983
5. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right, 1966 NO ACTION
6. Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity, 1968 NO ACTION
7. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, 1973 29.02.1980
8. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 17.07.1980 21.01.1983
8.a. Amendment to article 20, paragraph 1 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1995 NO ACTION
8.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1999 05.11.2004
9. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1984 21.01.1986 08.09.2000
9.a. Amendments to articles 17 (7) and 18 (5) of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1992 NO ACTION
9.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 2002 15.12.2004
10. International Convention against Apartheid in Sports, 1985 16.05.1986
11. Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 26.01.1990 09.02.1994
11.a. Amendment to article 43 (2) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1995 NO ACTION
11.b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, 2000 08.09.2000
11.c. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 2000 08.09.2000 01.10.2007
12. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 1989 NO ACTION
13. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, 1990 15.12.2004
14. Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1992 NO ACTION
15. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 30.03.2007 01.10.2007
15.a. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 25.09.2007
16. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 2006 25.09.2007

Reservations, Declarations and Objections

Sources : www.ohchr.org






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