Stop Violence Against Women
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

last updated July 16, 2004

First Periodic Report
(Articles 6-9)

  • Due: 1 September 1977
  • Submitted: 7 April 1978

First Periodic Report
(Articles 10-12)

  • Due: 1 September 1979
  • Submitted: 5 June 1980

First Periodic Report
(Articles 13-15)

  • Due: 1 September 1981
  • Submitted: 24 April 1981

Second Periodic Report
(Articles 6-9)

  • Due:1 September 1983
  • Submitted: 21 November 1983

Second Periodic Report
(Articles 10-12)

  • Due: 1 September 1986
  • Submitted: 20 October 1986

Second Periodic Report
(Articles 13-15)

  • Due: 30 June 1994
  • Submitted: 1 September 1989

Third Periodic Report

Fourth Periodic Report (French) (Spanish)

  • Due: 30 June 1999
  • Submitted: 15 November 2001
  • Summary record of the 4th meeting
  • Concluding observations of the Committee
  • The Committee welcomed efforts to increase women's participation in the political sphere and to protect against discrimination in the workplace. It expressed concern, however, over wage disparities between women and men, as well as sexual harassment of women. The Committee encouraged the government to pass the draft law, "On State Guarantees of Equal Rights and Freedoms, and Equal Opportunities, for Men and Women in the Russian Federation" and to adopt legislation prohibiting sexual harassment in the workplace and improving the work environment for women.

Fifth Periodic Report

  • Due: 30 June 2008

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Upcoming Reports
Russian Federation's Fifth Periodic Report under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is due on 30 June 2008.