Contributed by: Artur Czerwinski, Poland National VAW Monitor

Last updated: 17 November 2008

First Periodic Report

• Due: 4 January 1970
• Submitted: 14 January 1970

Second Periodic Report

• Due: 4 January 1972
• Submitted: 18 February 1972

Third Periodic Report

• Due: 4 January 1974
• Submitted: 23 January 1974

Fourth Periodic Report

• Due: 4 January 1976
• Submitted: 22 March 1976

Fifth Periodic Report

• Due: 4 January 1978
• Submitted: 17 February 1978

Sixth Periodic Report

• Due: 4 January 1980
• Submitted: 2 May 1980

Seventh Periodic Report

• Due: 4 January 1982
• Submitted: 5 July 1982

Eighth Periodic Report

• Due: 4 January 1984
• Submitted: 28 November 1984

Ninth Periodic Report

• Due: 4 January 1986
• Submitted: 7 October 1986

Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Periodic Reports
(consolidated)

• Due: 4 January 1988
• Submitted: 10 July 1992
• Concluding observations of the Committee (French) (Spanish)

Thirteenth and Fourteenth Periodic Reports (French) (Spanish)
(consolidated)

• Due: 4 January 1994
• Submitted: 26 January 1997
• Summary record of the 1222nd meeting (French) (Spanish)
• Concluding observations of the Committee (French) (Spanish)

Fifteenth and Sixteenth Periodic Reports (French) (Spanish)
(consolidated)

• Due: 4 January 1998
• Submitted: 23 July 2001
• Concluding observations of the Committee
• The Committee welcomed the establishment of the Committee for National and Ethnic Minorities. It also noted the mandate of the Office of Plenipotentiary for Equal Gender Status's expansion to cover all forms of discrimination. The Committee was concerned that cases of racial hatred had been dismissed due to perceived minimal societal damage. The Committee felt that all incidences of racial hatred are equally harmful. The Committee was also concerned over reports of racially motivated harassment against Jews, Roma, and people of African and Asian origin. The Committee suggested that the Polish government strengthen its efforts to deal with all cases. The Committee also welcomed the government's implementation of a program that guaranteed the rights of the Roma population in the Malopolska region, encouraging the government to extend the program to all regions of the country. The Committee affirmed efforts to include human rights education in school curriculum and encouraged the government to expand its efforts beyond schools to the mass media.

Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Periodic Reports
(consolidated)

• Due: 4 January 2006
• Submitted: 19 February 2008