This document contains Vanuatu’s combined initial, second and third periodic reports to the CEDAW Committee on their ability to meet their international obligations.
The Republic of Vanuatu ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women without any reservations on 13 April 1995. It is incorporated into the laws of Vanuatu through the Ratification Act No. 3 of 1995 with the specific provision under section 1(2) that the Convention is binding on the Republic. It came into force on 14 August 1995 when it was gazetted in the Official Gazette No. 22 of 1995. The instrument of Ratification of the Convention was deposited with the United Nations on 8 September 1995. The Optional Protocol has not been ratified.
This is the combined Initial, Second and Third reports of the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu. As required by Article 18 of the Convention, Vanuatu should have presented its Initial Report in 1996. This was not done and problems relating to Reporting Obligations of States Parties will be covered under Article 18.
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