Statement by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its relationship with non-governmental organizations

1. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (hereinafter "the Committee") considers that its close cooperation with non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

1 working on women’s human rights is essential for the promotion and implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (hereinafter "the Convention") and its Optional Protocol.

2. The purpose of this statement is to clarify and strengthen the Committee’s relationship with NGOs and to enhance the role of NGOs in the implementation of the Convention by States parties at the national level.

3. NGOs play a strategically important role and contribute to the Committee’s activities before and during the monitoring procedures of the Convention and its Optional Protocol and often have a catalytic role in enhancing implementation of the Convention at the national level. Since 1988, NGOs have submitted alternative/shadow reports for the Committee’s consideration of State party reports. The sixth Meeting of Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies in 1995 stressed the central function of NGOs to provide reliable information necessary for the conduct of activities of the treaty bodies. As a result of these developments, the Committee included in its Rules of Procedures as revised in 2001 Rule 47 on NGOs which stipulates: that "

Representatives of non-governmental organizations may be invited by the Committee to make oral or written statements and to provide information or documentation relevant to the Committee’s activities under the Convention to meetings of the Committee or to its pre—sessional working group."

Implementation of the Convention

4. Whenever appropriate and feasible, it is desirable that governments involve NGOs in various aspects of the promotion and implementation of the Convention, General Recommendations, the Committee’s views under the Optional protocol and the Committee’s concluding observations. This should in no way compromise the legal obligation of the State party to be solely accountable for the implementation of the Convention. The Committee recommends that the State party encourage and, to the extent possible, provide sustained funding to NGOs in their activities relating to the promotion and monitoring of the implementation of the Convention, its Optional Protocol and the Committee’s concluding observations. This would enable their participation in the constructive dialogue with the Committee.

Role of NGOs in the CEDAW reporting process

5. The Committee, through its rules of procedure and its practice of informal meetings with NGOs, has created a space for NGOs to play a constructive role in the reporting process and review by the Committee of the State party’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention.

6. Taking note of the fact that consideration of the States parties’ reports by the Committee is based on a constructive dialogue with States parties, the Committee considers it necessary that this dialogue is based on information received not only by State parties, UN entities and National Human Rights Institutions, but also from NGOs to ensure a constructive dialogue.

7. NGOs are encouraged to provide alternative or shadow reports on States parties’ reports relating to the implementation of some or all the provisions of the Convention or specific themes focusing on gaps in implementation of the Convention or the Committee’s concluding observations. NGOs may provide comments and suggestions to the State party’s reports in any way they see fit.

Consultation and inputs into the State party report

8. The Committee recommends that States parties consult NGOs when they prepare the State report and make this report available to all sectors of civil society. The State party is encouraged to invite NGOs to provide their input. This does not imply that NGOs take over the writing of the report or undertake a joint reporting with the State party. At all times the report has to be the report of the State party. Furthermore, the role played by NGOs in providing information for the report of the State party should not exclude the possibility of submitting an alternative/shadow report. The Committee often raises questions with States parties, asking whether NGOs have been consulted in the writing of the report and whether there has been collaboration and transparency in the reporting process.

Submission of alternative/shadow reports and presentation of oral information to the Committee’s Pre-sessional working group

9. The Committee stresses that it is highly desirable that alternative/shadow reports of NGOs be received in a timely manner for consideration by the Committee’s pre sessional working group (PSWG). It also welcomes participation of NGOs at the PSWG meeting for oral presentations and clarifications with regard to the information provided with the aim of preparing the List of Issues and Questions, composed of some 30 questions. It is particularly valuable to have NGO input at this early stage of the reporting process.

Alternative/shadow reports and presentation of oral information at the meetings of the Committee

10. The Committee welcomes written alternative/shadow NGOs reports submitted to the Committee, NGOs oral presentations to the Committee during the session and NGOs presence during the examination of the State party by the Committee as observers. In the past few years, the practice of the Committee has been to

provide a time slot for its public informal meeting with NGOs in its agenda on the first day of the first and second week of each session. During these informal meetings, NGOs make oral presentations of their written reports and respond to additional questions by Committee members. There are additional opportunities for NGOs to provide detailed alternative information to the Committee during informal lunch hour briefings (side-events); these briefings are usually held the day ahead of a review of a State party report.2

Alternative/shadow reports under the Committee’s Follow-up procedure

11. The Committee adopted a follow-up procedure to its concluding observations at its forty-first session and decided on its methodology at its forty-fifth session, whereby a State party is requested to submit information within one or two years on action taken to implement the recommendations selected under the follow up procedure. Usually two recommendations are selected for the procedure. NGOs are encouraged to submit alternative information for the attention of the Committee by the same deadline as the State party. All information received under this procedure is made available on the Committee’s website.

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Alternative/shadow reports to exceptional reports

12. Whenever the Committee requests an exceptional report in line with Article 18 (1) (b) of the Convention and its Rules of Procedure, NGOs are encouraged to submit alternative/shadow reports on situations warranting such exceptional reports.

Inputs to the elaboration and use of the Committee’s General recommendations

13. The Committee encourages NGOs to provide inputs on general recommendations under elaboration and to make use of the Committee’s general recommendations in its advocacy efforts.

Utilization of the Convention and the procedures under its Optional Protocol

14. An NGO may provide assistance to alleged individual victims or groups of victims of human rights violations under the Convention by submitting communications to the Committee under its communications procedure on behalf of such individuals or groups of individuals. NGOs may also, in appropriate situations, provide reliable information on grave or systematic violations of women‘s human rights in relation to the mandate of the Committee to conduct an inquiry under the Optional Protocol

4.

Enhancing global reach

15. The Committee welcomes input from national and international NGOs and notes that due to logistical and financial constraints it is not always feasible for NGOs to attend the Committee’s sessions in Geneva or New York. The Committee, therefore, welcomes the use of new technology for enhanced representations from all regions during its sessions, such as videoconference links and webcasting.

16. The Committee welcomes enhanced outreach and awareness of the Convention and its Optional Protocol, its concluding observations, general recommendations, views and decisions and recognizes the important role of the NGOs in this process. It further encourages NGOs and other stakeholders to contribute to the process of translation of the Committee documents into local languages, with the aim of enhancing the outreach and awareness of the Convention and its Optional Protocol.

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Footnotes

1 For the purpose of this statement, the broad term NGOs also includes representatives of civil society, trade unions, women’s grassroots organizations and others. The term is non-exclusive and does not limit itself to NGOs that have been accredited by ECOSOC.

2 For details of the procedures to follow, kindly refer to the NGO note for each session, available on the website.

3 For detailed information about the follow-up procedure, please see the website http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/followup.htm

4 Please find specific information about how to submit individual complaints under the Optional Protocol to CEDAW in its [Fact Sheet] adopted at its 44th session, [available at…]



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JULGAMENTU ADIA TANBA JUIZ NIA KONDISAUN SAUDE LA PERMITE

Iha mediu de fulan Dezembru tinan ida ne’e, Juiz iha Tribunal Distrital de Oe-Cusse la hala’o ninia aktividade hanesan bai-bain halo Julgamentu ba kazu balun ne’ebe maka notifikadu tiha ona antes atu prosesa. Aktividade julgamentu la konsegue hala’o tanba Juiz iha tribunal refere nia kondisaun la permite (Moras) nune’e sei trata nia kondisaun iha Dili. Nune’e mos Ministeriu Publiku (MP) ne’ebe maka reprezentante estadu halo akuzasaun ba ema ne’ebe maka komete krime ne’e mos sei iha Dili tanba nia familia hetan aksidente trafiku.

Iha dia 15 de Dezembru 2009 liu husi Ofisial da Justisa informa ba lezado katak aksidente trafiku ho Numeru Prosesu 47/PCO/2009/TDO la bele realiza tanba razaun Juiz moras. Nune’e julgamentu sei adia ba loron seluk iha tinan foun 2010. Konaba prosesu ida ne’e tribunal sei hato’o notifikasaun foun ba partes sira atu hahu sira nia kazu.

Tuir JSMP nia observasaun iha dia 14-15 de Dezembru 2009, aktividade julgamentu iha Tribunal Oe-Cusse provizoriamente la iha tanba Juiz nia kondisaun la permite(moras). Nune’e mos la iha kazu ne’ebe maka urjente atu julga. Tuir informasaun ne’ebe maka JSMP hetan husi Ofisial Justisa iha tribunal refere hateten katak, durante fulan Dezembru julgamentu oituan deit tanba kazu ne’ebe to’o iha tribunal oituan. Nune’e mos iha kazu balun ne’ebe maka adiadu tanba arguidu muda fatin sem fo informasaun ba tribunal.

Tuir estatistika ne’ebe maka JSMP hetan iha nia observasaun hatudu katak kazu foun ne’ebe maka regista iha tinan ida ne’e 48 no kazu tuan ne’ebe maka pendente iha 18. la iha informasaun konaba kazu desididu, maibe ida ne’e hatudu katak sei iha impedementus barak ne’ebe maka tribunal refere hasoru, nune’e presiza esforsu barak liu tan atu hamenus kazu krime sira ne’ebe maka sei pendente iha tinan foun oin mai.

Atu hetan informasaun kle’an favor kontaktu:

Luis de Oliveira Sampaio
Diretor Ezekutivu JSMP
Diresaun e-mail: luis@jsmp.minihub.org
Landline: 3323883

Centro Feto Enclave OEcusse, Gender Focal Point no IRELAND AID komemora anniversariu ba tinan 10 rekonhesementu UNO ba loron Mundial Eliminasaun violensia Kontra feto iha distrito Oecusse.

Oecusse, Pante Makassar 25 Nov 2009

Oras hatudu tuku 20 kalan, komemorasaun anniversariu Tinan 10 Loorn Eliminasaun Violensia kontra feto halao iha Kampu Ikrar Bender Administrador Distrito Oecusse nia oin, CFEO, GFP no IRELAND AID hamutuk ne’ebe chefia husi Administrador Distrito sai hanesan organisador no suportador ba komemorasaun oda nee atu hahu lembra fali no refleta lalaok importansia loron nee ba moris feto no labarik feto iha distrito Nee.

Refleksaun kalan nee, hatudu husi apresentasaun oin-oin ne’ebe lori husi grupu teatru drama, grupu dansa no grupu banda musical local sira no iha mos refleksaun basea ba thema “ Tinan 10 resin, tansa feto sei nafatin sai vitima Violensia iha uma no publiku?”.

Komemorasaun ne’ebe hahu lolos iha tuku 20 kalan nee remata iha oras 00 lolos antes ahi oan mate ne’ebe distrito nee mos hasoru hanesan obstaklus katak ahi elektrisidade mate iha oras fahe kalan lolos.

Maski udan ne’ebe espera sei sai hanesan tauk ba komemorasaun nee maybe audiensias ne’ebe mayoria fetono mane jovens inklui inan no labarik sira kontente hetan animasaun inklui partisipa iha dialogu ho nai ulun sira liu husi perguntas ne’ebe hatoo ba audiensias sira.

Inspektora Umbelina, husi PNTL VPU Nasional Dili, ne’ebe partisipa iha komemorasaun nee, husu perguntas oinsa aman sir abele hanorin oan sira atu hapara violensia ba sira nia alin feto no ema seluk iha uma laran, resposta ne’ebe hetan halo ema hotu haksolok, liu-liu tan respostas ne’ebe fo, maski la mai husi aman rasik maybe mai husi joven sira ne’ebe hare katak ida nee mak mensagem ne’ebe ohin grupu drama sira apresenta.

Adminstrador Distrito Oecuse Jose Anunu, iha ninia intrudusaun rekonehse dadus tinan ba tinan husi Distrito Oecusse ne’ebe hatudu numeru Violensia domestika aas liu hanesan krimi iha distrito Nee. Maski nune nia fiar katak parte hotu sei servisu hamutuk liu-liu ho PNTL no Sosiedade Sivil sira atu hapara sirklu violensia iha uma laran ba feto no labarik feto.

Iha remata, grupu banda musical ne’ebe anima audensia sira taka seremonia kalan nee ho musika ne’ebe furak halo partisipantes no bainaka sira hotu kontenti no taka ho dansa tebe-tebe hamutuk.

Hamutuk besik ema 200 resin partisipa iha seremonia kalan nee no ba tulun hotu ne’ebe hetan husi IRELAND AIR liu husi unidade Gender hamutuk USD 1000 dolar baaktifidades nee hetan suksesu ho diak.

Ba informasaun klaru liu tan bele kontaktu CFEO iha centrofeto_encalveoecusse@yahoo.com

Loron 10 Depois Eleisaun Lider Komunitaria iha Distrito Oecusse

Data Remarku : 09 Outubru 2009

Centro Feto Enclave Oecusse, Congratula Eleitores hamutuk 37.091 nebe’e registru nudar eleitores iha livru votantes ba suku hamutuk 18 iha kada Sub distrito 4 iha Distrito Enclave Oecusse. CFEO congratula liu tan ba Eleitores feto sira nebe’e hamutuk 50.53 % ka 18.675 iha Distrito ne’e.

Lei Lideransa Komunitaria no sira nia eleisaun (3/2009) bele hateten lao ho suksesu kompara ho eleisaun Suku 2004, tinan 4 liu ba.

Maski nune’e CFEO mos sei fiar katak, iha eleisaun Lideransa komunitaria ba Tinan nee Feto no mane hotu hasoru informasaun nebe menus atu hatene kona ba iha nebe los sira nia naran iha livru votantes ba kada Sentru Votasaun.

Sekretariu Tekniku Administrasaun ba Eleisaun ka STAE hatudu ona ninia esforsu tomak hodi garante duni implementasaun husi mandate nebe’e mak sira simu inklui Mos Comisaun Nasional ba Eleisaun laiha violasaun signifakantes ba Direitu Umanus Votantes sira nian.

CFEO mos Congratula, Kandidatu Pakote 83 nebe’e kumpri ona sira nia komprimisu durante loron 10 hahu 28 –Setembru ate 7 Outubru hodi halao sira nia kampanha ho hakmatek no hakruuk ba kodigu konduta nebe iha.

CFEO kontente tebes ho posisaun kandidatu Feto nain 7 nebe’e konkore ona ba eleisaun lideransa Komunitaria iha tinan 2009 nebe’e hatudu pasu positifu ba mudansa Feto rurais nia partisipasaun iha vida politika kompara ho eleisaun Chefi Suku iha tinan 2004. CFEO kuntinua hakarak servisu ho Kandidatu Feto nain 7 nebe’e la liu dauk iha eleisaun ba tinan ne’e hodi desenvolve feto maluk iha suku laran ba sosiedade nebe’e sustentavel liu tan no Sai Lideransa nebe’e sensivel ba assuntu iqualidade de generu iha suku laran.

CFEO sei kuntinua mos buka servisu hamutuk ho lideransa komunitaria eleitu sira husi suku 18 hodi fahe esperensia ba sira hirak nebe’e la dauk eleitu ho agenda ba transformasaun sosiedade iha futuru Oecusse nebe’e respeita direitu humanus no asegura katak partisipasaun feto no mane iha desenvolvementu hodi halakon diskriminasaun hotu kontra feto no labarik feto.

CFEO mos hakarak hatoo ninia dedikasaun ba servisus voluntaries hamutuk nain 20 nebe’e hola parte iha Observadores ba Eleisaun tinan ne’e. Hamutuk feto 14 no mane nain 6 namkari iha sentru Votasaun 18 iha Suku 12.

Distrito Oecusse, hanesan distrito Ketan, iha tinan 4 liu ba, sai hanesan Distrito Pilotu ba implementasaun Eleisaun Suku no depois tinan 5, Eleisaun Lideransa Komunitaria implementa universalmente iha distrito 13 inklui suku hamutuk 442 iha Timor Leste laran tomak.

Ikus Liu, CFEO fiar hanesan ninia visaun katak sei kuntinua Servi ba Feto Oecusse, Servi ba Feto Timor, sei hein katak, Lider Eleitu sira se servi hamutuk ho CFEO hodi halao Visaun nee.

Mai hamutuk ho ami ………………….
Servi ba Feto Oecusse, Servi ba Feto Timor.


Ba Informasaun liu tan bele kontaktu
Maria Hanjam Soriano
Project Officer
CFEO
centrofeto_enclaveoecusse@yahoo.com

bele hare mos husi timortoday konaba eleisaun LK iha Oecusse iha nee

http://timortoday.com/news/eleisaun-lk-iha-oecusse-lao-normal/

Vota ba Feto, Vota ba Pas

Retratu Kampanha Kandidatu Pakote Feto haleu Distrito Oe cussse

Profile Kandidata Feto

Abani, Sabadu 3 Outobru 2009

Marcelina Punef, Kandidatu Feto ida husi Pakote 8 ne’ebe kompete ba eleisaun Lider Komunitaria husi Suku Abani, Sub Distrito Passabe, Distrito Oecusse, oras ne’e dadauk tama iha prosesu halao kampanha ba loron 4 iha ninia Suku Abani, besik 44 Kilometru husi Kapital distrito Oecusse.

Marcelina , ne’ebe naran nia toman atu bolu ne’e, kompete hamutuk ho nia feto maluk ida no mane nain 6 seluk ho total pakote 8 ba Suku Abani ne’ebe iha deit total eleitores hamutuk Rihun tolu atus walu resin hitu.

Marcelina, inan husi oan mane rua no feto rua ne’e, hateten katak, nia rasik sinti iha konfiansa boot maski nia hare katak numeru pakote 8 hanesan numeru ne’ebe barak tebes kompara ho ninia total eleitores iha suku laran.

Marcelina ne’ebe iha nia idade 63 kandidata nia aan husi Suku Abani, hanesan suku ida husi Sub Distrito Pasabe ne’ebe isoladu liu husi Kapital distrital Oecusse ne’e iha deit aldeia nain 3, hanesan Pasabe, Naetuna no Haemnanu. Marcelina hare katak iha loron 3 oin mai tan, nia tengki hakaas aan atu kompleta ninia planu kampanha ba Suku nian hamutuk ho nia membrus struktura pakote husi Pakote ne’ebe mak iha.

Hatutan ba nia hanoin ho thema kampanha Centro Feto Enclave Oecusse nian ba Vota ba Feto, Vota ba Pas. Marcelina hateten katak nia hare asuntu Pas ba komunidade laos uniku iha feto nia liman deit, maibe nia fiar katak liu husi lideransa ne’ebe feto sira iha hanesan inan no nudar feto ba komunidade, jeitu hamenus konflitu no resolve problema ho Dame se sai hanesan dalan ba nia atu sai Lideransa ne’ebe transforma komunidade.

Iha loron Sabadu , tama iha loron Terseiru Kampanha Nian, Marcelina la dauk gasta orsamentu barak, tamba nia hare mayoria simpatijantes sira mai voluntariamente no nia gastas kustus kiik deit ba logistika komisaun kampanha nian.

Husi indikasaun Dadus basea ba Resultadu Hatama Pakote iha eleisaun Suku 2009, pakote 8 sai hanesan pakote ne’ebe ho montante boot liu kompara ho Suku seluk husi total suku hamutuk 442 iha Timor Leste. No Uniku Suku ne’ebe iha kandidata Feto ba Chefi Suku liu husi Ida.

Mai hamutuk ho ami, vota ba kandidata Feto, hakilar Marcelina hodi taka nia kampanha iha Aldeia Pasabe loron Sabadu 3 Outubru 2009.

Husi Total Pakote hamutuk 83 ne’ebe registu offisialmente iha STAE distrito Oecusse hamutuk iha kandidato pakote nain 6 mak chefia husi Feto. Centro Feto Kuntinua monitora lalok kampanha durante loron 7 husi data 30 de Septembru ate data 6 de Outubru hodi fo kbiit ba feto sira liu husi sira nia kampanha.

Programma ne’e hola parte husi programa boot Feto iha Politika UNIFEM iha Timor Leste nian, liu husi Projeitu Haforsa kapasitasaun Feto sira iha Hari'i Nasaun no Rekonstruisaun Hafoin Konflitu ne’ebe fasilita husi REDE FETO Timor Leste, no implementa husi Centro Feto Enclave Oecusse, liu husi Fundus ne’ebe hetan husi UNIFEM no UNDEF iha Timor Leste.

Ba informasaun klaru liu tan bele kontaktu ba centrofeto_enclaveoecusse@yahoo.com

Inagurasaun Uma Media iha Enclave Oecusse-Pasu ida ba elimina izolasaun informasaun ba rai Ketan Enclave Oecusse

Uma Media Oecusse,4 Septembru 2009.

Tuku 10 liu minutu 15, muzika tradisional tebe-tebe dere ho lian makaas no furak, menina oan nain 8 hatais ropa tradisional ne’ebe mos furak, bidu tuir musika tebe-tebe ne’e hakat neneik hodi simu bainaka sira ne’ebe mai husi Kapital Dili, liu minutu 3, menina oan ida, tara selendang hanesan simbolu ba benvidu ba bainaka hirak ne’e, muzika mos para no ema hotu basa liman ho haksolok.Husi numeru hirak bainaka ne’e, iha Chuck Rice, International Centre For Journalist iha Timor Leste nia Country Director. Nia sorin seluk, Hamriik lolos kedas, Administrador Distrito Oecusse, Jose Tanesib Anunu, membrus seluk maka Representante husi United State Agency for International Development ka USAID no mos Representante husi Australian Agency for International Development ka AUSAID.

Dader ne’e, sira hotu marka iha Uma Media Regional Oecusse nian, hanesan pasu ida atu inagura Uma Media Enclave Oecusse. Bainaka sira hotu ne’ebe kompostu barak liu husi maluk Jornalista sira haksolok ho seremonia dadersan ne’e, hanesan mos ho Koordenador Uma media Oecusse : Filomena Sila hateten iha nia lia fuan ba konvidadus hotu. Filomena Sila Nudar Journalista Feto ida ne'ebe antes ne'e servi nudar Koordenador Radio Komunidade Atoni Lifau besik tinan 5 nia laran.

Ba Maluk Journalista sira spesialmente, Direktora ICFJ iha nia lia fuan intrudusaun hateten katak, nia sinti urgulhu tamba hatene katak liu husi Funsionamentu Uma Media Enclave Oecusse, bele fo pasu ida ba oin atu liga diak liu tan no halo besik liu tan rai ketan enclave ne’e ho regiaun seluk.Nia rasik fiar katak povu Enclave Oecusse sei benefisiu diak liu tan husi fasilitasaun hirak ne’ebe Uma Media se fornese i liu-liu ba Journalista sira iha regiaun ne’e.

Uma media iha Enclave Oe-cusse ne’e mai husi inisiativa konjunta ida husi Asosiasaun Jornalista Timor Leste (AJTL), Sindikatu Jornalista Timor-Leste (SJTL), Centre Jornalista Investigativu Timor Leste (CJITL), the Timor-Leste Photographers Association (TILPA), Asosiasaun Radio Komunidade Timor-Leste (ARKTL), no the International Center For Journalists (ICFJ), no ida ne’e sai sentru segundu husi grupu ida ne’ebe kompostu husi lima ne’ebe estabelese ona iha Dili, Baucau, Ermera, Suai, no Oe-Cusse.

Iha dader kmanek ne’e mos, Radio Komunidade Atoni Lifau- RCAL ne’ebe foin hotu ninia konstruksaun fisika mos hetan inagurasaun husi AUSAID ne’ebe sai hanesan doador ba rehabilitasaun Radio Lokal ne’e. Inagurasaun ne’e kuntinua ho bensaun ba salaun, tesi fita no refresaun no taka ho han meudia hamutuk.Kuaje besik bainaka lokal no nasional besik 70 partisipa iha seremonia kmanek dader ne’e.