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Lao (People's Democratic Republic of)

Status of Ratifications
Reporting Status
Standing invitation to Special Procedures
(No invitation extended)
Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
(Not member of the Human Rights Council)

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Lao (People's Democratic Republic of) and UN Charter-based Bodies

Lao (People's Democratic Republic of) and UN Treaty Bodies

Universal Periodic Review

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Special Procedures

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Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material - Mission to Lao People’s Democratic Republic (A/HRC/40/51/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief - Mission to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (A/HRC/13/40/Add.4)

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Most recent concluding observations

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2018) CCPR/C/LAO/CO/1

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2018) CEDAW/C/LAO/CO/8-9

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2018) CRC/C/LAO/CO/3-6

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography
Concluding observations (2015) CRC/C/OPSC/LAO/CO/1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Concluding observations (2015) CRC/C/OPAC/LAO/CO/1

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2012) CERD/C/LAO/CO/16-18

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