2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Discrimination against women in Africa is of such widespread occurrence that the Commission would also like to receive reports on measures to eliminate this anachronism. The report should be in two parts. Part One should describe: (a) As concisely as possible the actual, general, social, economic, political and legal framework within which a State Party approaches the elimination of discrimination against women in all its forms, as defined in the Convention; (b) Any legal and other measures adopted to implement the Convention or their absence as well as any effects which ratification of the Convention has had on the State Party’s actual, general, social, economic, political and legal framework since entry into force of the Convention for the reporting state; (c) Whether there are any institutions or authorities which have as their task to ensure that the principle of equality between men and women is complied with in practice, and what remedies are available to women who have suffered discrimination; (d) The means used to promote and ensure the full development and advancement of women for the purpose of guaranteeing them the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms in all fields on a basis of equality with men; (e) Whether the provisions of the Convention can be invoked before, and directly enforced by, the courts, other tribunals or administrative authorities or whether the provisions of the Convention have to be implemented by way of internal laws or administrative regulations in order to be enforced by the authorities concerned. Part Two should provide information in relation to each provision of the Convention: (a) The constitutional, legislative and administrative provisions or other measures in force; (b) The developments that have taken place and the programmes and institutions that have been established since the entry into force of the Convention; (c) Any restrictions or limitations, even of a temporary nature, imposed by law or practice or in any other manner on the enjoyment of each right; (d) Any other factors or difficulties affecting the exercise and enjoyment of each right; (e) Any other information on progress made in the fulfilment of each right. It is recommended that the reports should not be confined to mere lists of legal instruments adopted in the country concerned in recent years but should also include information indicating how these legal instruments are reflected in the actual, economic, political and social realities and general conditions existing in their countries. Data concerning these realities and conditions should also be supplied with a breakdown of the statistics on the category of sex. States Parties are invited to submit copies of the principal legislative, judicial, administrative and other texts referred to in the report so that these can be made available to the Commission. It is desirable therefore that, when a text is not actually quoted in or annexed to the report itself, the report should contain sufficient information to be understood without the actual reference. The reports should reveal obstacles to the participation of women on an equal basis with men in the political, social, economic and cultural life of their countries, and give information on types and frequencies of cases of non-compliance with the principle of equal rights. The reports should also pay due attention to the role of women and their full participation in the solution of problems and issues which are referred to in the preamble and which are not covered by the articles of the Convention. The reports and the supplementary documentation should be submitted in one of the working languages of the Commission (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese) in as concise a form as possible. 23