text: made in the enjoyment of those rights. Article 40 also provides thaE the reportsshalr indicate the factors and difficur.ties, if any, affectinq the implementationof Ehe Covenant. 2. In order to assist it in fulfilting the tasks entrusted to it pursuant toarticre 40 of the covenant, the commictee has decideal that it would be useful toinforn States parties of iCs irlshes regarding the form and contents of reports.Compliance nith the following guidelines \dill help to ensure that reports arepresented in a uniform nanner and enable the Committee and states parties to obtain€ conplete picture of the sltuat.ion in each state as regards the imprementatlon ofche rights referred to in the covenant. This vriu also reduce the need for theComoittee to request additional information under its ruLes of procedure. 3. The report should be in two parts, as followst - (a) Part. one: general. This part should describe briefly the general legaltrafiretork rrithin which civil and political rights are protected in the reportingState.. fn particular it shoutd indicate: (i) Wtrether any of the rights referred to in the Covenane are protectedeither in the Constitution or by a separate "BilI of Rights", and if so, 'rhat provisions are made in the Constitullon or in the BilI of Riqhts forderogations and in wbat circumstances, (ii) whether the provisions ot the covenant can be invoked before anal alirectlyenforced by lhe courts, other tribunals or administrative authorltles orwhether they have to be transformed into internal laws or administrativeregulations to be enforced by the authorities ioncernedt (iii) vlhaE judicial, administrative or other competent authorities havejurisdiction affecting human rights t (iv) what reftedies are availabre to an indiviiluar. who craims that any of hisrights have been violated t (v) l{hat olher measures have been taken to ensure the implementat.ion of tbeprovisions of the Covenant iA/40/600/Add.r English Page 24 (b) ANd III of eacharticle3
analysis: The text appears to be a guideline for states to report on their implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The content focuses on the legal framework, judiciary, and administrative authorities responsible for ensuring human rights are protected. This suggests that the category should be related to human rights or social issues.