UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women to review:
GENEVA (29 June 2015)
– The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 6 to
24 July to review women’s rights in the following countries:
Senegal (7 July); Spain (8 July); The Gambia (9 July);
Viet Nam (10 July); Bolivia (14 July);
The above are among the 189 States Parties to the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and
so are are required to submit regular reports to the Committee of 23
international independent experts that monitors the implementation of the
Convention. The Committee will also hear
briefings from NGOs and national human rights institutions.
CEDAW’s dialogues with the respective State will take
place from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00 at Palais des Nations – Room
XVI. Live webcasts of the session can be viewed on
http://www.treatybodywebcast.org/.
The concluding observations will be published on 27 July
here:
ENDS
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Liz Throssell (+41 (0) 22 917 9466/ ethrossell@ohchr.org
To learn more about the Committee on the Elimination of
the Discrimination against Women, visit:
http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cedaw/pages/cedawindex.aspx
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