UN women’s rights experts issue findings on Barbados,
Costa Rica, Italy, Montenegro, Niger, Nigeria, Romania and Thailand.
GENEVA (24 July 2017) – The UN Committee on the
Elimination of Discrimination against Women has published its findings on the
following countries which it examined during its 3 to 21July 2017 session in
Geneva: Barbados, Costa Rica, Italy, Montenegro, Niger, Nigeria, Romania and
Thailand.
The findings cover how the respective State is doing with
regard to women’s rights, detailing positive developments, main areas of
concern, and recommendations for action. The findings, officially known as
concluding observations, can be found here.
The Committee will next meet from 23 October to 17
November in Geneva to review: Burkina Faso, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Guatemala, Israel, Kenya, Kuwait, Monaco, Nauru, Norway, Oman, Paraguay
and Singapore.
ENDS
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Background information
What is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)?
Adopted by the United Nations in 1979, CEDAW is the most
important human rights treaty for women.
The Convention currently has 189 states parties. Thus,
the vast majority of the member states of the UN (193) have voluntarily agreed
to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the human rights of women under all
circumstances.
Why is CEDAW important?
CEDAW, also known as the treaty for the rights of women,
is a tool that helps women around the world to bring about change in their
daily life. In countries that have ratified the treaty, CEDAW has proved
invaluable in opposing the effects of discrimination, which include violence,
poverty, and lack of legal protections, along with the denial of inheritance,
property rights, and access to credit.
The treaty has contributed to the development of:
·
citizenship rights in Botswana and Japan;
·
inheritance rights in the United Republic of Tanzania;
· property
rights and political participation in Costa Rica.
CEDAW has also
fostered adoption of:
· a law on
gender equality in Mongolia;
· a law in
Rwanda prohibiting sex-based discrimination in access to land;
· domestic
violence laws in Turkey, Nepal, South Africa, and the Republic of Korea;
·
legislation criminalizing all forms of violence against women in Burkina
Faso and femicide in Panama;
· a national
inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada;
·
anti-trafficking laws in Ukraine and Moldova.
In addition, in response to CEDAW’s concluding
observations, China took measures to curb cases of non-medical foetus sex
identification and sex-selective abortion and to change stereotypes leading to
son preference and Sri Lanka introduced gender-responsive budgeting for rural
economic development projects.
How does CEDAW work?
The States that ratified the Convention are legally
obliged, firstly, to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women in all
areas of life, and, secondly, to ensure women’s full development and
advancement in order that they can exercise and enjoy their human rights and
fundamental freedoms in the same way as men. Thirdly, a State party must allow
the CEDAW Committee to scrutinize its efforts to implement the treaty by
reporting to the body at regular intervals.
The CEDAW Committee consists of 23 independent experts on
women’s rights from around the world.
Countries that have become party to the treaty (States
parties) are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the
rights of the Convention are being implemented. During its public sessions, the
Committee reviews each State party report and addresses its concerns and
recommendations to the State party in the form of concluding observations. For
more information go here:
http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cedaw/pages/cedawindex.aspx
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