Browse our human rights monitoring tool to find all the UN recommendations regarding CEDAW and other treaties. The CEDAW page contains specific information on how it is monitored and whether the UK meets international standards. Reaffirming that the strengthening of international peace and security, the easing of international tensions, mutual cooperation among all States, regardless of their social and economic systems, general and complete disarmament, in particular nuclear disarmament under strict and effective international control, the affirmation of the principles of justice, equality and mutual benefit in relations among countries and the realization of the rights of peoples under foreign and colonial domination and foreign occupation of self-determination and independence, as well as respect for national sovereignty and territorial integrity, will promote social progress and development and, consequently, contribute to the achievement of full equality between men and women. The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (“Istanbul Convention”), which entered into force in August 2014, contains similar provisions. Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (“Istanbul Convention”) (adopted on 11 May 2011, entered into force on 1 August 2014), ETS 210. The Istanbul Convention recognizes that sexual harassment, rape, forced marriage, honour killings, genital mutilation and other forms of violence constitute serious violations of human rights and “a major obstacle to the achievement of equality between women and men”. Istanbul Convention, preamble. The Convention also provides for a monitoring mechanism composed of 10 to 15 independent experts who will monitor the implementation of the Istanbul Convention. Istanbul Convention, Articles 1(2) and 66.
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, usually abbreviated as “Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women”, is the United Nations (UN) treaty body that oversees the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The formation of this Committee was described in article 17 of CEDAW, which also set out the rules, purpose and working procedures of the Committee. [20] In the course of its activities, the Committee held several meetings to ensure compliance with the rules set out in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Over time, the Committee`s practices have evolved due to the increased emphasis on women`s rights issues. The agenda for equality is set out in fourteen subsequent articles. In its approach, the Convention covers three dimensions of the situation of women. Women`s civil rights and legal status are dealt with in detail. In addition, unlike other human rights treaties, the Convention also addresses the human reproductive dimension and the impact of cultural factors on gender relations. As a vulnerable group, women enjoy special status and protection within the United Nations and regional human rights systems. International human rights treaties prohibit gender discrimination and also require states to ensure the protection and realization of women`s rights in all areas – from property and non-violence to equal access to education and government participation. Although international human rights law generally protects the right to have a child naturally, it does not necessarily guarantee the right to medically assisted procreation.
Human rights organizations have recognized that “the right of a couple to conceive a child and to use medically assisted procreation for that purpose is an expression of private and family life,” which is protected by human rights law, but that the interpretation of this area of international law “is subject to a particularly dynamic evolution of science and law.” See, for example, . B ECtHR, S.H. and Others.c. Austria (GC), No 57813/00, ECtHR 2011, judgment of 3 November 2011, paragraphs 82, 118. (h) Equal rights for both spouses with regard to the ownership, acquisition, administration, administration, enjoyment and sale of property, whether free of charge or for consideration. our largest ever review of women`s rights – Pressing for Progress: Women`s Rights and Gender Equality (July 2018) Despite these international agreements, the denial of women`s basic human rights is persistent and widespread. For example: 1. States Parties shall grant women the same right as men to acquire, change or retain their nationality. In particular, they shall ensure that neither marriage to a foreigner nor the change of nationality of the husband during marriage automatically alters the nationality of the wife, renders her stateless or imposes on her the nationality of the husband. (g) the same personality rights as husband and wife, including the right to choose a surname, profession and profession; Today, the term family is generally understood to include unmarried couples with children, married couples with children, and single parents. See Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 28, Equality between men and women, Un.
CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.10, 29 March 2000, paragraph 27. Whatever form a family takes, international human rights law requires that “the treatment of women in the family, both in court and in private, be consistent with the principles of equality and justice for all”. Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, General Comment No. 21, Equality in Marriage and Family Relations, United Nations Document No. A/49/38 on Firearms, 1994, para. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of The Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination obliges States parties to ensure that women and men in the family have the same rights and obligations as parents, “with regard to the guardianship, guardianship, guardianship and adoption of children”, in the choice of a surname and profession, as well as in the possession and management of property. CEDAW, art. 16. Additional treaties that may address certain human rights or protect the rights of other vulnerable groups also apply to women. As a general rule, human rights treaties also contain a non-discrimination provision prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex and other grounds and enabling women to fully and equitably enjoy the provisions of those treaties. Several regional and international meetings, including the high-level seminar “1325 in 2020: looking to the future.
Looking Back”, organized by the African Centre for constructive dispute settlement, and the “Stockholm International Conference 10 Years with 1325 – What Now?” called for the use of CEDAW to improve the implementation of 1325. In its preamble, the Convention explicitly recognizes that “widespread discrimination against women continues” and stresses that such discrimination “violates the principles of equality and respect for human dignity”. For the purposes of Article 1, discrimination means “any distinction, exclusion or restriction based on sex above 1. in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or other fields”. The Convention positively affirms the principle of equality by obliging States parties to “take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to ensure the full development and advancement of women, in order to guarantee them the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms on a basis of equality with men” (Article 3). Two “special procedures” of the UN Human Rights Council specifically monitor the human rights of women around the world. In 1994, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (predecessor of the United Nations Human Rights Council) established a Special Rapporteur on violence against women to report on the causes and consequences of violence against women. .
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