Laws and Documents

International Instruments and Treaty Bodies

Information on legal instruments and other relevant international standards of particular importance to women's human rights and gender equality, including CEDAW and other treaty bodies

Conventions:

§  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, CEDAW (1979) and Optional Protocol to the Convention (1999)

o   The Convention is often described as an international bill of rights for women.

-  Signatory States, Declarations and Reservations

§  Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (1958)

- Signatory States, Declarations and Reservations

§  Equal Remuneration Convention (1951)

- Signatory States, Declarations and Reservations

§  Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)

- Signatory States, Declarations and Reservations

§  Convention on the Nationality of Married Women (1958)

- Signatory States, Declarations and Reservations

§  Convention on the Political Rights of Women (1952)

- Signatory States, Declarations and Reservations

§  Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages (1962)

- Signatory States, Declarations and Reservations

§  Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960)

- Signatory States, Declarations and Reservations

Declarations:

§  Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993)

§  Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergencies and Armed Conflicts (1974)

§  Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (1967)

Protocol:

*  Protocol to prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the unite nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2003)