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Simone A Cusack
Rebecca J. Cook
University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
Catarina Krause and Martin Scheinin
(eds.) International Protection of Human Rights: A Textbook (Turku: Institute
for Human Rights, Abo Akademi University, 2009) 206-226.
Abstract:
This chapter provides an
introduction to Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women (CEDAW) and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (Optional Protocol).
It examines the object and purpose of CEDAW and considers the obligations
imposed on States Parties to protect and promote women’s rights. The Chapter
also examines the role and mandate of the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women, the UN treaty body responsible for monitoring
States Parties’ compliance with CEDAW. In so doing, it analyses the Committee’s
key jurisprudence under the Optional Protocol. Despite significant normative
developments in guaranteeing women’s human rights and fundamental freedoms,
intractable forms of discrimination against women persist, including gender
stereotyping. The chapter concludes by examining some of the challenges that
lay ahead for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and
the realization of substantive equality.
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