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CEDAW COMMITTEE GENERAL RECOMMENDATION ON WOMEN’S ACCESS TO JUSTICE
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The Committee also makes recommendations on any issue affecting
women to which it believes the States parties should devote more attention. For
example, at the 1989 session, the Committee discussed the high incidence of
violence against women, requesting information on this problem from all countries.
In 1992, the Committee adopted general recommendation 19 on violence against
women, asking States parties to include in their periodic reports to the
Committee statistical data on the incidence of violence against women,
information on the provision of services for victims, and legislative and other
measures taken to protect women against violence in their everyday lives,
including against harassment at the workplace, abuse in the family and sexual
violence.
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CEDAW/C/GC/33
Distr.: General 23 July 2015
Original: English ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION
Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
GENERAL
RECOMMENDATION ON WOMEN’S ACCESS TO JUSTICE
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Contents I. Introduction and scope |
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II. General issues and
recommendations on women’s access to justice |
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A. Justiciability,
availability, accessibility, good-quality, provision of remedies and
accountability of justice systems |
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B. Discriminatory laws,
procedures and practices C. Stereotyping and gender
bias in the justice system and the importance of capacity building |
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D. Education and
awareness-raising on impact of stereotypes |
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D.1. Education in a gender
perspective D.2. Awareness-raising
through civil society, media and Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) |
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E. Legal aid and public
defense |
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F. Resources |
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III. Recommendations for
specific areas of law |
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A. Constitutional law |
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B. Civil law |
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C. Family law |
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D. Criminal law |
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E. Administrative, social and
labour law |
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IV. Recommendations for
specific mechanisms A. Specialized judicial and
quasi-judicial systems, and international and regional justice |