Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) and its Optional Protocol, which provides for individual communications and inquiry procedures.
IWRAW (International Women’s Rights Action Watch) has prepared guidelines on alternative reporting to the CEDAW Committee.
IDA monitors the work of the CEDAW Committee and makes submissions to it to ensure that the rights of women and girls with disabilities are addressed. Additionally, IDA provides input into the elaboration of General Comments by the CEDAW Committee.
Here below you can find information about the recent session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. For detailed information on past sessions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, please click the link "View All Sessions" at the bottom of this page.
53rd Session (October 2012)
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women met for its 53rd session from 1 – 19 October 2012.
More information on this session
Related documents:
- IDA’s disability analysis of the Concluding Observations
- IDA’s proposed recommendations for the Concluding Observations
- IDA’s disability analysis of state reports
Pre-Sessional Working Group
The CEDAW Committee also adopted lists of issues on Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cape Verde, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic and United Kingdom.
Related documents:
- IDA’s disability analysis of the List of Issues
- IDA’s proposed recommendations for the List of Issues
- IDA’s disability analysis of state reports
Day of General Discussion
The CEDAW Committee announced that it will hold a half day of general discussion on access to justice at its upcoming 54th session on 18 February 2013. The purpose of the discussion is to elaborate a General Recommendation on access to justice in order to provide appropriate and authoritative guidance to States Parties on the measures to be adopted to ensure full compliance with their obligations to protect, respect and fulfill women’s human rights to access to justice. Written submissions on the theme are welcome in English or French; they must not exceed 10 pages and should be sent electronically to rgachoud@ohchr.org no later than 1 February 2013. IDA will be presenting a submission focused on access to justice of women with disabilities. Registration and expressions of interest to make an oral intervention during the discussion must be communicated to the CEDAW Committee secretariat by 1 February 2013. A concept note has been drafted to provide guidelines for the discussion. For further information, please visit the Committee’s website.
