Search Results for: CEDAW

A lawsuit brought by a lesbian in China has raised the profile of same-sex parenting in a country where marriage rights are not recognized. Split from her partner last year, Zhang Peiyi is suing for custody of one of the children they parented together and visitation rights for the other. Zhang’s former partner is currently [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) filed a submission on Qatar with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Monday in preparation for the committee’s upcoming meeting and review of Qatar’s progress. The committee is charged with monitoring women’s progress in states that signed the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination [...]

Experts of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Thursday said that a Spanish Supreme Court case set milestone in international human rights law. In its decision, the Spanish Supreme Court found for a victim of domestic violence, enforced compliance with the committee’s recommendations and recognized the violation of the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday that North Korean officials committing sexual violence against women is so common that it has come to be accepted as part of ordinary life. “Sexual violence in North Korea is an open, unaddressed, and widely tolerated secret,” said Kenneth Roth, HRW’s executive director. “North Korean women would probably say [...]

UN experts on Monday accused  Kyrgyzstan of continuous human rights violations for failing to assist victims of abduction, rape and forced marriage. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women  conducted a confidential inquiry into “bride kidnapping” after receiving allegations from 14 organizations alleging the Kyrgyzstan has failed to prosecute perpetrators of “bride [...]

A joint statement by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) said Wednesday that rolling back international human rights norms in regards to women’s access to health care, services and information is threatening the sexual and reproductive health rights of [...]

The Belfast City Council voted on Monday to decriminalize abortion upon requests from Amnesty International, Family Planning Association and Both Lives Matter . The council passed the motion with a 34-15 vote and five abstentions....

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court...

A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stated that women...

Special Representatives of theUN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten and for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba on Monday urged the Iraqi government to reconsider proposed amendments in the Personal Status Law that...