Abstract
This paper provides an overview of the development of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the role of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in its monitoring and implementation. In particular, it discusses the evolution of the Committee as a human rights treaty body and examines its contribution to major areas of international jurisprudence; explores some of the ways in which the Committee’s work and the Convention have provided a basis for legislative and policy development at the national level; and identifies opportunities for different stakeholders to strengthen the implementation of the Convention and enhance the realization of women's rights through the use of the Optional Protocol to the Convention.
Disciplines
Human Rights Law | International Law
Date of this Version
April 2010
Recommended Citation
Andrew Byrnes, "The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Reflections on their role in the Development of International Human Rights Law and as a Catalyst for National Legislative and Policy Reform" (April 2010). University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series 2010. Working Paper 17.
http://law.bepress.com/unswwps-flrps10/art17
Comments
This paper is a revised version of a paper submitted as part of an Interactive Expert Panel, Commemorating 30 years of CEDAW, held on 5 March 20910, at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Fifty-fourth session, New York, 1-12 March 2010. This paper may also be referenced as [2010] UNSWLRS 17.