Incorporating the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

The Convention

• The UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women– full text
• Easy Read Women’s Rights Briefing

Videos

• CEDAW: A superhero for women in Scotland– a video from Engender, introducing CEDAW

Blog Posts

• Incorporating CEDAW – what a new human rights bill could do for women in Scotland– a blog from Engender following the Scottish Government’s commitment to create a new human rights bill
• Should CEDAW be incorporated into Scots Law?– a blog from Engender on the incorporation of CEDAW

The UN CEDAW Committee

• 8th report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women– the UK Government’s latest report to the UN CEDAW Committee, 2018
• Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women: Shadow Report– Engender’s 2018 shadow report to the UN CEDAW Committee
• Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland– the UN CEDAW Committee’s latest concluding observations on the UK, 2019

CEDAW in Scotland

• Incorporation of International Human Rights Briefing Series: The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)- This briefing by Professor Nicole Busby examines the key provisions of CEDAW, and the potential impact of its incorporation into Scots law, November 2021
• Incorporating CEDAW into Scots Law– a joint call to Scotland’s National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership, from Engender, Zero Tolerance, Rape Crisis Scotland, Close the Gap and Scottish Women’s Aid, February 2021
• First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls: 2018 First Report and Recommendations– the first report of the First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls, published 2018
• First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls: 2019 Report and Recommendations– the second report of the First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls, published 2019
• Scottish Government’s Response to the National Advisory Council on Women and Girls– the Scottish Government’s response to the National Advisory Council’s 2018 recommendations
• National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG) 2019 – report and recommendations: SG response– the Scottish Government’s response to the National Advisory Council’s 2019 recommendations

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