Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Basic facts about CEDAW
- The Convention is monitored by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- The CEDAW was ratified by the UK in 1986
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: Introduction
- Governments submit state reports roughly every four years
- The UK’s last state report was made in 2017, and concluding observations made in 2019
- The UK made a follow up report in May 2021
- The next monitoring round for the UK will be in March 2023
Stages of monitoring states’ obligation with the CEDAW
- State reporting
- Shadow reports by organisations
- Pre-session working group
- A list of issues and questions, for the states whose report will be considered two sessions later, is created.
- State reply and dialogue with the committee
- Concluding observations
- Follow-up procedure
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Guidance for NGO submissions on the CEDAW
- Submissions should be sent by email and by post (30 hard copies), at least two weeks prior to the beginning of each session
- Submissions should:
- highlight priority concerns
- suggest possible country-specific recommendations
- be a maximum of ten pages long
- NGOs are also encouraged to provide reports or other state-specific information to the pre-session working group
- Submissions should be sent by email and by post (10 hard copies), at least two weeks prior to the beginning of the pre-session working group
- The submission should include:
- the full name of the NGO
- the State party scheduled for consideration to which the information relates
- whether or not the submission can be posted on the CEDAW website for public information purposes
- Submission should be sent to:
- Via email: cedaw@ohchr.org
- Hard copy submissions to:
CEDAW Secretariat
OHCHR Palais Wilson
52, rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva 10 Switzerland
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