Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

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The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is a treaty that establishes procedures allowing individuals and groups to submit complaints and request inquiries regarding violations of women’s rights under the CEDAW framework.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty
international human rights treaty
optional protocol
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionBody United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/54/4
adoptionDate 1999-10-06
adoptionPlace New York City
aimsTo provide remedies for victims of discrimination against women
strengthen enforcement of CEDAW obligations
allows groups to submit complaints to the CEDAW Committee
individuals to submit complaints to the CEDAW Committee
articleCount 21
category United Nations human rights instruments
women's rights instruments
depositedWith Secretary-General of the United Nations
enteredIntoForce 2000-12-22
establishesProcedure individual communications procedure
inquiry procedure
field international human rights law
women's human rights
fullName Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women self-link
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalNature binding on States Parties
monitoredBy Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
openedForSignature 1999-12-10
openedForSignatureAt United Nations Headquarters
optOutPossibility States may opt out of the inquiry procedure
parentTreaty Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
partyRequirement open to States Parties to CEDAW
preamblePresent true
providesFor confidential inquiries into grave or systematic violations of women's rights
region global
registration United Nations Treaty Series
relatedInstrument Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
surface form: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
relatesTo Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
requires exhaustion of domestic remedies for individual communications
shortName Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women self-linksurface differs
surface form: OP-CEDAW
subjectOf elimination of discrimination against women
women's rights
typeOfMechanism treaty-based complaints mechanism

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women relatedInstrument Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women fullName Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women self-link
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women shortName Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: OP-CEDAW
Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties example Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women