Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

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United Nations treaty body expert body human rights treaty body monitoring body

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is an expert body that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and provides guidance to states on advancing women’s rights and gender equality.

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Surface form	Occurrences
CEDAW Committee	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty body ⓘ expert body ⓘ human rights treaty body ⓘ monitoring body ⓘ
adoptionContext	adoption of CEDAW by the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
composition	independent experts ⓘ
cooperatesWith	United Nations agencies ⓘ surface form: United Nations specialized agencies civil society organizations ⓘ other United Nations human rights treaty bodies ⓘ
establishedBy	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
focus	elimination of discrimination against women ⓘ elimination of gender-based violence against women ⓘ elimination of harmful practices affecting women and girls ⓘ gender equality ⓘ intersectional discrimination against women ⓘ rural women’s rights ⓘ substantive equality between women and men ⓘ women’s economic and social rights ⓘ women’s health and reproductive rights ⓘ women’s human rights ⓘ women’s participation in political and public life ⓘ
fullName	Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women self-link ⓘ
function	adopt concluding observations on States parties’ reports ⓘ adopt general recommendations interpreting provisions of CEDAW ⓘ conduct inquiries into grave or systematic violations of women’s rights under the Optional Protocol to CEDAW ⓘ consider individual communications under the Optional Protocol to CEDAW ⓘ examine periodic reports submitted by States parties to CEDAW ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ⓘ
issues	concluding observations ⓘ general recommendations ⓘ
locatedIn	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
mandate	advance women’s rights and gender equality ⓘ issue recommendations to States parties to improve compliance with CEDAW ⓘ monitor implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women by States parties ⓘ provide guidance to States parties on their obligations under CEDAW ⓘ
meets	in sessions held several times a year ⓘ
membersAre	independent experts serving in their personal capacity ⓘ
membersAreElectedBy	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ⓘ surface form: States parties to CEDAW
membershipCriteria	high moral standing ⓘ recognized competence in the field covered by CEDAW ⓘ
monitorsImplementationOf	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ⓘ surface form: CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
partOf	United Nations treaty bodies ⓘ surface form: United Nations human rights treaty body system
sessionLocation	Palais des Nations ⓘ surface form: United Nations Office at Geneva
shortName	Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CEDAW Committee
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/cedaw ⓘ

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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women → fullName → Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women self-link ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → includes → Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → monitoredBy → Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ⓘ

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women → monitoringBody → Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ⓘ

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women → shortName → Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CEDAW Committee