Convention on the Political Rights of Women

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United Nations treaty international convention

The Convention on the Political Rights of Women is a United Nations treaty adopted in 1952 that guarantees women equal rights with men to vote, stand for election, and hold public office.

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Label	Occurrences
Convention on the Political Rights of Women canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ international convention ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1952-12-20 ⓘ
adoptionOrganization	United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptionPlace	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	eliminate legal barriers to women's political participation ⓘ ensure women equal political rights with men ⓘ
appliesTo	nationals of State parties ⓘ
articleCount	11 ⓘ
bindingOn	States that have ratified or acceded to it ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1954-07-07 ⓘ
category	United Nations General Assembly treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ women's rights instruments ⓘ
depository	Secretary-General of the United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	international human rights law ⓘ international women’s rights law ⓘ
focusesOn	equal suffrage rights for women and men ⓘ participation of women in public affairs ⓘ
fullName	Convention on the Political Rights of Women NERFINISHED ⓘ
guaranteesRight	right of women to be eligible for election to all publicly elected bodies ⓘ right of women to exercise all public functions established by national law ⓘ right of women to hold public office ⓘ right of women to vote in all elections ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
openForSignatureAt	United Nations Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
openForSignatureOn	1953-03-31 ⓘ
preambleReferences	Charter of the United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Declaration of Human Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
principle	equality of men and women in the enjoyment of political rights ⓘ
registration	registered with the United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
registrationNumber	United Nations Treaty Series 193:135 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedInstrument	Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women NERFINISHED ⓘ Universal Declaration of Human Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	non-discrimination on the basis of sex in political rights ⓘ
shortName	CPRW NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	equality between men and women in political life ⓘ political rights of women ⓘ women's suffrage ⓘ

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United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/180 → referencesInstrument → Convention on the Political Rights of Women ⓘ