Dear All,

I want to share the news of the CEDAW Committee Istanbul Meeting,

TAUW and other Women's NGO's were invited to the Panel Discussion Sessions on the first day..

 

kind regards

 

Nazan Moroğlu

TAUW President   

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30th Anniversary of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

(established according CEDAW Article 17:)

1. For the purpose of considering the progress made in the implementation of the present Convention, there shall be established a Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) consisting, at the time of entry into force of the Convention, of eighteen and, after ratification of or accession to the Convention by the thirty-fifth State Party, of twenty-three experts of high moral standing and competence in the field covered by the Convention. The experts shall be elected by States Parties from among their nationals and shall serve in their personal capacity, consideration being given to equitable geographical distribution and to the representation of the different forms of civilization as well as the principal legal systems....)

 

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which was established by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to monitor the implementation of the Convention by States parties, held its first session in October 1982.

This year the Committee is celebrating 30 years of dedicated work in assisting States parties in complying with their international treaty obligations under the Convention to protect and promote women's rights.

The CEDAW Committee members (23 members) have met in Istanbul between 1-3 November 2012 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of CEDAW and to discuss new General Recommendations on gender related dimensions of refugee status, asylum and statelessness, economic consequences of marriage, family relations and their dissolution, women’s access to justice, rural women and the use of the CEDAW Optional Protocol and recent cases.
 
The CEDAW Committee is working on six different General Recommendations all of which refer to critical and “burning issues” in the area of women‟s human rights and gender equality.
They are
- General Recommendation on Protection of Women‟s Human Rights in Conflict and Post-conflict Situations,
- General Recommendation on Rural Women,
- General Recommendation on Women‟s Access to Justice,
- General Recommendation on Economic Consequences of Divorce,
- General Recommendation on Refugees, Asylum and Statelessness
and
- CEDAW& CRC General Recommendation/ General Comment on Harmful Practices.

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 STATEMENT BY MS. KANG KYUNG-WHA,
DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL
ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Istanbul, 1 November 2012
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/30anniversary/StatementByDHCAnniversaryEvent.pdf

 STATEMENT BY MS. SILVIA PIMENTEL,
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
 Istanbul, 1 November 2012
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/30anniversary/StatementByChairForAnniversaryEvent.pdf

 STATEMENT BY MS. FERIDE ACAR,
MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/30anniversary/30thAnniversaryMsAcarIstanbul.pdf