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General Recommendation No. 29 on article 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Economic consequences of marriage, family relations and their dissolution, CEDAW/C/GC/29, 26 February 2013

Feb 26, 2013

IV. VARIOUS FORMS OF FAMILY 16. General recommendation No. 21, in its paragraph 13, acknowledges that families take many forms and underscores the obligation of equality within the family under all systems, “both at law and in private”. 17. Subsequent statements by...

General Comment No. 3: Implementation of article 14 by States parties, CAT/C/GC/3, 13 December 2012

Dec 13, 2012

8. Restitution is a form of redress designed to re-establish the victim’s situation before the violation of the Convention was committed, taking into consideration the specificities of each case. The preventive obligations under the Convention require States parties...

General Comment No. 13: The rights of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, CRC/GC/2011/13, 18 April 2011

Apr 18, 2011

VI. NATIONAL COORDINATION FRAMEWORK ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN 72. Elements to be mainstreamed into national coordinating frameworks. Children in potentially vulnerable situations. Groups of children which are likely to be exposed to violence include, but are not...

General Recommendation No. 27 on older women and protection of their human rights, CEDAW/C/GC/27, 16 December 2010

Dec 16, 2010

Specific areas of concern 13. The discrimination experienced by older women is often multidimensional, with the age factor compounding other forms of discrimination based on gender, ethnic origin, disability, poverty levels, sexual orientation and gender identity,...

General Recommendation No. 28 on the core obligations of States parties under article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, CEDAW/C/GC/28, 16 December 2010

Dec 16, 2010

III. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 2 A. Introductory sentence of article 2 18. Intersectionality is a basic concept for understanding the scope of the general obligations of States parties contained in article 2. The discrimination of women based on sex and...

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General Recommendation No. 29 on article 16 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Economic consequences of marriage, family relations and their dissolution, CEDAW/C/GC/29, 26 February 2013

General Comment No. 3: Implementation of article 14 by States parties, CAT/C/GC/3, 13 December 2012

General Comment No. 13: The rights of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, CRC/GC/2011/13, 18 April 2011

General Recommendation No. 27 on older women and protection of their human rights, CEDAW/C/GC/27, 16 December 2010

General Recommendation No. 28 on the core obligations of States parties under article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, CEDAW/C/GC/28, 16 December 2010

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