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  2. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ...

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    The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the United Nations General Assembly. Described as an international bill of rights for women, it was instituted on 3 September 1981 and has been ratified by 189 states. [1]

  3. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of ...

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    The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is a United Nations convention.A third-generation human rights instrument, the Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races. [6]

  4. List of parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All ...

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    On December 18, 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women was opened for signature. Sweden became the first state to deposit the treaty on July 2, 1980. The treaty came into force and closed for signature on September 3, 1981 with the ratification of 20 states. Since then, states that did not sign the ...

  5. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All ...

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    The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women outlaws discrimination on the basis of gender, and obliges its parties to repeal discriminatory laws and guarantee equality in the fields of health, employment, and education. [13] The Optional Protocol is a subsidiary agreement to the convention.

  6. Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of ...

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    The Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities is a regional human rights instrument, adopted in 1999 within the Organization of American States.

  7. Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

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    The Declaration was an important precursor to the legally binding 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Its aim was to promote gender equality, specifically for protection of the rights of women. It was drafted by the Commission on the Status of Women in 1967. [3]

  8. List of treaties unsigned or unratified by the United States

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    Among the treaties are the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED), the Ottawa Treaty (Mine Ban Treaty), the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), the ...

  9. International human rights instruments - Wikipedia

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    Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW, 18 December 1979) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT, 10 December 1984) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC, 20 November 1989)