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Time for a change : The Need for a Binding International Treaty on Violence Against Women

Herausgegeben von: Global Rights for Women
Minneapolis: Global Rights for Women , 2018 , 41 S.
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Einrichtung: TERRE DES FEMMES | Berlin
Signatur: P 01 232
Herausgegeben von: Global Rights for Women
Jahr: 2018
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  • The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is critical to women’s human rights but is insufficient to effectively combat violence against women.
  • The implementation mechanisms for CEDAW have significant shortcomings.
  • General Recommendations 12, 19, and 35 address violence against women but lack power and specificity.
  • Numerous factors impede adequate reporting on violence against women to the CEDAW Committee.
  • The Optional Protocol provides a complaint and inquiry procedure but has limited effectiveness.
  • The effectiveness of CEDAW implementation has been mixed.
  • CEDAW has been inconsistently implemented at the national level.
  • NGOs strengthen the effectiveness of CEDAW in combating violence against women.
  • National implementation of CEDAW varies based on a number of factors.
  • Conclusion: CEDAW is not an effective tool for combating violence against women.
  • Charter-based mechanisms are important for identifying standards and practices to address violence against women but lack binding authority
  • The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (DEVAW) is non-binding but offers practical steps for combating violence against women.
  • The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and conse quences (SRVAW) plays a leadership role in addressing violence against women.
  • The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action contributed to the recognition of violence against women as a global human rights issue.
  • UN Women and the Commission on the Status of Women make important contributions but they are not a substitute for a binding treaty on violence against women.
  • Conclusion: Charter-based frameworks play an important but incomplete role in combating violence against women.
  • Regional legal frameworks are instrumental in combating violence against women.
  • The Organization of American States’ Convention of Belém do Pará is a binding, specific, and effective treaty but is only accessible within the Americas.
  • The Istanbul Convention is concrete and practical but is not a substitute for an international instrument.
  • The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ Maputo Protocol has been invoked but remains weak.
  • The ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence Against Women is an insufficient tool for addressing violence against women in Asia.
  • Arab Countries’ Efforts to Combat Violence Against Women have been limited.
  • Conclusion: The effectiveness of regional tools in combating violence against women is mixed.
  • The World Needs a New Binding Treaty on Violence Against Women
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