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Treaty Bodies and Instruments (Human Rights Committees and Agreements)

This section of the WHRnet keeps us abreast of current international treaty bodies and instruments details shifts in these policies and provides critical analyses of these frameworks from a range of perspectives. Please send your contributions/ideas to whrnet@awid.org.

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women

	Texts CEDAW Text of the Convention Optional Protocol Country Reports States Latest Reports to CEDAW Committee Sessions CEDAW 32nd Session: January / February 2005, New York, USA (Tentative) CEDAW 31st session Non-Governmental Resources and Links IWRAW CEDAW Expanded Core Document Shadow reports CEDAW - NGO Resources and links: Shadow reports. Centre for Women's Research 2001: Sri Lanka Shadow Report Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM), Fiji Women's Crisis Centre (FWCC) and the Ecumenical Centre for Research Education and Advocacy (ECREA): NGO report on the status of Women in the Republic of the Fiji Islands IWRAW: A Commentary on Bangladesh's Combined Third and Fourth Periodic Report for the Members of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women The Netherlands Humanist Committee on Human Rights: CEDAW and Women's Health in International Relations WHRnet The CEDAW Committee: A Space for Our Rights, by Ana Elena Obando, WHRnet The Optional Protocol to CEDAW & its applicability "on the ground", by Donna Sullivan, WHRnet Useful Materials and Links Training Manuals (IWRAW) Using CEDAW Links cedaw4change is an online discussion forum aimed at collating and disseminating information in the pursuit of women's equality. It is hosted and moderated by IWRAW Asia Pacific.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

	Texts ICESCR Text of the convention Draft Optional Protocol Article 3: the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights Committee Sessions Economic and Social Council Holds Panel Discussion on Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Emergencies Note on the 32nd session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 26 April-14 May 2004, and its Pre-Sessional Working Group, 17-21 May 2004 31st session: 10-28 November 2003 Geneva Non-Governmental Resources and Links Joint Submission by Non-Governmental Organisations, Human Rights Institutions and Civil Society Groups Pertaining to the Deliberations of the Commission on Human Rights: Working Group Established to Consider Options Regarding the Elaboration of an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Franciscans International: Franciscans International has joined a fast growing coalition of non-governmental organisations that is pushing for an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). We invite all NGOS, human rights institutions, and civil society groups to sign the joint sign-on statement. Choike: In Depth: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights