Tag: CEDAW
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
The following briefing was submitted to the call for inputs from the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls ahead of her visit to Scotland in February. It...
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UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women: the meaning of sex and self-identification
The following report was submitted to the CEDAW Committee who are considering the implications of self-identification of sex and gender identity as a legal right. It looks at where...
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A Human Rights Bill for Scotland
This is our submission to the Scottish Government consultation on a human rights bill which proposes to incorporate four UN treaties, including CEDAW, into Scots law. The consultation document...
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UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women: a case study in the Scottish courts
The following report examines how the Scottish Government performed in its commitment to the incorporation of the United Nations CEDAW treaty by examining our first judicial review where we...
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CEDAW: Equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems
On 22 February 2023 the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold a half-day of general discussion on “Equal and inclusive representation of women in...
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United Nations
Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women for the United Nations recently wrote to the UK Government to raise concerns about some aspects of the Gender Recognition Reform...