The purpose of the Convention is to affirm the right of every person not to be “subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” The preambular paragraphs of the Convention recall relevant parts of the UN… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
The development of the CAT followed decades of horrific abuses and atrocities, plus growing efforts made by Amnesty International and other organizations to protect human rights, “recognizing torture as a crime against humanity, and calling upon regimes to respect, implement,… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
The Convention promotes, protects, and ensures “the inherent dignity of the human person” providing that “no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” Unlike other international agreements and declarations condemning the practice… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
download pdf Canada has ratified The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) but not the Optional Protocol to the Convention. Adoption: The CAT was adopted and opened for signature, ratification, and accession by… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Short History of the CEDAW Convention UN Women – A Brief History of… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
The implementation of the Convention is monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The Committee is composed of 23 experts nominated by their Governments and elected by the States parties as individuals “of high moral… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
Canada ratified the Convention on 10 December 1981. The Option Protocol, which recognizes the competence of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to receive and consider complaints from individuals or groups, was ratified by Canada on 18… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
The Convention defines discrimination against women as “any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status,… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
“Equality of rights for women is a basic principle of the United Nations. The Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations sets as one of the Organization’s central goals the reaffirmation of “faith in fundamental human rights, in the… Continue Reading…
November 10, 2015
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 1979. It entered into force on 3 September 1981 following ratification by the twentieth state party. The… Continue Reading…