Objectives
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (#1, below) and the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
(#2, below) together make up what is often called the "international bill
of rights for women."
1. Covenant on the
Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women
New York, 1979
2. Optional protocol
to the International Covenant on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination
against Women
New York, 1999
