Treaty Doc. 96-53; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on December 18, 1979, and Signed on Behalf of the United States of America on July 17, 1980: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, June 13, 2002U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 146 páginas |
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... treaty . Absent our membership , we can- not do that . Similarly , the treaty is a powerful instrument for women to de- mand their rights under it . For example , after the Colombian Gov- ernment ratified the treaty in 1981 , women's ...
... treaty . Absent our membership , we can- not do that . Similarly , the treaty is a powerful instrument for women to de- mand their rights under it . For example , after the Colombian Gov- ernment ratified the treaty in 1981 , women's ...
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... treaty has been ratified by 169 countries since it was first adopted in 1979. The United States is one of the few not on the list . I want to point out to my colleagues , we are standing with non - ratifying countries like Syria , Iran ...
... treaty has been ratified by 169 countries since it was first adopted in 1979. The United States is one of the few not on the list . I want to point out to my colleagues , we are standing with non - ratifying countries like Syria , Iran ...
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... ratified it — it is very important to the women of Afghanistan that we do so . The treaty has been ratified by 169 countries since it was first adopted in 1979 . The United States is one of the few who are not on this list . We are ...
... ratified it — it is very important to the women of Afghanistan that we do so . The treaty has been ratified by 169 countries since it was first adopted in 1979 . The United States is one of the few who are not on this list . We are ...
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... ratified by Afghani- stan . I understand that the U.S. Senate is now considering whether the United States should join 169 other countries in ratifying the CEDAW treaty . I believe it will be important for me and other Afghan women if ...
... ratified by Afghani- stan . I understand that the U.S. Senate is now considering whether the United States should join 169 other countries in ratifying the CEDAW treaty . I believe it will be important for me and other Afghan women if ...
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... ratified CEDAW . However , as we all know , the U.S. is not one of these countries . In fact , the U.S. is the only industrialized nation that has not ratified CEDAW , a distinction that places us in the company of countries like North ...
... ratified CEDAW . However , as we all know , the U.S. is not one of these countries . In fact , the U.S. is the only industrialized nation that has not ratified CEDAW , a distinction that places us in the company of countries like North ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 83 - Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Página 100 - To embody the principle of the equality of men and women in their national Constitutions or other appropriate legislation if not yet incorporated therein, and to ensure, through law and other appropriate means, the practical realization of this principle; (b) To adopt appropriate legislative and other measures, including sanctions where appropriate, prohibiting all discrimination against women...
Página 73 - Nations has, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenants on Human Rights, proclaimed and agreed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status...
Página 130 - The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
Página 117 - As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
Página 81 - The members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years. They shall be eligible for re-election if renominated. However, the terms of nine of the members elected at the first election shall expire at the end of two years; immediately after the first election, the names of these...
Página 125 - racial discrimination' as: 'any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.
Página 81 - ... 3. The members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons nominated by States Parties. Each State Party may nominate one person from among its own nationals.
Página 132 - The State shall, therefore, endeavour to ensure that mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home . 3.
Página 36 - Parties condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms...