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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Link to UN website, administrators till 31 December 2007 www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/
- Link to Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, administrators of CEDAW from 1 January 2008 www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/index.htm
Optional Protocol to the CEDAW
Very often, human rights treaties are followed by ‘Optional Protocols’ which may either provide for procedures with regard to the treaty or address a substantive area related to the treaty. Optional Protocols to human rights treaties are treaties in their own right, and are open to signature, accession or ratification by countries who are party to the main treaty.
The optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women includes:
- the right of individuals and groups of women the right to complain to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women about violations of the Convention systematic abuses
- the committee the ability to conduct inquiries into grave or systematic abuse of women's human rights in countries that become States parties to the Optional Protocol.
New Zealand signed and ratified the Optional Protocol in September 2000.
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/protocol/
CEDAW Reports
Seventh Report due late 2010.
Sixth Report
NZ Report
March 2006 The 6th CEDAW Report. The Status of Women in New Zealand 2006: The Sixth Report on New Zealand's Progress on Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. HTML and PDF
Q & A Responses
April 2007 Questions & Answers 6th CEDAW Response. The government's response to questions from the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on New Zealand's Sixth CEDAW report. PDF HTML
Contacts
Link to UN website United Nations www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/Link to OHCHR website Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/index.htm
Concluding observations
6 (39) 2007
NZ Response
Not available.Other documents
- Opening Statement: NZ Mission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Hon Lianne Dalziel Minister of Women's Affairs, Friday 3 August 2007: This goes to an external site Read more
- Statement to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, 26 February 2007, Ministry of Women's Affairs Chief Executive, Shenagh Gleisner. This goes to an external site Read more.
Fifth Report
NZ Report
November 2002 The 5th CEDAW Report. The Status of Women in New Zealand 2002: The Fifth Report on New Zealand's Progress on Implementing the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. PDF [1.76MB] Word [1.04MB]
Q & A Responses
Contacts
Link to UNwebsite United Nations
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/
Concluding observations
2 (29) 2003 – www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/
NZ Response
Other documents
CEDAW: Advance Unedited Version - 18 July 2003 – www.mwa.govt.nz/news-and-pubs/publications/international/cedaw-committee-concluding-observations.pdf
Draft report - Consideration of reports of States parties – www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/docs/AdvanceVersions/CAT.C.NZL.5.pdf
CEDAW Committee's concluding observations on New Zealand's Fifth CEDAW Report (advance and unedited version). PDF [35KB]
Other CEDAW Reports
We only have hard copies of earlier CEDAW Reports
- Third & Fourth CEDAW Report 1998 (combined)
- Second CEDAW Report 1992
- First CEDAW Report 1986 (PDF 1.56MB)
For a hard copy, email mwa@mwa.govt.nz.
For any enquiries regarding the report, contact:
The Ministry of Women's Affairs
Phone: 04 915 7112
Fax: 04 916 1604
Email: mwa@mwa.govt.nz
