The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Background Information

Official documents available on-line

Reference documents

  Human Rights Logo Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
  Human Rights Logo Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of discrimination against Women
  Maple Leaf Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - submitted to the UN on May 3, 2007
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Review of the Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women – October 22, 2008

  Canada’s response to the advance questions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
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  Human Rights Logo Concluding Observations of the UN Committee
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  Maple Leaf Interim Report in follow-up to the review of  the Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women- submitted to the UN on February 9, 2010.
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  Maple Leaf Supplemental to Interim Report in follow-up to the review of the Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women – submitted November 2010
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Decisions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Canadian cases under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women can be consulted here.

Official documents available in published form

Copies of Canada's previous reports may be ordered free of charge in published form from the Human Rights Program.

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