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NGO COALITION IN SUPPORT OF THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON LAWS THAT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WOMEN
We support the creation of a Special Rapporteur by the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on laws that discriminate against women, to facilitate implementation of the commitment made by governments in the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 to “revoke any remaining laws that discriminate on the basis of sex and remove gender bias in the administration of justice.” Despite the target date of 2005 agreed in the Beijing + 5 review process for implementation of this commitment, explicitly discriminatory laws remain in force around the world. We believe a Special Rapporteur, working in conjunction with CEDAW as well as the CSW, would help achieve the fundamental goal of legal equality between women and men, which is critical to the realization of actual equality between women and men, a cornerstone of the Beijing Platform for Action.
| Equality Now (convenor) |
| African Women's Development and Communications Network (FEMNET) |
| Afromujer (Spain) |
| All Women's Action Society |
| Amnesty International |
| Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association |
| BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights (Nigeria) |
| Center for Reproductive Rights |
| Center for Women's Global Leadership |
| Centre for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance |
| Centre for Rehabilitation and Education of Abused Women (Kenya) |
| CLADEM: Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights |
| European Women’s Lobby |
| Forum for Women, Law and Development (Nepal) |
| Heinrich Boll Foundation |
| Human Rights Watch |
| India Women's Watch |
| International Federation for Human Rights |
| International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kenya |
| Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights |
| Joint Action Group Against Violence Against Women (Malaysia) |
| Kenya Women Political Caucus |
| Legal and Human Rights Centre (Tanzania) |
| Malaysian Trade Union Congress--Women's Section |
| Rights & Democracy-Droits et Démocratie (Canada) |
| Sisters in Islam (Malaysia) |
| South Asia Watch |
| Union Internationale des Avocats (International Association of Lawyers) |
| Women in Europe for Common Future |
| Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF) |
| Women Living Under Muslim Laws |
| Women's Aid Organisation (Malaysia) |
| Women's Centre for Change (Malaysia) |
| Women's Centre for Legal Aid & Counselling (Palestine) |
| Women's Development Collective (Malaysia) |
| Women's Environment and Development Organization |
NOTE: At the European (UNECE) Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 10-year review of Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (Beijing +10), more than 300 participants from 42 countries in the Economic Commission for Europe, which took part in the NGO Forum on 12-13 December 2004 preceding the government meeting, agreed by consensus that “The Commission on the Status of Women should create a Special Rapporteur on national laws and practices that discriminate against women.”
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