United Nations Treaties

• Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

Adopted 18 December 1979 by General Assembly Resolution A/RES/34/180. Entry into force 3 September 1981.

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• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (OP-CEDAW)

Adopted 6 October 1999 by General Assembly Resolution A/RES/54/4.

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