Activities

Aside from its regular sessions, the Committee also issues statements, information notes and announcements, as well as participating in and organizing a variety of events.

2024

The UN CEDAW Committee calls for a ceasefire and a peaceful and lasting resolution to the war in Gaza/the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel
16 February 2024

Gender persecution: Institutionalized violations of women’s human rights in Afghanistan
15 February 2024

2023

A Regional Conference for the Middle East and North Africa region on Strengthening the Knowledge Hub of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
November 2023

Statement: the cause of peace is the cause of women (Word)
27 October 2023

International Day of the Girl Child - Statement by the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
11 October 2023

Information received by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - Afghanistan (Word)
22 May 2023

Half-day of general discussion on the equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems
22 February 2023

2022

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (PDF)
25 November 2022

The digital dimension of violence against women as addressed by the EDVAW Platform
English | Español
17 November 2022

2021

Taking action to eliminate gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities (Word)
25 November 2021

Joint Statement by CEDAW and CRC: Ensuring prevention, protection and assistance for children born of conflict related rape and their mothers (Word)
19 November 2021

CEDAW-CRC joint statement for the International Day of the Girl (PDF)
11 October 2021

Joint CEDAW/CRC statement calling on the Taliban to protect the human rights of women and children in Afghanistan
30 August 2021

Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Word)
Turkey, 1 July 2021

Joint Call by CEDAW and IPU for National Action Plans to achieve gender parity by 2030 - International Women’s Day
English | Français
8 March 2021

Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Virtual Sessions (Word)
14 January 2021

2020

Bangkok Rules Leaders Statement
10 December 2020
Word: English | Français | Español | Portuguese Português

Statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2020: 20th anniversary of the Optional Protocol to CEDAW: A universal instrument for upholding the rights of women and girls and for their effective access to justice
10 December 2020

Call by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to release all detained women human rights defenders, including Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul, in the wake of International Women Human Rights Defenders Day
29 November 2020
Word: العربية | English

Joint statement by UN Women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on ending sexual harassment against women and girls with disabilities (Word)
22 October 2020

Women’s activism in political processes
3 September 2020

Global anti-racism protests must herald a new era in human rights, social and gender justice
9 July 2020

Call for joint action in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic (Word)
21 April 2020

Guidance note on CEDAW and COVID-19

Beijing +25 Women as leading forces of change (Word)

25 years in review of the Beijing Platform of Action – Contributions of the Platform of independent expert mechanisms on the elimination of discrimination and violence against women (EDVAW Platform) (PDF)

2019

Five UN human rights treaty bodies issue a joint statement on human rights and climate change
16 September 2019

40th Anniversary of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - International Women's Day Statement by Human Rights Experts and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Joint Statemen
8 March 2019

“Protecting and empowering girls and demanding equality”: Joint statement by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl
11 October 2019

Joint statement by the Platform of undersigned United Nations and regional independent mechanisms on violence against women and women’s rights on Violence and harassment against women and girls in the world of work (Word)
31 May 2019

Joint statement by the Platform of undersigned United Nations and regional independent mechanisms on violence against women and women’s rights on Intimate partner violence as an essential factor in the determination of child custody (Word)
31 May 2019

Joint statement by the platform of independent United Nations and regional expert mechanisms on violence against women and women’s rights on “Violence and harassment against women and girls in the world of work” (Word)
31 May 2019

Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the occasion of the second anniversary of the participation of detained Saudi women human rights defender Loujain Al-Hathloul in the Committee’s review of Saudi Arabia
28 February 2019

Paper on the cooperation between the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and National Human Rights Institutions

2018

Joint statement by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
29 August 2018

Joint statement by a group of Chairs, Vice-Chairs and members of the United Nations human rights Treaty Bodies and the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
30 May 2018

Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on gender-related dimensions of disaster risk reduction in the context of climate change adopted on the occasion of International Women’s Day (PDF)
8 March 2018

International Women’s Day Statement by United Nations Women’s Human Rights Experts (PDF)
6 March 2018

Statement by Ms. Dalia Leinarte, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, at the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of women (PDF)
12 March 2018

2017

Joint statement for International Migrants Day, 18 December, by the Chair of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and UN Women (PDF)
15 December 2017

Joint call by UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and global and regional mechanisms on women’s rights to eradicate gender based violence against women with focus on Sexual harassment and rape and to update their national action plans in line with the CEDAW new GR No. 35 on gender based violence against women (PDF)
22 November 2017

Statement by Ms. Dalia Leinarte, Chairperson of CEDAW before the Third Committee during the 72nd session of the General Assembly (PDF)
New York, 5 October 2017

Joint Statement of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on the situation of Rohingya women and children in Myanma (PDF)
4 October 2017

International Women's Day Statement by Human Rights Experts Joint Statement
7 March 2017

2016

Addressing gender dimensions in large-scale movements of refugees and migrants - Joint Statement by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (PDF)
19 September 2016

Statement by Ms. Dalia Leinarte, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, at the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (PDF)

Statement by Ms. Yoko Hayashi, Chairperson of CEDAW before the Third Committee during the 71st session of the General Assembly (PDF)
New York, 10 October 2016

Statement by Ms. Yoko Hayashi, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, at the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (PDF)
New York, 14 March 2016

Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on the rights of rural women
4 March 2016

2015

Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on the refugee crises and the protection of women and girl
20 November 2015

Statement by Ms. Yoko Hayashi, Chairperson of CEDAW before the Third Committee during the 70th session of the General Assembly (PDF)
New York, 12 October 2015

Open letter to Ms Radhika Coomaraswamy, Lead author of the Global Study of the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security (PDF)
6 March 2015

2014

Open letter on the inadequate recognition of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Post-2015 Development Agenda (PDF)
3 November 2014

Statement by Ms. Nicole Ameline, Chairperson of CEDAW before the Third Committee during the 69th session of the General Assembly (PDF)
New York, 13 October 2014

Statement by Ms. Nicole Ameline, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) at the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) (PDF)

Statement of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the situation of women and girls in Iraq and Syria (PDF)
2 October 2014

Statement of the CEDAW Committee on the situation in Gaza (PDF)
18 July 2014

Open letter to the co-chairs of the Open Working Group of the General Assembly on Sustainable Development Goals (PDF)
17 July 2014

Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the abduction of Nigerian school girls
Español (PDF)

CEDAW statement on the Post-2015 Development Agenda and the Elimination of Discrimination against women (PDF)
26 February 2014

Statement of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on sexual and reproductive health and rights: Beyond 2014 ICPD review (PDF)
26 February 2014

Statement by Ms. Nicole Ameline, Chairperson of CEDAW to the eighth session of the General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals “Promoting equality, including social equity, gender equality and women’s empowerment (PDF)
5 February 2014

2013

Statement by Ms. Yoko Hayashi, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (PDF)

Statement by Ms. Nicole Ameline, Chairperson of CEDAW, on strengthening international legal frameworks on violence against women (PDF)
6 December 2013

Statement by Ms. Nicole Ameline, Chairperson of CEDAW before the Third Committee during the 68th session of the General Assembly (PDF)
New York, 11 October 2013

Statement on the role of women in the process of political transition in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia (PDF)
26 July 2013

Statement on strengthened cooperation with UN Women (PDF)
26 July 2013

Statement by Ms. Nicole Ameline, Chairperson of CEDAW before the Fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of women (PDF)
New York, 4 - 15 March 2013

Statement on the Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Strengthening of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies (PDF)
11 Feburary - 1 March 2013

2012

Statement on Girls' Right to Education (PDF)
19 October 2012

Statement on Mali (PDF)
19 October 2012

Statement by Ms, Nicole Ameline, Vice-Chairperson of CEDAW before the Third Committee during the 67th session of the General Assemble (PDF)
New York, 15 October 2012

Statement on the situation in Syria (PDF)
27 July 2012

Statement on Reservations to the Convention (PDF)

Statement on the Need for a Gender Perspective in the Text of the Arms Trade Treaty (PDF)
24 July 2012

Statement by Ms. Silvia Pimentel, Chairperson of CEDAW before the Fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of women (PDF)
New York, 27 February - 9 March 2012

2011

Statement by Ms, Silvia Pimentel, Chairperson of CEDAW before the Third Committee during the 66th session of the General Assembly (PDF)
New York, 10 October 2011

Statement on the Anniversaries of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (PDF)
19 October 2011

General Statement of the CEDAW Committee on Rural Women (PDF)
19 October 2011

Statement by Ms. Silvia Pimentel, Chairperson of CEDAW before the Fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of women (PDF)
New York, 22 February - 4 March 2011

2010

Statement by Ms, Xiaoqiao Zou, Vice-Chairperson of CEDAW before the Third Committee during the 65th session of the General Assemble (PDF)
New York, 11 October 2010

Statement on the 10th Anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325 on "Women, Peace and Security" (PDF)
12 – 30 July 2010

Statement by Mrs. Naéla Gabr, Chairperson of CEDAW , before the Fifty-fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (PDF)
New York, 1 March 2010

Statement on Beijing + 15 (PDF)
4 February 2010

Statement on Hait (PDF)
22 January 2010

Statement on Afghan women (PDF)

Statement on Parliamentarians (PDF)

Statement on NGOs (PDF)

2009

Statement by Ms. Naéla gabr, chairperson of CEDAW (PDF)
New York, 3 December 2009

Statement by Ms. Naéla Gabr, Chairperson of CEDAW before the 64th session of the General Assembly (PDF)
New York, 12 October 2009

Statement on Gender and Climate Change (PDF)
20 July – 7 August 2009

Statement by Mrs. Naéla Gabr, Chairperson of CEDAW , before the Durban Review Conference (PDF)
Geneva, 20 – 24 April 2009

Statement by Mrs. Naéla Gabr, Chairperson of CEDAW , before the Fifty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women (PDF)
New York, 6 March 2009

Statement on Gaza (PDF)
4 February 2009

2008

Statement on the 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (PDF)
4 November 2008

Ms. Šimonović’s statement before Third Committee of the GA (PDF)
October 2008

Ms. Šimonović’s statement. Informal panel discussion on the UN mechanisms (PDF)
4 April 2008

Statement by Ms. Dubravka Simonovic , Chairperson of CEDAW before the Fifty-second session of the Commission on the Status of women (PDF)
New York, 25 February -7 March 2008

Statement on National Human Rights Institutions (PDF)