Harmful practices (joint General Recommendation with CEDAW) 2014, para. 3
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The Committees acknowledge that harmful practices affect adult women, both directly and/or owing to the long-term impact of practices to which they were subjected as girls. The present joint general recommendation/general comment therefore further elaborates on the obligations of States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women with regard to the relevant provisions for the elimination of harmful practices that affect the rights of women.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Harmful Practices
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2014
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CRC General Comment No. 18, Harmful practices (joint General Comment with CEDAW) (2014), para. 3.