Transitional and post-conflict situations may result in increased challenges for women seeking to assert their right to access to justice. In its general recommendation No. 30, the Committee highlighted the specific obligations of States parties in connection with access to justice for women in such situations.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 33, Women’s access to justice (2015), para. 55.