Equality in marriage and family relations 1994, para. 20
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The shared rights and responsibilities enunciated in the Convention should be enforced at law and as appropriate through legal concepts of guardianship, wardship, trusteeship and adoption. States parties should ensure that by their laws both parents, regardless of their marital status and whether they live with their children or not, share equal rights and responsibilities for their children.
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)
Governance & Rule of Law
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Children
Families
Year
1994
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 21, Equality in marriage and family relations (1994), para. 20.