Eliminating discrimination against women in cultural and family life, with a focus on the family as a cultural space 2015, para. 73c (vii)
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[The Working Group recommends that States:] Guarantee women's de jure and de facto right to equality in family diversity: Respect, protect, fulfil and promote the right to gender equality in the family in the various types of legal system - secular family law systems, State-enforced religious family law systems and plural legal systems. The adoption of a family code or personal status laws free of any reference to culture or religion is encouraged;
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
Families
Women
Year
2015
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Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/40, para. 73c (vii).