Eliminating discrimination against women in cultural and family life, with a focus on the family as a cultural space 2015, para. 62
Párrafo
Paragraph text
The State has an obligation to respect women's right to equality within the family and should eliminate any laws, including customary or religious laws, that discriminate against women and any discriminatory acts carried out by State authorities. The obligation not to discriminate against women is direct and absolute. A State will be in violation of this obligation if it has a law that discriminates against women, regardless of whether its family law system is secular, religious or plural.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Equality & Inclusion
Social & Cultural Rights
Personas afectadas
Families
Women
Año
2015
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/40, para. 62.