The Convention obliges States parties in constitutions or legislation to take appropriate steps to ensure that women, on the basis of equality with men, enjoy the right to vote in all elections and referendums, and to be elected. These rights must be enjoyed both de jure and de facto.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Tipo de documento
General Comment / Recommendation
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Personas afectadas
Men
Women
Año
1997
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 23, Political and public life (1997), para. 18.