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RIGHTS: WOMEN'S GROUPS TAKE ON LAWS BASED ON SEX.

Publication: Interpress Service
Publication Date: 01-OCT-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Sep. 30, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - When a landmark U.N. conference on women adopted a "platform for action" in Beijing in 1995, member states were urged to commit themselves to revoke all existing laws in their statute books that discriminate on the basis of sex.

But since the adoption of that resolution, human rights organisations and women's groups have unsuccessfully called for the appointment of a U.N. special rapporteur to specifically focus on laws that discriminate against women worldwide.

So far, the Human Rights Council in Geneva - and its predecessor the Human Rights Commission - have both sidestepped the proposal, arguing such a U.N. post is redundant.

Currently, there are more than 30 U.N. special rapporteurs either...

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