CEDAW Pacific – Frequently Asked Questions

This factsheet explains the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) by answering the following questions:

• What is CEDAW?

• What is the role of the UN CEDAW Committee?

• What are CEDAW General Recommendations?

• How is the implementation of CEDAW monitored?

• What are Concluding Observations?

• What is the CEDAW 'Follw Up' Procedure?

• What is the CEDAW Optional Protocol?

• What is the status of CEDAW ratification and reporting in the • Pacific?

• Which Human Rights treaties are ratified in the Pacific?

• What is the harmoinsed human rights reporting implementation approach?