Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
Article 3 is located in Part I of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) as one of the provisions that describe States parties' general obligations under the Convention. Read in conjunction with Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, and 24, it forms part of the overarching interpretative framework for the application of the specific obligations set out in Articles 6-16. Article 24 in Part VI is somewhat repetitive of Article 3. The obligations and concepts introduced in these initial articles apply to all other articles in the Convention. The Committee has, on occasion, viewed Article 3 as 'catching' matters that fall outside the express terms of other articles. However, as it often refers to Article 3 alongside other articles, notably Article 2, it is not clear how the Committee sees the articles separately or the extent to which it is desirable to do so.
Publication Information & Recommended Citation
Chinkin, Christine M. and Lisa Gormley. "Article 3." In The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and Its Optional Protocol: A Commentary, edited by Patricia Schulz, Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Beate Rudolf, and Marsha A. Freeman, 147-172. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.
Comments
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