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Article: Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention -- a landmark for women's human rights.
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- December 22, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 December 2000-AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention -- a landmark for women's human rights (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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As of today, a woman whose human rights have been violated under the Women's Convention will be able to take her complaint to the UN to seek justice and reparation, Amnesty International said today welcoming the entry into force of the Convention's Optional Protocol.
Until now there was no right to individual petition under the Women's Convention (formally known as the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against ...