The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

Background Information

Official documents available on-line

Reference documents

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of discrimination against Women
• Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women [ HTML | PDF ]
  - submitted to the UN on May 3, 2007
  
  Review of the Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women – October 22, 2008.
• Canada’s response to the advance questions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. [ HTML | PDF ]
• Concluding Observations of the UN Committee
  [ PDF ]
• Interim Report in follow-up to the review of  the Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women- submitted to the UN on February 9, 2010.
  [ HTML Version | PDF Version ]
• Supplemental to Interim Report in follow-up to the review of the Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women – submitted November 2010.
  [ HTML Version | PDF Version ]
• Decisions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Canadian cases under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women can be consulted.

Official documents available in published form

• Copies of Canada's previous reports may be ordered free of charge in published form from the Human Rights Program.

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