Another sign that human rights are becoming the morality of the world:
Participation in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
However, international law may be no more than window-dressing, at least in this case. In large parts of the world, national law does not conform to the obligation of CEDAW or it’s not enforced when it conforms:
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More maps on country participation in international human rights instruments are here. More human rights maps in general are here.
yet violations prevail – domestic violence in particular is only in very recent times getting serious consideration in western courts, including Britain! the only country that I know of who have equal rights and where women certainly are not discriminated for speaking up against a man, be it an employer, oppressor or aggressor, is Scandinavia!
Maybe I’m just ignorant. But if you’ve ratified something, doesn’t that mean that you’ve signed it as well? This is interesting, but I’m slightly confused.
Ratified means signed, but not vice versa.