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Law Adopting the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (OP-CEDAW) is an international treaty which establishes complaint and inquiry mechanisms for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Parties to the Protocol allow the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to hear complaints from individuals or inquire into "grave or systematic violations" of the Convention. The Kingdom of Cambodia adopted this protocol in 2009.

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Law Adopting the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (Khmer and English)
 

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Additional Info

Field Value
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Cambodia
Document reference # NS/RKM/0809/013
Issuing agency/parties
  • King of the Kingdom of Cambodia
  • Ministry of Woman's Affairs
Implementing agencies
  • Minister of Women's Affairs
  • Royal Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Language
  • English
  • Khmer
Formal type of document Law
Topics
  • Constitution and rights
  • Gender
  • Human rights
  • Laws and regulations
  • Social development
  • Women in development
License CC-BY-SA-4.0
Copyright Yes
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Status Signed and in effect
Adoption date/Enacted/Promulgation date/Signing date August 11, 2009
Effective/Enforced Date August 11, 2009
Publication reference Royal Gazette of Cambodia
Contact

Office of the Council of Ministers (OCM) General Department of Royal Gazettes Address: OCM, Friendship Building, 41 Russian Federation Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Contact: Phone/Fax: (855) 23 212 490, E-Mail: info@pressocm.gov.kh, pressocm@gmail.com
Legacy reference document Law_Adopting_the_Optional_Protocol_to_the_Convention_on_the_Elimination_of_Discrimination_Against_Women_KH__11.08.2009.pdf
Keywords Adopting,Optional Protocol,CEDAW
Date uploaded January 10, 2016, 02:07 (UTC)
Date modified October 9, 2017, 08:56 (UTC)