KEY INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
United Nations General Assembly, 1979.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, 1976.
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Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
​United Nations, 1957.

Convention on the Political Rights of Women
United Nations General Assembly, 1952.

Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
United Nations General Assembly, 1962.

Optional Protocol to the Convention of the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner, 2000.

Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 2015.

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 1995.

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
African Union, 1987.

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)
African Union, 1995.