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Palestine — Equality Now joint submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women — 68th Session, October 2017

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Submitted by: Equality Now, the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling, and Al-Muntada, the Palestinian NGO against domestic violence against women.

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This joint report deals with our concerns regarding:

1. The discriminatory legislation related to family status laws, focusing on how Palestinian women’s rights are violated in relation to CEDAW Article 16; and
2. Penal Law issues and Gender-Based Violence in relation to CEDAW General Recommendations (19) and (35).

The Committee referenced this submission in their Concluding Observations.

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