Gómez Isa, Felipe

The Optional Protocol for the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against women: Strengthening the Protection Mechanisms

This article presents a very brief historical overview of the different stages through which women's rights have passed at the international level. Special attention is given to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, adopted in 1979 by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The main focus is the elaboration of an Optional Protocol to this Convention. The Protocol aims to strengthen the mechanisms that exist to protect the rights of women at the international level.

Women's equal ownership, access to and control over land and the equal rights to own property and to adequate housing

This resolution of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights establishes the rights to property and adequate housing as essential human rights for women. The resolution urges national governments to comply with international and regional obligations concerning access to land and housing and notes that discrimination in law against women on these issues constitutes a violation of their human rights. The resolution also encourages a general recognition of the importance of the right to housing for the full realization of human rights.