Riddle, Jennifer

Making CEDAW Universal: A Critique of CEDAW's Reservation Regime Under Article 28 and the Effectiveness of the Reporting Process

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (the Women's Convention) has been ratified with reservations by more states than almost any other human rights treaty. This article discusses the reservations regime under international law and explains how such approaches have been used in contemporary multilateral treaties, such as the Women's Convention (Part II).