NETHERLANDS INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW

This article offers a critical analysis of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, adopted by the African Union in 2003. It begins by providing an overview of international and regional instruments that protect women's rights, including the African Charter, and provides background to the Protocol. The author scrutinizes the Protocols main features including: equality and non- discrimination, dignity and personal security, marriage and family rights, political, economic, social and cultural

This article examines States' responsibility under international law to implement treaty obligations, and to withdraw legislation that is in incompatible with treaty obligations. The article uses the International Law Commission's Articles on State Responsibility to define the notion of breaching obligations. The article examines the powers and mandates of various United Nations monitoring bodies, and, under section 5.3, focuses specifically on violations of the "Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The article outlines the inquiry procedures

Starting from the premise that the protection and promotion of the rights encompassed in the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) depends on their reception into domestic law and the remedies provided for under the domestic legal system, this article examines the domestic implementation provisions of the Covenant as a matter of State practice.