Report on the Fourth United Nations Conference on Women, Beijing 1995

Headings: 
World Conferences on Women's Rights
Authors: 
Chinkin, Christine
Title: 
Report on the Fourth United Nations Conference on Women, Beijing 1995
Title of Journal: 
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISCRIMINATION AND THE LAW
Journal Citation: 
2 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISCRIMINATION AND THE LAW, 119-27 (1996).
This is a descriptive note on the preparation for the Beijing conference and the final conference documents. Focusing on the Beijing Platform for Action (PFA), the author concludes that it is basically ineffectual as it contains no firm commitments, lacks formal legal status and fails to provide concrete targets or resources for implementation.