Violence against Women, the Obligation of Due Diligence, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Recent Developments

This article examines three cases decided under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW-OP), two of which concerned domestic violence, and the third of which dealt with forced sterilization. The cases illustrate the Committee's position on the obligation of due diligence to prevent and punish violence against women, as well as its position on reproductive choice and admissibility.

Andrew Byrnes & Eleanor Bath, Violence against Women, the Obligation of Due Diligence, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Recent Developments (2008) 8:3 Oxford Human Rights Law Review 517.