Commentary and Background Information on the CERD General Recommendation on Gender Dimensions of Racial Discrimination

Headings: 
Race and Gender
Title: 
Commentary and Background Information on the CERD General Recommendation on Gender Dimensions of Racial Discrimination
Document Type: 
Documents by United Nations Bodies and Agencies
Reference: 
CERD/C/54/Misc.31, 1999.
Annotation: 
This document explains the critical analysis behind the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's (CERD) General Recommendation on Gender Dimensions of Racial Discrimination and places the general recommendation within the context of developments in understandings of equality in the international human rights system. (Note that the General Recommendation itself is annotated on the WHRR database).