This guide, prepared by International Women's
Rights Action Watch, provides NGOs who wish
to submit shadow reports to CEDAW with
information on new opportunities presented by
the UNs Harmonized Guidelines for reporting.
Under the new structure, reporting State
Parties and NGOs can submit a common core
document that includes a full account of
laws, policies and infrastructure relating to
human rights policy and implementation rather
than separate, targeted documents prepared
for each separate treaty monitoring body. The
guide provides practical suggestions on how
to prepare a shadow report to CEDAW.
International Women's Rights Action Watch,
Producing NGO Shadow Reports to CEDAW: A
Procedural Guide (January 2009), online: .