The Optional Protocol to the Women's Convention: Enabling Women to Claim their Rights at the International Level

This Amnesty International Report emphasizes the importance of the Optional Protocol to ensuring the human rights of women. The report includes a discussion of the history leading up to the drafting of an Optional Protocol, Amnesty International's views of key elements of a strong Optional Protocol, a discussion of justiciability, NGO participation and some general recommendations. (Although written prior to the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women this report still contains useful information and pertinent discussion.)