United Nations Manual on Human Rights Reporting

The Women's Convention is one of six human rights instruments focused on in the "Manual on Human Rights Reporting," a guide prepared for government officials responsible for the preparation of reports required under human rights treaties. The first section of this chapter deals with the reporting process. It outlines the reporting requirements under the Women's Convention and then discusses the guidelines adopted by the Committee. The bulk of the chapter is, however, taken up by a discussion of reporting on the substantive provisions in the Convention. This portion lays out articles 1-16 of the Convention and then provides commentary on what each section requires when reporting. The second section of the article looks at the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and its work. The final section briefly considers key issues in periodic reports.