CEDAW, the Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, is currently updating its General Recommendation No. 19: “25 years of CEDAW General Recommendation No. 19 (1992): Accelerating efforts on gender-based violence against women”.At its sixty-fourth session, the Committee decided to invite all interested parties to submit comments in writing on the “Draft update of General Recommendation No.19” (to be indicated in the subject title) to the following email address: cedaw@ohchr.orgComments must be submitted by 30 September 2016.The draft update of General Recommendation No.19 on gender-based violence against women can be found here.After a thorough and due consideration of comments provided, only the Committee will decide on the contents of the final version of the update of General Recommendation No.19.http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CEDAW/Pages/DraftUpdateGR19.aspxINFOGRAPHIC
