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Jurisprudence

CEDAW

Complete list of decisions

Case NameComm NumberDateArticlesOutcome
B. J. v. Germany1/200314 July 2004 Inadmissible
A. T. v. Hungary2/200326 January 20052(a,b,e), 5(a), 16Violation
Kayhan v. Turkey8/200527 January 2006 Inadmissible
Szijjarto v. Hungary4/200414 August 200610(h), 12, 16(1e)Violation
Nguyen v. The Netherlands3/200414 August 200611(2, 2b)No Violation
Salgado v. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland11/200622 January 2007 Inadmissible
N.S.E. v. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland10/200530 May 2007 Inadmissible
Goekce v. Austria5/200506 August 20071, 2(a,c-f), 3Violation
Yildirim v. Austria6/200506 August 20071, 2(a,c-f), 3Violation
Muņoz Vargas and de Vicuņa v. Spain7/200509 August 2007 Inadmissible

Information is as of 18 July 2008.

CERD, CCPR, CAT, CEDAW, CMW, Disability Convention and Enforced disappearances Convention have optional complaint mechanisms, whereby an individual may complain to the respective treaty body that his or her rights under the treaty have been violated. The CMW and Enforced disappearances Convention complaint mechanisms are not yet in force.

Included in this section are:

  1. requests made by the treaty body for interim measures
  2. decisions to deal jointly with cases
  3. admissibility decisions (normally decisions determining a complaint is admissible are not issued separately and hence this category involves decisions in which complaints are found to be inadmissible)
  4. final views.

The Human Rights Committee (under CCPR), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (under CERD), the Committee Against Torture (under CAT) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (under CEDAW) also formally follow up on final Views where a violation has been found. This information is included in the section entitled "Follow-up: Jurisprudence".