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Jurisprudence

CEDAW

List of all final views

Case NameComm NumberDateArticlesOutcome
A. T. v. Hungary2/200326 January 20052(a,b,e), 5(a), 16Violation
Szijjarto v. Hungary4/200414 August 200610(h), 12, 16(1e)Violation
Nguyen v. The Netherlands3/200414 August 200611(2, 2b)No Violation
Goekce v. Austria5/200506 August 20071, 2(a,c-f), 3Violation
Yildirim v. Austria6/200506 August 20071, 2(a,c-f), 3Violation
Vertido v. The Philippines18/200816 July 20101, 2 (c,f), 5(a)Violation
V. K. v. Bulgaria20/200825 July 20111, 2(c, d, e,f), 5(a), 16 (1)Violation
Abramova v. Belarus23/201125 July 20111, 2(a, b, d, e, f), 3, 5(a)Violation
Teixeira v. Brazil17/200825 July 20111, 2(c, e), 12(1, 2)Violation

Information is as of 4 January 2012.

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".