Sample Document,

citation.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,

G.A. res. 54/4, annex, 54 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 5, U.N. Doc. A/54/49 (Vol. I) (2000), entered into force Dec. 22, 2000.

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,

Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages,

Feasibility Study for a Convention Against Domestic Violence

Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights*,

Convention on the Rights of the Child,

Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief,

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,

Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour and Similar Institutions and Practices Convention of 1926 (Slavery Convention of 1926),

60 L.N.T.S. 253, entered into force March 9, 1927.

Protocol Amending the Slavery Convention,

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices
Similar to Slavery,

Charter of the United Nations,

June 26, 1945, 59 Stat. 1031, T.S. 993, 3 Bevans 1153, entered into force Oct. 24, 1945.

Statute of the International Court of Justice,

3 Bevans 1179; 59 Stat. 1031; T.S. 993; 39 AJIL Supp. 215 (1945).

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties,

1155 U.N.T.S. 331, 8 I.L.M. 679, entered into force Jan. 27, 1980.

Treaty Reference Guide

U.N. Treaty Collection

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) General Recommendations

CEDAW States Reports to U.N. Treaty Bodies

CEDAW Concluding Observations by U.N. Treaty Bodies

Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) General Comments

CESCR States Reports to U.N. Treaty Bodies

CESCR Concluding Observations by U.N. Treaty Bodies

Human Rights Committee General Comments

Human Rights Committee States Reports

Human Rights Committee Concluding Observations

C100 Equal Renumeration Convention

C111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention

C156 Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention

C183 Maternity Protection Convention

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation 19, Violence against women (Eleventh session, 1992),

U.N. Doc. A/47/38 at 1 (1993), reprinted in Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, U.N. Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.6 at 243 (2003).

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation 21, Equality in marriage and family relations (Thirteenth session, 1992),

U.N. Doc. A/49/38 at 1 (1994), reprinted in Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, U.N. Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.6 at 250 (2003).

CEDAW General Recommendation 26- Rights of Women Migrant Workers

Arab Republic of Egypt, First Periodic Report, CEDAW Committee,

CEDAW Committee, Summary Record of the 34th and 39th meetings: Egypt (1984),

Arab Republic of Egypt, Second Periodic Report, CEDAW Committee,

CEDAW [Committee], Summary Record of the 164th and 165th meetings: Egypt's Second Report (1990),

Arab Republic of Egypt, Third Periodic Report, CEDAW Committee,

Arab Republic of Egypt, Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports, CEDAW Committee,

CEDAW [Committee], Summary Record of the 492nd and 493rd meetings: Egypt's Third, Fourth, and Fifth Reports,

CEDAW [Committee], Concluding Observations:  Egypt (2001).

U.N. Doc. A/56/38, paras.312-358 (2001).

Human Rights Committee - All General Comments

Human Rights Committee, General Comment 18, Non-discrimination (Thirty-seventh session, 1989),

Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, U.N. Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.1 at 26 (1994).

Human Rights Committee, General Comment 19, Rights of the Family (Thirty-ninth session, 1990),

Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, U.N. Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.1 at 28 (1994).

Human Rights Committee, General Comment 22, The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion (article 18),

U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.4 (1993).

Human Rights Committee, General Comment 28, Equality of rights between men and women (article 3),

U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.10 (2000).

Human Rights Committee, General Comment 31, Nature of the General Legal Obligation on States Parties to the Covenant,

U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.13 (2004).

African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights,

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa,

Adopted by the 2nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, Maputo, CAB/LEG/66.6 (Sept. 13, 2000); reprinted in 1 Afr. Hum. Rts. L.J. 40, entered into force Nov. 25, 2005.

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights,

African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child,

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man,

O.A.S. Res. XXX, reprinted in Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System, OAS/Ser.L/V/I.4 Rev. 9 (2003); 43 AJIL Supp. 133 (1949).

American Convention on Human Rights,

O.A.S.Treaty Series No. 36, 1144 U.N.T.S. 123, entered into force July 18, 1978, reprinted in Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System, OEA/Ser.L.V/II.82 doc.6 rev.1 at 25 (1992).

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women,

33 I.L.M. 1534 (1994), entered into force March 5, 1995.

Article 249 of the Maastricht Treaty

European Economic Community (EEC)Regulations, Directives and Recommendations: Their legal character and how they work,

Ingeborg Heide, Gender Roles and Sex Equality 18-20, International Labour Office (2004).

[European] Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,

Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) (1957) ("Treaty of Rome"),

Treaty on European Union (EU) (1992) ("Maastricht Treaty") (renaming EEC the "European Community" (EC)) (1992),

Amsterdam Treaty (amending Maastricht Treaty and renumbering the EC and EU Treaties) (1997),

Treaty of Nice (Enlarging the EU to 25 countries) (2001),

Report on Admissibilty of Jessica Gonzales and Others v. United States,

Jessica Gonzales and Others v. United States, Petition 1490-05, Inter-Am C.H.R, Report No. 52/7, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.07 (2007).

Global Jurist- Female Circumcision as Female Genital Mutilation: Human Rights or Cultural Imperialism.

Human Rights Watch, Honoring the Killers:  Justice Denied for “Honor” Crimes in Jordan.

Human Rights Watch, Violence Against Women in Brazil.

Human Rights Watch, Divorced from Justice: Women's Unequal Access to Divorce in Egypt.

Amnesty International, Pakistan:  Violence Against Women in the Name of Honour.

Amnesty International, Pakistan:  Insufficient Protection of Women.

A.S. v. Hungary,

U. N. Doc. CEDAW/C/36/D/4/2004 (2006).

Ms. A. T. v. Hungary,

U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/32/D/2/2003 (2005)

Report on Mexico produced by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women under article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention, and reply from the Government of Mexico

U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/2005/Op.8/Mexico (2005)

Ato del Avellanal v. Peru,

Communication No. 202/1986 (28 October 1988), U.N. Doc. Supp. No. 40 (A/44/40) at 196 (1988).

Shirin Aumeeruddy-Cziffra and 19 other Mauritian Women v. Mauritius,

Communication No. 35/1978 (9 April 1981), U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/OP/1 at 67 (1984).

Broeks v. The Netherlands,

Communication No. 172/1984, UN Doc. Supp. No. 40 (A/42/40) at 139 (1987).

Vos v. The Netherlands,

Communication No. 218/1986, UN Doc. Supp. No. 40 (A/44/40) at 232 (1989).

Ponsamy Poongavanam v. Mauritius,

Communication No. 567/1993, UN Doc. CCPR/C/51/D/567/1993 (1993).

J.H.W. v. The Netherlands,

Communication No. 501/1992, UN Doc. CCPR/C/48/D/501/1992 (1993).

Delgado-Paéz v. Colombia,

Case No. 195/1985 (1990), U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/39/D/195/1985.

Huamán v. Peru,

Communication No. 1153/2003, UN Doc. CCPR/C/85/D/1153/2003 (2005).

Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) Notwithstanding Security Resolution 276,

1971 I.C.J. 16, 56-57 (1970).

Proposed Amendments to the Naturalization Provisions of the Constitution of Costa Rica,

Advisory Opinion OC-4/84, January 19, 1984, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (Ser. A) No. 4 (1984).

Velasquez Rodriquez Case,

Judgment of July 29, 1988, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (Ser. C) No. 4 (1988).

Maria Elena Loayza-Tamayo v. Peru,

Maria da Penha v. Brazil,

Case 12.051, Inter-Am. C.H.R., Report No. 54/01, Annual Report 2000, OEA/Ser.L./V/II.222 doc.20 rev. (2000).

Report on Admissibilty of Jessica Gonzales and Others v. United States,

Jessica Gonzales and Others v. United States, Petition 1490-05, Inter-Am C.H.R, Report No. 52/7, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.07 (2007).

White v. United States,

Case 2141, Inter-Am. C.H.R., Resolution 23/81, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.54, Doc. 9 rev. 1 (1981).

Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. United Kingdom,

7 Eur. H.R. Rep. 471 (1985).

Airey v. Ireland,

2 Eur. H.R. Rep. 305 (1979).

Schmidt v. Germany,
18 Eur. H.R. Rep. 513 (1994).

Burghartz v. Switzerland,
18 Eur. H.R. Rep. 101 (1994).

Gubernat v. Deremer,

657 A.2d 856 (NJ 1995).

Opuz v. Turkey ,

Petition No. 33401/02, (June 9, 2009) available at http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp917/search.asp?skin=hudoc-en .

Sahin v. Turkey,
Application No. 44774/98 (2005).

Vo v. France,
40 Eur. H.R. Rep. 259 (2004).

Commission of the European Communities v. United Kingdom,
Case 165/82, 1983 E.C.R. 3431 (1983).

Johnston v. Chief Constable,
Case 222/84, 1986 E.C.R. 1651, 1676-1689 (1986).

Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) v. Kreil,
Case 285/98, 2001 E.C.R. I-69 (2000).

Public Ministry  v. Stoeckel,
Case 345/89, 1991 E.C.R. I-4047 (1991).

Commission of the European Communities v. Italian Republic,
Case 163/82, 1983 E.C.R. 3273 (1983).

Hofmann v. Barmer Ersatzkasse,
Case 184/83, 1984 E.C.R. 3047 (1984).

Commission of the European Communities v. France,
Case 312/86, 1988 E.C.R. 6315 (1988).

Asakura v. City of Seattle,

265 U.S. 332 (1924).

E.E.O.C. v. Fremont Christian School,

781 F.2d 1362 (9th Cir. 1986).

Gonzales v. Carhart,

550 U. S. ___ (2007) (slip opinion).

Gubernat v. Deremer,

657 A.2d 856 (NJ 1995).

Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs,

538 U.S. 721 (2003).

Nguyen v. INS,

533 U.S. 53 (2001).

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania et al v. Casey,

505 U.S. 833 (1992).

Reynolds v. United States,

98 U.S. 145 (1878).

Roe v. Wade,

410 U.S. 113 (1973).

Rosenfeld v. Southern Pacific Co.,

444 F.2d 1219 (9th Cir. 1971).

Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Gonzales,

545 U.S. 748 (2000).

United States v. Virginia Military Institute,

518 U.S. 515 (1996).

Attorney General v. Unity Dow,

[1992] LRC (Const) 628 (1992). (Appeal Court of Botswana)

Vishaka v. Rajasthan,

[1997] 3 LRC 361(1997).

R (on the application of Begum) v. Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School,

[2006] UKHL 15.

Law and Advocacy for Women in Uganda (LAWA) v. Attorney General,

Const. Pets. Nos. 13/05 & 05/06, [2007] UGCC 1 (5 April 2007).

Uganda Ass'n of Women Lawyers v. Attorney General,

Const. Pet. No. 2/03, (10 Mar 2004).