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The Lebanese third shadow report on the implementation of CEDAW

Publisher: Committee for the Follow-Up on Women's Issues
Author: Dr Fahima Charafeddine Committee for the Follow-Up on Women's Issues UNICEF/ Beirut office
Type: Report
Date: December 2007
Keywords: Equality , Penal Code, Nationality Law, Civil Status Law, Labor Law and Social Security Law, Human Trafficking, Migrant domestic workers, Women in sex industry
Location in CRTDA: Available online http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/ngos/CommitteeFollowuponWomen.pdf
The third shadow report was founded on the first and the second report which were drafted by the Committee for the Follow-up on Women's issued, along with a group of non-governmental women organizations, in the years 1999-2004 respectively The report: - Stresses the progress that has taken place since 2004 up to 2007, in terms of the legal amendments adopted by the government or women and civil organizations. - Sums up the most significant issues that still need procedural interventions by the government, and which NGO's would like to discuss with the CEDAW committee. - Relied on the principle of participation among all parties (women civil organizations, human rights committees…) concerned with the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women.

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