“Avenir Liban” round table on the implementation of CEDAW

Avenir Liban held last week at the bar association a round table on the technicalities of implementing CEDAW in Lebanese courts; which was organized in collaboration with IWRAW and the Beirut Bar Association. The event was attended by 30 women and men lawyers and the president of Avenir Liban, lawyer Patricia Elias Smeeda.
Participants worked on a model document to be used by lawyers in trying cases involving defending women’s rights.  They also agreed to addressing a request to the president of the Republic and to the Prime Minister calling for the ratification of the CEDAW Optional Protocol which provides the necessary tools for effectively implementing CEDAW.
Source: Al-Diyar 10 February 2014