IV.
Reasoning and Evidence
1.
Regulatory basis: Relevant human rights conventions and
regulations
Below is a list of international human rights conventions and domestic
regulations that apply to the case at hand:
1)
International human rights conventions
a. Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions (“Paris
Principles”)
b. CEDAW: Articles 1 through 5, 11, and 24
c. General Recommendation No. 25 on Article 4, Paragraph 1
(temporary special measures) of CEDAW: Paragraphs 5 through
7
d. General Recommendation No. 28 on Article 2 (core obligations
of states parties) of CEDAW: Paragraphs 5, 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 36,
and 37
e. Results of the 40th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women (E/CN.6/2008/CRP.1)
f. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
(ICESCR): Articles 2, 3, and 7
g. UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
General Comment No. 10 (The role of national human rights
institutions in the protection of economic, social, and cultural
rights): Paragraph 3
h. CESCR General Comment No. 16 (Article 3: The equal right of
men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social, and
cultural rights): Paragraphs 6–8, 10–12, 18–21, 24, 37, and 40–42
i. CESCR General Comment No. 20 (Article 2, Paragraph 2: Nondiscrimination in economic, social, and cultural rights):
Paragraphs 10, 20, 32, 37, 38, and 40
j. CESCR General Comment No. 23 (Article 7: Right to just and
favorable conditions of work): Paragraphs 47–48, 53–57, 59, 65,
74–75, and 77–80
k. International Labor Organization’s Violence and Harassment
Convention (No. 190): Articles 1 and 9
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