Palestine & the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: Implications of Ratification the right to run for all publicly elected commissions. Convention on the Nationality of Married Women 1957 In 1949, the United Nations called for holding an international convention relevant to women’s nationality that guarantees women’s right of nationality on equal terms with men. It prohibits women being deprived of this right upon marriage or divorce. The UN General Assembly did not approve this Convention until 1957. Convention Concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation 1958 This is an ILO convention, and in it discrimination is defined as: “distinction, exclusion or preference made on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction, and social origin which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation; or any other forms of discrimination, exclusion or preference which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment.” This document binds States Parties to implementing national policy aimed at achieving equality in employment by drafting legislation that guarantees equality, nullification of any discriminatory instructions or decisions and promotion of governmental oversight of workplaces in order to prohibit discrimination. Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages 1962 and 1965 The Member States are requested by this Convention to record all marriages in an official registry by the competent authority. It was kept open for States Parties to specify the minimum age for marriage; the 1965 Recommendation complementary to the Convention specifies fifteen years as the minimum age at which one is permitted to marry. 9