committee on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
21United Nations Convention Against Torture — Convention against Torture Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Type Human rights convention Drafted 10 December 1984[1] Signed 10 December 1984 Location New York Effective 26 June 1987 …
22European women's lobby — Founded in 1990, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) [http://www.womenlobby.org/site/hp.asp?langue=EN] is the largest alliance of women’s non governmental organisation in the European Union bringing together thousands of women’s organisations… …
23Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — Parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities   states parties …
24Prostitution in the People's Republic of China — This article is about prostitution in mainland China. See also Prostitution in Hong Kong and Prostitution in Taiwan. Shortly after taking power in 1949, the Communist Party of China embarked upon a series of campaigns that purportedly eradicated… …
25Miriam Estrada-Castillo — Lawyer, was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She is the daughter of Pablo Estrada Valle, one of the founders of Concentración de Fuerzas Populares CFP which was one of the most important political parties of Ecuador in the fifties. She graduated from… …
26International judicial institution — International judicial institutions can be divided into courts, arbitral tribunals and quasi judicial institutions. Courts are permanent bodies, with near the same composition for each case. Arbitral tribunals, by contrast, are constituted anew… …
27Geneva Conventions — The Geneva Convention: The signature and seals page of the First Geneva Convention (1864), establishing humane rules of war. The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of… …
28Value of monogamy — The value of monogamy refers to people s views about the contributions monogamy makes, good or bad, to individual and social well being. Some cultures value monogamy as an ideal form of family organization. However, many cultures prefer other… …
29Islamic fundamentalism in Iran — The history of fundamentalist Islam in Iran (or History of Principle ism) covers the history of Islamic revivalism and the rise of political Islam in modern Iran. Today, there are basically three types of Islam in Iran: traditionalism, modernism …
30international law — the body of rules that nations generally recognize as binding in their conduct toward one another. Also called law of nations. Cf. private international law, public international law. [1830 40] * * * Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that …
