A Digest of Case Law on the Human Rights of Women - Asia Pacific ...

Collation <strong>of</strong> Relevant International Instruemnts
LABOUR LAW
1. Workplace harassment
CEDAW
• A.2; A.5(a) – general provisions on non-discrimination
• A.11 – particularly 11(f) – right to protection and health safety
UDHR
• A.8 – right to an effective remedy by competent national tribunals
• A.23 – right to work, free choice <strong>of</strong> employment and just and favourable
conditions <strong>of</strong> work
ICCPR
• A.7 – no one shall be subject to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment
ICESCR
• A.7 (b) – right to enjoyment <strong>of</strong> just and favourable conditions <strong>of</strong> work, including
safe and healthy working conditions
DEVAW
• A.4 (c) - states should exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and in
accordance with national legislation punish acts <strong>of</strong> violence against women,
whether those acts are perpetrated by the State or private citizens
2. Working age
CEDAW
• A.2; A.5 - general provisions on non-discrimination
• A.11 – employment provisions
• A.13 – non-discrimination in economic and social life
UDHR
• A.7 – equality before and under the law
• A.23 – right to work, protection against unemployment
ICCPR
• A.3 – state undertaking to ensure the equal rights <strong>of</strong> men and women in
enjoyment <strong>of</strong> civil and political rights
• A.26 - equality under and before the law/equal protection clause
ICESCR
• A.3 - state obligation to ensure equal right <strong>of</strong> men and women in enjoyment <strong>of</strong>
economic, social and cultural rights
3. Wage discrimination
CEDAW
• A.2; A.15 - general provisions on non-discrimination
• A.11 - employment provisions
• A.13 - non-discrimination in economic and social life
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