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1. An assessment of the situation regarding the principle of “ensuring that no one is left behind” at the global level:
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) is the international body charged with overseeing the implementation of the legal obligations of the 189 States parties under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the CEDAW Convention). The Committee is keenly aware of the nexus between development and the realization of women’s rights. The near universal ratification of the CEDAW Convention, together with the vast experience of the Committee since its establishment in 1982 in relation to women and development garnered through its supervisory mandate, underlines the importance of the Committee's expertise in the implementation of the principle of “ensuring that no one is left behind”.
A development framework guided by the Convention
Article 1 of the CEDAW Convention prohibits “any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex, which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the enjoyment and exercise of rights by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field”.
The CEDAW Convention provides strong standards on equality and non-discrimination for all women, in all fields, going beyond the list mentioned in Article 1. It also provides critical normative standards that are intrinsically linked to the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development such as those related to non-discrimination, political participation, education,
health, food, housing, and freedoms of expression and assembly. From this perspective, meeting the goals of Agenda 2030 in “ensuring that no one is left behind” requires the adoption of a development framework based on the standards for women’s full enjoyment of human rights as set out in the CEDAW Convention and other international human rights treaties.
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