International Agreement and Action Plans

This document is a proposal, in permanent construction, of the Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective, that integrates the progress related to human rights since 1948. It presents the following chapters:
I. Rights of identity and citizenship

This factsheet describes the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) and its importance in supporting worldwide efforts to stop violence against women in all spheres of life.

This report evaluates the progress made by Council of Europe member states since the Beijing conference. It provides updated information on national machinery, action plans and gender mainstreaming strategies set up to promote equality between women and men.

Unanimously adopted by the General Assembly in 1999, the Optional Protocol lays out the procedure for the receipt and consideration of complaints to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1979, CEDAW sets an agenda for States Parties to take all measures and appropriate action including taking temporary special measures to reduce gender gaps and eliminate discrimination against women.

This document contains two international agreements outlining standards for election observation, as agreed upon by a number of international organizations.

This code of conduct, agreed upon by the political parties of Macedonia, sets forth rules and standards for ensuring free and fair parliamentary elections. It focuses particularly on regulations relating to rule of law and electoral conduct.

This plan of action represents the Inter-Parliamentary Union's (IPU) main intellectual input to the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995.

This declaration was adopted by participants to Parliamentarians' Day, which was held by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on the occasion of the Fourth World Conference on Women.