RECOMMENDATION
The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that the Human Rights Commission has adequate human, technical and financial resources to discharge its mandate to work on women’s rights, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles).
| Recommendation No: | 2021-20 |
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| Recommendation Year: | 2021 |
| Recommendation Text: | The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that the Human Rights Commission has adequate human, technical and financial resources to discharge its mandate to work on women’s rights, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles). |
| Convention/Treaty Body: | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
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Related Human Rights Articles
CEDAW Article 2 - Article 2
States Parties condemn discrimination against women in all its forms, agree to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating discrimination against women and, to this end, undertake: (a) To embody the principle of the equality of men and women in their national constitutions or other appropriate legislation if not yet incorporated therein and to ensure, through law and other appropriate means, the practical realization of this principle;
(b) To adopt appropriate legislative and other measures, including sanctions where appropriate, prohibiting all discrimination against women;
(c) To establish legal protection of the rights of women on an equal basis with men and to ensure through competent national tribunals and other public institutions the effective protection of women against any act of discrimination;
(d) To refrain from engaging in any act or practice of discrimination against women and to ensure that public authorities and institutions shall act in conformity with this obligation;
(e) To take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women by any person, organization or enterprise;
(f) To take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices which constitute discrimination against women;
(g) To repeal all national penal provisions which constitute discrimination against women.
Stakeholders
Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM)
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Ministry of Finance (MoF)
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People's Majlis (PM)
Relevant Articles of the Constitution
No Relevant Articles of the Constitution
Relevant Legislation Articles
23 - (a) It is the responsibility of institutions in financial services to provide opportunities for financial resources and services to men and women equally without discrimination. (b) For the purposes of part (a) of the present Article, under relevant circumstances, institutions in financial services and other authorities related to financial services shall formulate policies to provide women with equal opportunities as men, in attaining financial facilities.
Relevant Regulations & Policies
No Relevant Regulations & Policies
Relevant Articles of other Human Rights Conventions
CEDAW Article1 - Article I
For the purposes of the present Convention, the term "discrimination against women" shall mean any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise 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.
CEDAW Article 2 - Article 2
States Parties condemn discrimination against women in all its forms, agree to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating discrimination against women and, to this end, undertake: (a) To embody the principle of the equality of men and women in their national constitutions or other appropriate legislation if not yet incorporated therein and to ensure, through law and other appropriate means, the practical realization of this principle;
(b) To adopt appropriate legislative and other measures, including sanctions where appropriate, prohibiting all discrimination against women;
(c) To establish legal protection of the rights of women on an equal basis with men and to ensure through competent national tribunals and other public institutions the effective protection of women against any act of discrimination;
(d) To refrain from engaging in any act or practice of discrimination against women and to ensure that public authorities and institutions shall act in conformity with this obligation;
(e) To take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women by any person, organization or enterprise;
(f) To take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices which constitute discrimination against women;
(g) To repeal all national penal provisions which constitute discrimination against women.
Related Recommendations of other Treaty Bodies
CRC OP- 12 - CRC-OPSC
CRC OP- 19 - CRC-OPSC
CRC-15(b) - CRC
CRC-45(d) - CRC
CRC OP- 25 - CRC-OPSC
143.64 - UPR
141.87 - UPR
141.27 - UPR
133.195 - UPR -3rd cycle
133.62 - UPR -3rd cycle
Related SDGs
GOAL 05
Categories
Allocations of resources
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Gender Equality