[law] constitutions

Yémen: Le parlement yéménite a approuvé la ratification du Statut de Rome de la CPI.

"Avec ce vote historique, le Yémen peut officiellement déposer son instrument de ratification et devenir ainsi le 105ème Etat partie à la CPI et le quatrième Etat membre de la Ligue arabe à rejoindre la Cour."

Occasional Paper 15: Iraq Women's Rights Under Attack

This Occasional Paper features recent activities of one of WLUML's networking organisations based in the UK. In addition, Dr Nadje Al-Ali is an active UK networker and Sundus Abass is an active networker in Iraq. In July 2006 Act Together, Women's Action for Iraq, hosted Sundus Abass, Director of Women in Leadership Institute, Baghdad, in London for 15 days.

Afghanistan: 'accès à la justice pour les femmes afghanes—un nouveau président pour la cour suprême

Egalité Maintenant a demandé la révocation de tout magistrat qui ne serait pas prêt à faire appliquer les dispositions de la constitution afghane ou des instruments internationaux en matière de droits humains auxquels l'Afghanistan est partie.

UPDATE: Iraq: Campaign to affirm Personal Status Law and remove Article 41 from the constitution

Iraq: Fight for the rights of Iraqi women

The new Constitution threatens to restore "Islamic Law" and with it a dismantling of the rights of Iraqi women.

Iraq: Women meet to protect rights in the Iraqi constitution

A brief report of a conference on women's rights and personal status law recently held in Baghdad.

Iraq: Panel on constitution changes formed

Iraq's fractious ethnic and religious parliamentary groups have agreed to open debate on a contentious Shiite-proposed draft legislation that will allow the creation of federal regions in Iraq.

Malaysia: Push for first gender equality bill

WLUML and the Women's Centre for Change recently organised the International Conference on Mechanisms and Legislation to Promote and Protect Gender Equality, with participants from South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran and Germany.

Iraq: Recommendations for the Iraqi Personal Status Law

As part of a series of articles about the law and its amendments, exclusively published by Niqash, Dr. Faiza Babakhan, a lawyer and legal advisor for women’s affairs and a member of parliament, outlines her recommendations.

Iraq: The Constitution and CEDAW

A study of the Iraqi Constitution and the international obligations of Iraq under CEDAW with specific relation to Article 39 of the Constitution.