27 July 2009 Dear Friends, I am writing you to share information on an under-used yet potentially effective advocacy tool: the Communications Procedure of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The Communications Procedure of the CSW deals with allegations of human rights abuse(s) by one or more Member State(s) against women. It does not deal with individual cases of abuse, but rather patterns of abuse. There are very few prerequisites for submission: the communication itself can be as long or as short as you like (the entire submission can be less than a page long); a petitioner(s) must be identified at first but thereafter can have his/her identity treated confidentially; the petitioner(s) need not be from the country where the alleged abuse is taking place; the communication must contain allegations of a violation the human rights of women; and can be against one or more countries. Once received, the communication is sent to the Government(s) involved who is then asked to re...
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