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RJI submits shadow report to UN Women’s Committee on Women’s Rights in the North Caucasus

... in marriage and family life; violence against women; and harmful traditional practices. The report included examples of selected individual cases pending before the European Court of Human Rights as well as the CEDAW Committee, including the case of Timagova v Russia , the first complaint from Russia to be considered by the CEDAW Committee under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, which allows for individuals to directly complain to the Committee of a violation of the rights contained in CEDAW....