The ramifications of Lesotho's ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women

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Title:	The ramifications of Lesotho's ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
Author:	Acheampong, Kenneth A.
Year:	1993
Periodical:	Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development
Volume:	9
Issue:	1
Pages:	79-105
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Lesotho
Subjects:	human rights women
Abstract:	The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 1979, popularly referred to as the Women's Bill of Rights, goes far beyond all other instruments dealing with the human rights of women. Lesotho ratified the Convention in 1995 but with the reservation that it would not take any legislative measures under the Convention incompatible with the provisions of the country's constitution. An analysis of the ramifications hereof indicates that the reservation entrenches, rather than eliminates, all forms of discrimination against women subject to customary law in Lesotho. It does this by severely circumscribing the obligations Lesotho has assumed, under article 2 of the Convention, to condemn discrimination against women and pursue a policy of eliminating discrimination against women. Notes, ref.