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BHR-2002-R-65396
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Title_of_text
Legislative Decree with respect to approving accession to Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (No. 5 of 2002).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Bahrain
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment; Non-discrimination
Adopted on (Date of text)
2002-03-02
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides for accession to UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women of 1979. Reservations are made, partly due to conflict with the provisions of Islamic Sharia'a, with respect to the following articles: Article 2, Article 9(2), Article 15(4), Article 16, and Article 29(1).
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
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Law No. 17 of 2015 concerning Protection against Domestic Violence.
Related Text region
Related text(s)
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Law No. 1 of 2008 with respect to Trafficking in Persons.
Serial region
Serial title
Official Gazette [English version]
Date
2002-03-06
Number
No. 2520
Page range
pp. 2-14