Review of Iran's accession to the "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women" (Arguments of proponents and opponents) Journal Article

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5 Provisions of the Convention The main message of the "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women" is the complete equality (similarity) of women and men and the elimination of all distinctions in legal, economic, political, cultural, and social spheres; unless the distinction is of the type of "positive discrimination" and means granting a specific right to women in order to - The written report of the sub-commission meetings does not indicate the approval or confirmation of the conditional accession view. Article 1 expresses the general spirit of the treaty (the term "discrimination against women" in this Convention refers to any distinction, exclusion (deprivation), or restriction based on sex which has the purpose or effect of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil, or any other field by women; irrespective of their marital status and based on equality between women and men). Fortunately, the honorable head of the Center for Women's Participation Affairs has implicitly referred to the existing contradiction between Islamic Sharia and the spirit of the Convention: "The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has announced its agreement to send the bill for Iran's accession to the aforementioned Convention to the Islamic Consultative Assembly, with a declaration of general reservation and on the condition that its provisions and principles are not contrary to the standards of Islamic Sharia; although according to paragraph 2 of Article 28, the Convention explicitly prohibits declaring conditions that are contrary to the purpose and subject of the treaty.