Women’s rights: from bad to worse? Assessing the evolution of incompatible reservations to the CEDAW Convention

摘要: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Discrimination against Women is most important international human rights instrument for protection women's worldwide. It is, however, also one main UN treaties to which largest number reservations has been made. As far-reaching are detrimental effective rights, this gave rise debate need apply a system such that allows efficient their integrity. More specifically, it resulted in severability approach and treaty bodies claiming competence assess reservations' compatibility. This article aims contribute academic research CEDAW Convention, by studying evolution reservation-making from comparative perspective its entry into force until present. Through analysis, identify trends shifts practice over time, allowing more detailed assessment increasing incompatible reservations, Committee's progress towards active State's willingness object they find incompatible.