The book was produced within the framework of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Literacy Project for Lawyers, which was carried out between 1 February 2022 and 31 December 2022. The overall objective of the project, which was implemented by the Human Rights Law Research Center of Istanbul Bilgi University, was to raise awareness and strengthen the capacity of lawyers on international standards of women’s human rights, gender equality, violence against women,, international monitoring mechanisms, individual complaints procedures, and the interpretation and implementation of CEDAW.

In order to achieve the aim of the project, this book, which deals with various aspects of CEDAW, was prepared with contributions from prominent experts in the field.

Table of Contents
• Editors
• About the Project and the Book
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: The Law of Treaties in Consequence and Process Tension, Human Rights Law and Türkiye 
   Turgut TARHANLI
• CEDAW and the Duty of Due Diligence Standard: Incompatibility of Theory and Practice 
   Yakın ERTÜRK
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and Temporary Special Procedures 
  İdil Işıl GÜL
• Impact of General Recommendations on the Implementation of CEDAW 
  Nazan MOROĞLU
• General Recommendation No. 35 of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 
  Feride ACAR
• Türkiye’s CEDAW Story 
  Sevgi UÇAN ÇUBUKÇU
• Tracing Women’s Human Rights in the Concluding Observations of the CEDAW Committee on Türkiye 
  Gökçeçiçek AYATA
• CEDAW in Cases of Gender Discrimination: A Potential and Effectiveness Analysis in the Context of Communication and Inquiry Procedures 
   Gülay ARSLAN ÖNCÜ 
• CEDAW Committee as an Application Mechanism Regarding the Cases on Violence Against Women: Şahide Gökçe v. Austria and Angela González Carreño v. Spain Judgements 
  Sevinç ERYILMAZ 
• Summaries of the Adoption of Views of the CEDAW Committee in Turkish 
  Pınar ÇAĞLI

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The book has been prepared within the scope of the project titled “United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Literacy for Lawyers”, carried out by Istanbul Bilgi University Human Rights Law Research Center and financially supported by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in İstanbul. The responsibility for the content of the book rests entirely with the authors and in no way can it be reflected as the views of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Istanbul or Istanbul Bilgi University. The texts and translated texts in this book cannot be used without reference and cannot be reproduced without permission.  All rights reserved.