Campaigning for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, Democracy, the Rule of Law and International Justice
Campaign to ban FGM worldwide
Official Documents supporting the UNGA Resolution
- Declaration of IPU-IGAD Women Parliamentary Caucus, Djibouti, 9 January 2012
- Resolution of Ivory Coast National Assembly (FR), 28 July 2010
- African Union’s Decision to support draft resolution at the 66th session of UNGA to ban FGM worldwide, 17th Summit of the African Union, 1 July 2011
- Uganda Parliament motion, 8 June 2010
- Declaration of Inter-parliamentary Conference of Dakar, 4 May 2010
- Final document Parliamentary Workshop of Mauritania, 4 February 2010
- Declaration High Level meeting of Ouagadougou, 10 November 2009
International Instruments in the fight against FGM
International Human Rights instruments under which FGM is considered a violation:
- The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child
- The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
- The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)
