UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Concluding Observations on the Eighth Periodic Report of the Russian Federation (November 2015)

This report was published by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in November 2015. The report focuses on concerns its concerns, as well as makes recommendations, to the Russian Federation following its eight periodic report to the Committee.

Topics covered in the report are extensive, and range from concerns of the full interpretation of the Convention, women's access to justice, degrading portrayal of women in the media, violence against women and the absence of substitution therapy programmes. The report adds its recommendations, which address the shortcomings of the Russian Federation to address the issues raised in the report.

Citation: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 'Concluding Observations on the Eighth Periodic Report of the Russian Federation' (2015), CEDAW/C/RUS/CO/8