The 2015 report is ‘a radical accusation against patriarchy’.

By Lyda Verstegen

Every year the Human Rights Council spends a day discussing the elimination of discrimination against women, informed by the latest report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice.

This Working Group is a sequel to Beijing’s Platform for Action. In Beijing, governments decided to abolish discriminatory laws.

The five and ten year reviews made this decision even firmer.