ERRC Submission on Spain to UN Women's Rights Committee

05 July 2004

Budapest, New York, July 7, 2004: Today, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ("CEDAW"), the review body responsible with the monitoring of states' compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women ("Convention"), reviews Spain's compliance with the Convention. The review provides the opportunity to highlight in particular discrimination and other human rights violations against Romani women in Spain.

An ERRC submission presented to the Committee in advance of today's review presents extensive documentation indicating that Romani women in Spain have been subjected to intersectional discrimination on the basis of gender and ethnicity. Romani women in Spain face denial of fundamental human rights in a number of areas as a result of the complex interplay and compounding effects of racial and gender discrimination.