CEDAW Speaker Series: Article 6 with Corinne Dettmeijer

Corinne Dettmeijer, a member of the CEDAW Committee, led a conversation on CEDAW Article 6 which focuses on trafficking and exploitation of prostitution.

The CEDAW (Convention) Speaker Series is designed to familiarize members of the public with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), known as the women’s bill of rights.

Each month, we will be joined by an expert to look at one Article of the Convention, its interpretation, its application to the Bahamian context, and the most recent assessment of the country’s progress.

Watch the replay of the session below, which took place on September 24, 2022.

Below are documents referenced during the session:
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime – https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/protocol-prevent-suppress-and-punish-trafficking-persons

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW): https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/ProfessionalInterest/cedaw.pdf

General recommendation No. 38 (2020) on trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/general-comments-and-recommendations/general-recommendation-no38-2020-trafficking-women

Check out the CEDAW speaker series playlist below for more discussions on the articles.