CEDAW/C/CHE/CO/4-5
(d) Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183), of the International
Labour Organization, in 2014;
(e) Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), of the International
Labour Organization, in 2014.
C.
Parliament
7.
The Committee stresses the crucial role of the legislative power in
ensuring the full implementation of the Convention (see the statement by the
Committee on its relationship with parliamentarians, adopted at the forty -fifth
session, in 2010). It invites the Federal Assembly, in line with its mandate, to
take the necessary steps regarding the implementation of the present
concluding observations between now and the next reporting period under the
Convention.
D.
Principal areas of concern and recommendations
Withdrawal of reservations
8.
The Committee welcomes the State party’s withdrawal of its reservation to
article 16 (1) (g) of the Convention in 2013, but is concerned that the State party has
yet to withdraw its reservation to articles 15 (2) and 16 (1) (h).
9.
The Committee reiterates its previous concluding observations (see
CEDAW/C/CHE/CO/3, para. 12) and urges the State party to indicate in its
next periodic report, if possible and still relevant, a timetable for the
withdrawal of its reservation to articles 15 (2) and 16 (1) (h) concerning the law
governing the matrimonial regime applicable before 1 January 1988.
Visibility of the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s
general recommendations
10. The Committee notes as positive the establishment of an interdepartmental
working group under the auspices of the Federal Office for Gender Equality to
monitor the implementation of the State party’s commitments under the Convention.
Nevertheless, it remains concerned that disparities in the implementation of the
Convention across cantons and communities have not been sufficiently addressed.
The Committee is also concerned at the inadequate reference to the Convention in
judicial proceedings at the federal and cantonal levels, as well as at the limited
awareness of the Convention and the general recommendations of the Committee as
important tools of interpretation within the judiciary and the legal profession, and
among women themselves.
11.
The Committee recommends that the State party:
(a) Develop a sustainable strategy, at both the federal and cantonal
levels, including by allocating adequate financial resources, to disseminate the
Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general
recommendations among all stakeholders, including women’s organizations;
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