United Nations
CEDAW/C/75/D/138/2018
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
Distr.: General
28 February 2020
English
Original: Spanish
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women
Seventy-fifth session
Decision adopted by the Committee under article 4 (2) (c) of the
Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 138/2018 *,**
Communication submitted by:
S.F.M. (represented by counsel,
Francisca Fernández Guillén)
Alleged victim:
The author
State party:
Spain
Date of communication:
30 October 2018
References:
Decision taken pursuant to rule 69 of
the Committee’s rules of procedure,
transmitted to the State party on
6 December 2018 (not issued in
document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
28 February 2020
Subject matter:
Obstetric violence
Procedural issues:
Exhaustion of domestic remedies; abuse
of rights
Articles of the Convention:
2, 3, 5 and 12
Articles of the Optional Protocol:
4 (1) and 2 (c) and (d)
* Adopted by the Committee at its seventy-fifth session (10 to 28 February 2020).
** The following members of the Committee participated in the consideration of the present
communication: Gladys Acosta Vargas, Hiroko Akizuki, Tamader Al-Rammah, Nicole Ameline,
Gunnar Bergby, Marion Bethel, Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia, Naéla Gabr, Hilary Gbedemah,
Nahla Haidar, Dalia Leinarte, Rosario G. Manalo, Lia Nadaraia, Aruna Devi Narain, Bandana
Rana, Rhoda Reddock, Elgun Safarov, Wenyan Song, Genoveva Tisheva, Franceline Toé Bouda
and Aicha Vall Verges. In accordance with article 60 (c) of the Committe e’s regulations, Ana
Peláez Narváez did not participate in the consideration of the present communication.
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