CEDAW/C/38/D/10/2005
United Nations
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
Distr.: General
12 June 2007
Original: English
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women
Thirty-eighth session
14 May-1 June 2007
Decision of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
(Thirty-eighth session)
Communication No. 10/2005*
Submitted by:
Alleged victim:
Ms. N. S. F.
The author
State party:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Date of communication:
21 September 2005 (initial submission)
Document references:
Transmitted to the State party on
8 March 2006 (not issued in document form)
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, established
under article 17 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women,
Meeting on 30 May 2007
Adopts the following:
* The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present
communication: Ms. Ferdous Ara Begum, Ms. Magalys Arocha Dominguez, Ms. Meriem
Belmihoub-Zerdani, Ms. Saisuree Chutikul, Ms. Dorcas Coker-Appiah, Ms. Mary Shanthi
Dairiam, Mr. Cees Flinterman, Ms. Naela Mohamed Gabr, Ms. Françoise Gaspard, Ms. Ruth
Halperin-Kaddari, Ms. Violeta Neubauer, Ms. Pramila Patten, Ms. Silvia Pimentel, Ms. Fumiko
Saiga, Ms. Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling, Ms. Heisoo Shin, Ms. Glenda P. Simms, Ms. Dubravka
Šimonović, Ms. Anamah Tan and Ms. Maria Regina Tavares da Silva.
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