CEDAW/C/58/D/47/2012
Annex
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
(fifty-eighth session)
Communication No. 47/2012 * González Carreño v. Spain
Submitted by:
Angela González Carreño (represented by counsel
Women’s Link Worldwide)
Alleged victims:
The author and her deceased daughter, Andrea
Rascón González
State party:
Spain
Date of communication:
19 September 2012 (initial submission)
Document references:
Transmitted to the State party on 15 November 2012
(not issued in document form)
Date of adoption of decision:
16 July 2014
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 16 July 2014,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 7 of the Optional Protocol
1.
The author of the communication is Angela González Carreño, of Spanish
nationality, born on 22 April 1960. She alleges that she was the victim of
violations by the State party of articles 2 (a-f), 5 (a) and 16, singly and jointly
with articles 2 and 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women. The author is represented by counsel. The
Convention and its Optional Protocol entered into force for Spain on 4 February
1984 and 6 October 2001 respectively.
Facts as presented by the author
2.1 The author married F.R.C. in 1996. Her daughter, Andrea, was born in
February of that year. During their time together, before and after the marriage,
the author was subjected to physical and psychological violence by F.R.C. For
that reason the author left the marital residence several times during 1999.
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2
The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the
present communication: Ms. Nicole Ameline, Ms. Barbara Bailey, Ms. Olinda
Bareiro-Bobadilla, Mr. Niklas Bruun, Ms. Náela Gabr, Ms. Hilary Gbedemah,
Ms. Nahla Haidar, Ms. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Ms. Yoko Hayashi, Ms. Ismat Jahan,
Ms. Dalia Leinarte, Ms. Theodora Nwankwo, Ms. Pramila Patten, Ms. Silvia
Pimentel, Ms. Maria Helena Pires, Ms. Biancamaria Pomeranzi, Ms. Patricia Schulz,
Ms, Dubravka Šimonović and Ms. Xiaoqiao Zou.
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