Article 15 Equality before the law and in civil matters

With respect to Free Legal Assistance, the Bill provides for the possibility of full legal assistance, including legal counseling or information on the rights of women as a means of guaranteeing access to justice.

We also encourage full gender equality, which will eliminate stereotypes of the image of women in order to allow egalitarian access to education and employment for women.

The formulas used for bringing this adaptation about must focus on increased participation of States in the Organization's decisions and must aim at the full legal equality of all States, an aspiration that has yet to become a reality, but which, nevertheless, remains the mainstay of the United Nations.

In Israel, an Israeli Arab Palestinian minority has full citizenship, even if much remains to be done to afford it full social and economic equality.

In the 1960s UNRWA schools became the first in the region to achieve full gender equality.

If we add new permanent members, the asymmetry that affects the legal equality of States will only further increase.

The legal capacity of women is also covered in the proposed amendments to the Civil Code dealing with equality.

1.3 Legal and policy commitments to gender equality are preserved

Necessary legal grounds and responsible institutions are provided for in the Gender Equality Act.

The Committee is especially concerned about the State party's narrow focus primarily on de jure equality rather than the realization also of de facto, or substantive, equality of women as required under the Convention.

Therefore, fathers, who have full legal coverage for this, take all important decisions regarding the life of the child or children.

Emphasizing that the empowerment of women and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of society is fundamental for development,

Ms. Schöpp Schilling welcomed the State party's initiative to review its anti discrimination legislation but cautioned that substantive equality was as important as formal legal equality.

Although most Chinese in Malaysia now feel that they deserve the full rights of citizenship, they have not insisted on absolute equality.

(d) Ensuring that equipment, tools and teaching aids are updated

5. Stresses the importance of the full and equal participation of women in political, economic, cultural and social life throughout the country, and calls upon the Transitional Authority to protect and promote the equal rights of men and women

With respect to the woman's administration and disposal of her property, article 325 of the Civil Code declares A married woman has full legal capacity.

It provides for equality in respect to rights and obligations for citizens in administration, education, legal protection, etc.

The judicial proceedings against him have not been impartial and he has been subjected to discriminatory, humiliating and degrading treatment in detention. His right to equality and non discrimination has also been violated.

Ensure equal and full participation of women in decision making and power structures, particularly in macroeconomic institutions, environmental management and all peace and security processes.

Women's full and equal participation in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life, at all levels, is integral to development.

The Code had been challenged before the Constitutional Court as being in violation of the rights to equality, due process and judicial guarantees.

Indeed, in many ways, the article is a litmus test of where individual countries are in their own evolution toward full equality for men and women.

If we use what is called the Gini coefficient to measure this income gap, with 0 indicating perfect equality of income distribution and 1 meaning perfect inequality, the number for China is 0.454 in 2002.

We are convinced that women's empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of society, including participation in the decision making processes and access to power, are fundamental for the achievement of equality, development and peace (cited in Strachan Dalesa, 2003).

The Assembly reiterated the continued importance of the full and equal participation of women in all spheres of Afghan life, including in the development, recovery and reconstruction programmes.

Arwa al Hujaili has become Saudi Arabia's first female legal trainee or three years of apprenticeship ahead before she earns her full legal licensure to become a lawyer.

The Beijing Declaration, adopted 10 years later, reiterated that women's empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of society, are fundamental for the achievement of equality, development and peace, the outcomes envisioned by the Beijing Platform for Action and the U.N. Decade for Women.

Under civil law, the legal capacity of a citizen is manifested in the ability to have civil rights and to bear responsibility (civil legal capacity), which are recognized in equal measure for all citizens.

Whilst legal, religious and custom principles provide the basis for a society that should promote equality, discrimination against women is wide spread.

The United Nations was conceived on a fundamental premise, that of the legal equality of States, which at the time was more of an aspiration than a reality.

Cotton, textiles, sugar, cement, and chemicals play an important role in its economy. Urdu is the national language and is used as a medium of understanding and instruction throughout the country. A number of regional languages are also spoken.

To eliminate this phenomenon, the State has developed and adopted a number of legal and regulatory acts and State programmes and action plans, which has fostered gender equality.

The provisions of the above mentioned legal documents continue to conform to the principle of equality in education while creating mechanisms and necessary conditions for women and girl children to enjoy equality in education and training.

Part two makes a brief presentation of the country's legal situation and shows how Mozambique's Constitution protects and promotes the equality of rights between men and women.

3.1 The author alleges a violation of his right to equal protection of the law without discrimination and of his right to due process of law.

The State party argued that legal representation is not obligatory and that the author as a person enjoying full capacity for legal deeds could successfully plead her case before the courts by herself. In this context, it referred to the decision of the Supreme Court of 21 April 1999, which held that, in the circumstances of the case, a lawyer was not necessary as the author enjoyed full capacity of legal deeds and mental illness cannot be equated to a lack of legal capacity.

The Government provides a range of legislative protection to enable the full participation of women in the workforce and to assist employees in balancing their work and family responsibilities.

While the laws in Ukraine, including in the country s constitution, establish legal equality between the men and women, closing the gap between the legislation and its implementation is a difficult task.

Mindful of the need to adopt and implement effective strategies and policies to promote the rights and the full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in economic, social, cultural and political life on the basis of equality in order to achieve a society for all,

Without women's equal access to and full participation in power structures and decision making, the goals of gender balance and equality, development and peace cannot be achieved.

Mindful of the need to adopt and implement effective policies and strategies to promote the rights and the full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in economic, social, cultural and political life, on the basis of equality, to achieve a society for all,

It is worth mentioning, among others, former President Alberto Lleras Camargo, one of the first and most fierce and efficient defenders of the principle of legal equality between States.

Because no society can ensure complete equality, welfare democracy feeds dissatisfaction and frustration and hence demands for more welfare democracy, not less.