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    - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
    - Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women [ view convention ]

* __________ Notes: _____________

All provisions of the Convention not in accordance with the provisions of the Islamic sharia and legislation in force in the Sultanate of Oman.

* Article 9, Paragraph 2:

Article 9, paragraph 2, which provides that States Parties shall grant women equal rights with men with respect to the nationality of their children.

* Article 15, Paragraph 4:

Article 15, paragraph 4, which provides that States Parties shall accord to men and women the same rights with regard to the law relating to the movement of persons and the freedom to choose their residence and domicile.

* Article 16:

Article 16, regarding the equality of men and women, and in particular subparagraphs (a), (c), and (f) (regarding adoption).

* Article 29, Paragraph 1:

The Sultanate is not bound by article 29, paragraph 1, regarding arbitration and the referral to the International Court of Justice of any dispute between two or more States which is not settled by negotiation.

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