Decree No. 46 / 1955 Coll.
Decree on the Convention on the Political Rights of Women
Valid
Effective from 05.07.1955
46.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 27 July 1955
on the Convention on the Political Rights of Women.
At the VII session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Convention on the Political Rights of Women was negotiated on 31 March 1953.
The Government approved the Convention on 30 September 1954, the National Assembly gave its assent to it on 27 October 1954 and the President of the Republic ratified it on 23 February 1955, with reservations when signing it. The instrument of ratification was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 6 April 1955
The Convention became effective for the Czechoslovak Republic pursuant to Article VI thereof on 5 July 1955.
In addition to the Czechoslovak Republic to the present Convention, the following States are bound: the People's Republic of Albania (with reservations), the Soviet Socialist Republic (with reservations), the People's Republic of Bulgaria (with reservations), Denmark (with reservations), the Dominican Republic, Equador (with reservations), Iceland, Israel, Yugoslavia, Cuba, the People's Republic of Hungary (with reservations), Pakistan (with reservations), the People's Republic of Poland (with reservations), the People's Republic of Romania (with reservations), Greece, the Republic of the Soviet Socialist Republic (with reservations), Sweden, Thai, the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine (with reservations).
Czechoslovak reservations were not accepted by Pakistan and Sweden.
The Czech translation of the Convention and the reservations when signed on 31 March 1953 shall be published in the Annex to the Collection of Laws. *)
David v. r.
Annex to Decree No 46 / 1955 of the Minister for Foreign Affairs Coll. on the Convention on the Political Rights of Women.
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CONVENTION ON THE POLITICAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN
Contracting Parties,
Desiring to implement the principle of equality between men and women contained in the United Nations Charter,
Recognising that everyone has the right to participate in the government of his country, directly or freely elected representatives, and that everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country, and wishing to equal the status of men and women in the consumption and exercise of political rights in agreement with the provisions of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Decided to negotiate a convention for that purpose,
they shall act as follows, as set out below:
Women will be entitled to vote in all elections under the same conditions as men without discrimination.
Women will be optional in all publicly elected bodies established under national law under the same conditions as men without discrimination.
Women will be entitled to represent public authorities and to perform all public functions established under national law under the same conditions as men without discrimination.
(1) This Convention shall be open to the signature of any member of the United Nations Organisation and of any other State which invites the General Assembly.
(2) This Convention shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
(1) This Convention shall be open to all States referred to in paragraph 1 of Article IV.
(2) Access shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of access with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
(1) This Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day following the date of deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification or accession.
(2) For each State, ratifying or acceding to the Convention following the deposit of the sixth instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall take effect on the 90th day following the deposit of the instrument of ratification or accession by that State.
If any State submits a reservation on signature, ratification or accession to any of the Articles of this Convention, the Secretary-General shall communicate the text of the reservation to all States which are or may become Contracting Parties to this Convention. Any State objecting to a reservation may, within 90 days of the date of that communication (or the date on which it becomes a Contracting Party to the Convention), notify the Secretary-General that it does not accept the reservation. In that case, the Convention shall not enter into force between that State and the State making the reservation.
(1) Any State may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the date on which the Secretary-General receives the notification.
(2) This Convention will cease to apply on the date on which an effective statement becomes effective, which will reduce the number of parties to less than six.
Any dispute arising between any two or more Contracting States concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Convention, which is not resolved by negotiation, shall, at the request of either of the Parties in question, be submitted to the International Court of Justice for a decision if the Parties fail to consider other means of resolution.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all the members of the United Nations and the non-Member States referred to in paragraph 1 of Article IV of this Convention:
(a) the signatures and instruments of ratification received pursuant to Article IV;
(b) the instrument of access it receives pursuant to Article V;
(c) the date on which this Convention becomes effective pursuant to Article VI;
(d) the communications and communications received pursuant to Article VII;
(e) notifications of the statement received pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article VIII;
(f) the cancellation referred to in paragraph 2 of Article VIII.
(1) This Convention, the text of which shall be equally authentic in the United Nations Archive of England, China, French, Russian and Spanish.
(2) The Secretary-General of the United Nations will send a certified fingerprint to all members of the United Nations and to the non-Member States referred to in paragraph 1 of Article IV.
IN WITNESS THE undersigned, being duly empowered by their respective governments, signed this Convention, open to signature in New York on the 30th day of March of the year of the 193rd.
For Afghanistan:
For Argentina:
With reservations to Article IX
Rodolfo Muonoz
For Australia:
For the Kingdom of Belgium:
For Bolivia:
Carmen S. B. de Lozada
9 April 1953
For Brazil:
For the Burmese Union:
For the Republic of Belarus:
With sole exception (1) to Article VII and Article IX, made in a separate protocol drawn up when signing this Convention.
K. V. Kiselev.
For Canada:
Rudecindo Ortega.
For Chile:
Gabrielle Mistral.
For China:
For Colombia:
For Costa-Rico:
Tattenbach.
For Cuba:
Dr Emilio Núñez Portugal
For Czechoslovakia:
Exclusive (2) to Articles VII and IX of the Protocol on signature:
J. Nosek.
For Denmark:
For the Dominican Republic:
Joaquin E. Salazar.
Minerva Bernardino.
For Equador:
The Government of Equador signs this Convention, subject to the last part of Article I "without discrimination ', as Article 22 of the political constitution of the Republic provides that" voting in popular elections is mandatory for men and voluntary for women'.
José V. Trujillo.
For Egypt:
For El Salvador:
For Ethiopia:
Ato Zawde Gabre Heywot.
For France:
With reservation (3) set out in the signature protocol.
M. H. Lefaucheux.
For Greece:
Alexis Kyrou.
April 1st, 1953.
For Guetabad:
With reservations as to Article IX of the Convention, which in agreement with the political constitution of Guatemala will apply to women of Guatemala citizenship.
Eduardo Castillo Arriola.
For Haiti:
For Honduras:
For Iceland:
For India:
Subject to the following: "Article 3 of the Convention shall not apply to contributions to any of the components of the Indian military forces or to the forces entrusted with maintaining public order in India or to the conditions of service therein. '
Rajeshwar Dayal.
April 29, 1953.
For Indonesia:
L.N. Palar.
For Iran:
For Iraq:
For Israel:
Abba Eban.
April 14, 1953.
For Lebanon:
For Liberia:
For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg:
For Mexico:
Subject to the declaration made today .4)
Rafael de la Colin.
For the Netherlands:
For New Zealand:
For Nicaragua:
For the Kingdom of Norway:
For Pakistan:
For Panama:
For Paraguay:
For Peru:
For the Republic of Philippines:
For Poland:
With the exception of 5) as regards Articles VII and IX set out in a separate protocol drawn up when signing this Convention.
H. Birecki.
For Saudi Arabia:
For Sweden:
For Syria:
For Thai:
For Turkey:
For the Republic of Ukraine:
With the exception of Article 6) of Articles VII and IX, contained in a separate protocol drawn up when signing this Convention.
A. M. Baranovsky.
For South Africa:
For the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics:
With reservation (7) of Articles VII and IX, made in a separate protocol drawn up when signing this Convention.
V. A. Zorin.
For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
For the United States of America:
For Uruguay:
For Venezuela:
For Yemen:
For Yugoslavia:
Leo Mates.
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1) The following reservations are worded as follows: "As regards Article VII: The Government of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus declares its opposition to the last sentence of Article VII and considers that the legal effect of the reservation is that the Convention is effective between the State and all other Contracting States of the Convention, excluding only that part of it which concerns the reservation. As regards Article IX: The Government of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Belarus considers for itself the provision of Article IX, which provides that disputes between the Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Convention shall, at the request of either Party, be submitted to the International Court of Justice for a decision, and declares that, in order to bring any dispute to a decision of the International Court of Justice, the agreement of all the Parties to the dispute shall be required in each case. '
2) These reservations are worded as follows: "The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic declares its opposition to the last sentence of Article VII and considers that the legal effect of this reservation is to make the Convention effective between the State and all other signatories to the Convention, excluding only the part of the paragraph to which the reservation relates. The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic shall not be considered to be bound by the provisions of Article IX, according to which disputes between the Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Convention shall, at the request of either of the Parties to the dispute, be submitted to a decision of the International Court of Justice and declare that in any event the agreements of all the Parties to the dispute are necessary to bring the dispute to a decision of the International Court of Justice. '
3) This reservation is worded as follows: "The French Government reserves the right to postpone the implementation of this Convention in respect of women who reside in these territories and who rely on the established customs and traditions."
(4) Declaration: "It is understood explicitly that the Mexican Government will not deposit its instrument of ratification unless the reform of the United States of Mexico's political constitution, which is now under discussion, is in force and is intended to grant civil rights to Mexican women."
5) The following reservations are worded as follows: "The Government of the People's Republic of Poland declares its opposition to the last sentence of Article VII and considers that the legal effect of this reservation is to make the Convention effective between the State and all other signatories to the Convention, excluding only that part of the paragraph to which the reservation relates. The Government of the People's Republic of Poland shall not be considered to be bound by the provisions of Article IX, according to which disputes between the Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention shall, at the request of either of the Parties in question, be submitted for a decision to the International Court of Justice and declare that in any event the agreements of all the Parties in question are necessary to bring a dispute to the decision of the International Court of Justice. '
6) The following reservations are worded as follows: "As regards Article VII: The Government of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine declares its opposition to the last sentence of Article VII and considers that the legal effect of the reservation is that the Convention is effective between the State and all other Contracting States of the Convention, excluding only that part of it which concerns the reservation. With regard to Article IX: The Government of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine considers for itself the provision of Article IX which provides that disputes between the Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Convention shall, at the request of either of the Parties concerned, be submitted to the International Court of Justice for a decision and declares that, for any dispute to be brought to a decision by the International Court of Justice, agreements between all the Parties in question shall be required in each case. '
7) The following reservations are worded as follows: "As regards Article VII: The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics declares its opposition to the last sentence of Article VII and considers that the legal effect of the reservation is that the Convention is effective between the State making an reservation and all other Contracting States of the Convention, excluding only the part of it which concerns the reservation. With regard to Article IX: The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics considers for itself the provision of Article IX, which provides that disputes between the Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Convention shall, at the request of either of the Parties concerned, be submitted for a decision to the International Court of Justice and declares that, for any dispute to be brought to a decision by the International Court of Justice, the agreements of all the Parties shall be required in each individual case. '
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree No. 46 / 1955 Coll., on the Convention on the Political Rights of Women |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 19.09.1955 |
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| Effective from | 05.07.1955 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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