Summary: By ratifying the Optional Protocol, a State recognizes the competence of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women - the body that monitors States parties' compliance with the Convention - to receive and consider complaints from individuals or groups within its jurisdiction.
Signed: 10/12/1999
Sanctioned and promulgated: 26/03/2004
International ratification: 17/06/2004
Entry into force: 17/09/2004