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In August 2011, the Australian Human Rights Commission launched a new publication entitled Mechanisms for Advancing Women's Human Rights: A Guide to Using the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and other International Complaint Mechanisms, available at http://www.humanrights.gov.au/sex_discrimination/publication/mechanisms/index.html
It is a practical guide on how to use the Optional Protocol to CEDAW and other international complaint mechanisms to seek redress for alleged violations of women's human rights.
Elizabeth Evatt AC, a former member of the UN Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, recorded the following message for the launch. In the video, she discusses the potential of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women as a tool for changing women's lives. She also shares her key messages for women considering using international complaint mechanisms.