Summarizes human rights treaty body activities aiming to promote gender equality and women's human rights, including extracts from concluding observations on States parties' reports over the last two years, along with general comments issued in that time period; traces how various special procedures have addressed gender and women's rights issues in their respective mandates; provides information on the work of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on gender and women's human rights; closes with brief conclusions and recommendations pertaining to greater protection and promotion of women's rights.

20 p.

Includes bibliographical references.