About the Members

The EDVAW Platform expert mechanisms include: 

• African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (ASRWHR)
• Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI, by its acronym in Spanish)
• Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO), Chair
• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ Rapporteur on the Rights of Women (IA RWHR)
• UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee)
• UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (SR VAWG) 
• UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls (WGDAWG)

Independent expert mechanisms play a crucial role in monitoring the implementation of human rights standards aimed at eliminating discrimination and violence against women and girls. Their work provides essential information on the situation of women’s rights, on action undertaken to combat violence against women as well as on urgent issues, gaps and shortcomings in the implementation of international standards and government commitments.