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Nature of the obligations of the Convention

(5)

The

Convention embodies a wide range of measures

to be taken in various fields, including political and public life, nationality education, employment, health, marriage and family obligations. Some of the obligations require the States Parties to take quite specific actions, while others provide the State with a considerable (though not unlimited) degree of latitude in selecting the

appropriate means for achieving that goal. However, the

State's judgement is not at large, it must be able to

demonstrate that it is taking measures which are in fact appropriate to the elimination of discrimination.

(6)

the

The Convention also recognises, in general, that elimination of discrimination may only be possible over time and does not require all forms of discrimination to be

eliminated overnight (although immediate abolition of some

discriminatory laws and practices might be possible

immediately and therefore "appropriate"). Nonetheless, the

Convention requires that a State Party take immediate steps

to identify existing discrimination and to formulate

targeted concrete strategies which will bring about, over

time, its elimination.

Measures

Convention

taken by some countries to implement the

(7)

A brief examination of the major measures adopted

by the more advanced countries illustrates that there are

stringent obligations to be complied with before a state party could fully implement the Convention.