CEDAW ROCS Dataset & Supporting Files

The CEDAW Reservations and Objections of Committed States (CEDAWROCS) data set provides a rich source of information about the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) treaty from 1979 – 2022. For the first time, all the signatories, ratifiers, reservations, and objections to CEDAW, quantitatively are visible in one place. The dataset provides details about which states objected to which types of CEDAW reservations, when states withdrew CEDAW reservations, and the most prevalent reservations on CEDAW to date. The data are available in country-year format. The research note accompanying this dataset discusses the motivation for the creation of this dataset and discusses coding decisions for key variables. Descriptive statistics and illustrations of the data are provided. The data set’s capabilities for current human rights and international law scholars are also discussed.