@legalruling {470661,
	title = {Case of B. J. v. Germany},
	journal = {CEDAW/C/36/D/1/2003},
	year = {2004},
	publisher = {The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)},
	abstract = {http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/jurisprudence.htm



CEDAW/C/36/D/1/2003
In B.J. v. Germany (1/2003),\&nbsp;Ms. B.J., a German citizen, submitted an individual complaint to the Committee alleging that she was subjected to gender-based discrimination under the statutory regulations regarding the law on the legal consequences of divorce. She claimed that the law relating to reallocation of pension entitlements and provisions governing the question of maintenance are similarly discriminatory. The author claimed more generally that women are subjected to procedural discrimination because the risks and stress of court proceedings to resolve the consequences of divorce are carried unilaterally by women, who are also prevented from enjoying equality of arms. She also claimed that all divorced women in situations similar to hers are victims of systematic discrimination.\&nbsp;



The Committee decided that the communication was inadmissible under article 4, paragraph 1, for the author{\textquoteright}s failure to exhaust domestic remedies, and paragraph 2(e), because the disputed facts occurred prior to the entry into force of the Optional Protocol for the State party and did not continue after that date.\&nbsp;





},
	url = {http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/jurisprudence.htm},
	author = {CEDAW}
}
