CEDAW/C/81/D/68/2014 United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Distr.: General 11 March 2022 Original: English Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Views adopted by the Committee under article 7 (3) of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 68/2014*,** Communication submitted by: Jeremy Eugene Matson (not represented by counsel) Alleged victims: The author and his children, I.D.M. and A.M.M. State party: Canada Date of communication: 18 October 2013 (initial submission) References: Transmitted to the State party on 4 July 2014 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of views: 14 February 2022 Subject matter: Entitlement to Indian status as First Nations descendants in the maternal line (discrimination) * Adopted by the Committee at its eighty-first session (7–25 February 2022). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Gladys Acosta Vargas, Hiroko Akizuki, Nicole Ameline, Leticia Bonifaz Alfonzo, Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, Naéla Gabr, Hilary Gbedemah, Nahla Haidar, Dalia Leinarte, Ana Peláez Narváez, Bandana Rana, Rhoda Reddock, Elgun Safarov, Natasha Stott Despoja, Genoveva Tisheva and Franceline Toé-Bouda. 22-03658 (E) 010422 *2203658*