CEDAW/C/60/D/48/2013 Annex Views of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (sixtieth session) concerning Communication No. 48/2013 * Submitted by: E.S. and S.C. (represented by the Women’s Legal Aid Centre and the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic) Alleged victims: The authors State party: United Republic of Tanzania Date of communication: 12 November 2012 (initial submission) The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women , established under article 17 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Meeting on 2 March 2015, Adopts the following: Views under article 7 (3) of the Optional Protocol 1. The authors of the communication are E.S. (born in 1970) and S.C. (born in 1974). They are both Tanzanian nationals whose husbands have died. They claim to be victims of a violation by the United Republic of Tanzania of their rights under articles 2 (c), 2 (f), 5 (a), 13 (b), 15 (1), 15 (2), 16 (1)(c) and 16 (1)(h) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The authors are represented by counsel, the Women’s Legal Aid Centr e in Dar es Salaam and the International Women’s Human Rights Clinic of Georgetown University Law Center. The Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto entered into force for the State party on 19 September 1985 and 12 April 2006, respectively. Facts as presented by the authors 2.1 In support of their case, the authors give an overview of relevant provisions of customary law governing inheritance in the State party. According to the authors, * The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Ayse Feride Acar, Gladys Acosta Vargas, Malays Arocha Dominguez, Barbara Bailey, Niklas Bruun, Louiza Chalal, Náela Gabr, Hilary Gbedemah, Nahla Haidar, Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Yoko Hayashi, Lilian Hofmeister, Ismat Jahan, Dalia Leinarte, Lia Nadaraia, Pramila Patten, Silvia Pimentel, Biancamaria Pomeranzi, Patricia Schulz and Xiaoqiao Zou. 2/13 15-05820