CEDAW/C/77/D/143/2019 United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Distr.: General 7 December 2020 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. 143/2019*,** Communication submitted by: S.B. and M.B. (represented by counsel, Natasha Boshkova) Alleged victims: The authors State party: North Macedonia Date of communication: 16 May 2019 (initial submission) References: Transmitted to the State party on 24 May 2019 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of views: 2 November 2020 Subject matter: Discrimination against Roma women Procedural issue: None Articles of the Convention: 1, 2 (a), (c) and (e) and 12 Article of the Optional Protocol: None * Adopted by the Committee at its seventy-seventh session (26 October–5 November 2020). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Gladys Acosta Vargas, Hiroko Akizuki, Tamader Al-Rammah, Nicole Ameline, Gunnar Bergby, Marion Bethel, Louiza Chalal, Esther Eghobamien -Mshelia, Naéla Gabr, Hilary Gbedemah, Nahla Haidar, Dalia Leinarte, Rosario G. Manalo, Lia Nadaraia, Aruna Devi Narain, Ana Peláez Narváez, Bandana Rana, Rhoda Reddock, Elgun Safarov, Wenyan Song, Genoveva Tisheva and Franceline Toé-Bouda. 20-16465 (E) 171220 *2016465*