E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.2 page 67 106 See preliminary report of the Special Rapporteur on traditional practices … (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/6, paras. 25 to 27). 107 See report of the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance (A/55/280, paras. 77 ff.). 108 See report of the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance (E/CN.4/1999/58, para. 26). The situation of women in that country has received the attention of the major United Nations bodies, in particular the Security Council, which, in its resolution 1076 (1996), refers to the denial of human rights to women. 109 See Azadeh Kian-Thiébault, “Le défi des femmes iraniennes à l’islamisation des lois et des institutions”, CHEAM Symposium (note 14 above), p. 96. 110 Two laws, although passed by Parliament, were overturned by the Council of Guardians of the Revolution, the first raising the legal age for marriage for girls from 9 to 15 years and the second allowing girls to study abroad alone. See Le Nouvel Observateur, No. 1891, 1-7 February 2001, p. 37. 111 See the example of Bangladesh, report of the Special Rapporteur on religious intolerance (A/55/280/Add.2, paras. 51 and 95). 112 Ibid., paras. 50, 83 and 97. 113 See Crimes against Women are Crimes against Humanity, a publication of the Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice, New York, December 1999. See also paragraph 166 above. 114 This applies to some countries of the Maghreb and Indonesia. See Andrée Feillard, “Le statut et le rôle de la femme en Indonésie”, CHEAM Symposium (note 14 above), p. 56. 115 See, in the same vein, La Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant, a UNICEF publication, p. 15. 116 See report on traditional practices … (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/11, paras. 55, 56 and 59). 117 See Samuel, op. cit. (note 14 above), p. 45. See also the website www.cam.org/~rqasf/sp07_02.html. 118 See report on traditional practices affecting the health of women and the girl child (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1999/14, paras. 6 and 7). 119 On the difficulty of addressing and examining the issue, especially in the context of the Commission on Human Rights, see report on traditional practices … (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1999/14, paras. 10 ff.). 120 See, inter alia, the examples of the Sudan, Mali, the Central African Republic and Côte d’Ivoire in Th. Lococh, “Pratiques, opinions et attitudes en matière d’excision en Afrique”, Revue Population, 1998, No. 6, p. 1,227. Regarding Cameroon, see Report of the Human Rights Committee (A/55/40, vol. I, para. 197).