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How a UN Treaty Becomes U.S. Law 1) The U.N. General Assembly adopts the treaty. 2) The U.S. President signs the treaty, thereby indicating the intention ofthe U.S. to ratify the treaty. The State Department prepares a legal report with recommended reservations, understandings, and declarations (RUDs). The President sends the treaty to the Senate for its advice and consent. 3) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds hearings, reviews the recommended RUDs, and sends the treaty to the full Senate. Passage must be by a 2/3 majority. The Senate or the President may require further "implementing legislation" to be passed by both the House and the Senate. 4) The Senate returns the treaty to the President. 5) The President ratifies the treaty by signing the "instrument ofratification" and then deposits it with the U.N. Secretary General. CEDAW is currently in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The next step is for it to be moved to the Senate Floor for a vote. Visit our Take Action Center and urge the Committee members to do so.
Source: "Action Alert"
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