Ato del Avellanal v. Peru, 28 October 1988.
The plaintiff challenged Article 168 of the Peruvian Civil Code, which provides that, when a woman is married, only the husband is entitled to represent matrimonial property before a court.  On the basis of this Article, the plaintiff had lost a suit over back rent due from tenants of buildings that she owned.  The Human Rights Committee concluded that Article 168 violated Article 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (equal right of men and women to enjoyment of rights guaranteed by the ICCPR; Article 14(1) (equality before courts); and Article 26 (equality before the law and equal protection of the law).  It called on the Peruvian Government to remedy these violations.
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