adopted on december it is the leading modern instrument on womens equal rights it has thus been described as the definitive international legal instrument requiring respect for and observance of the human rights of women it entered into force as an international treaty on september after the twentieth country had ratified it in accordance with the convention s article it therefore examines the praxis in selected domestic jurisdictions as will be seen tremendous success has been recorded in some countries in the domestication ie bringing into domestic use of the convention s provisions the chapter also identifies normative customs and practices in nigeria and other jurisdictions which if modified or even completely abrogated would lead to the maximisation of the potential of the individual and collective potentialities of women as enunciated in the convention