Following the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in December 2000, the Committee established the Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol.
自2000年12月《消除对妇女一切形式歧视公约任择议定书》生效后，委员会根据该《任择议定书》设立了一个来文工作组。