Adopted on 18 December 1979, it is the leading modern instrument on women's equal rights.6 It has thus been described as the definitive international legal instrument requiring respect for and observance of the human rights of women.7 It entered into force as an international treaty on 3 September 1981, after the twentieth country had ratified it in accordance with the Convention’s article 27. It, therefore, examines the praxis in selected domestic jurisdictions. As will be seen, tremendous success has been recorded in some countries in the domestication (i.e. 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.