Elements of a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders 2014, para. 99
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The Special Rapporteur remains gravely concerned that women defenders are subject to arrests, ill-treatment, torture, criminalization, unwarranted judicial proceedings, stigmatization, attacks, threats (including death threats), sexual violence and killings. Furthermore, in many cases, the family members of women defenders are also targeted. In comparison to male defenders, women defenders are more at risk of suffering certain forms of violence, as well as prejudice, exclusion and repudiation. This occurs because women defenders are often perceived as challenging accepted sociocultural norms, traditions, perceptions and stereotypes about femininity, sexual orientation, and the role and status of women in society.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Document type
Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Violence
Person(s) affected
Activists
Families
Women
Year
2014
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Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the HRC (2014), A/HRC/25/55, para. 99.