Women human rights defenders and those working on women’s rights or gender issues 2011, para. 86
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As both mandate holders have reiterated on various occasions, female human rights defenders are subject to particular risks to which their male counterparts are not so greatly exposed, foremost among these being the risk of rape, sexual abuse, and other forms of sexual violence and harassment. During the 2004-2009 period, the mandate sent 26 communications regarding cases of rape, threatened rape, or other forms of sexual violence and harassment against women defenders. However, of these, six communications concerned abuses of this kind against LGBT activists.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
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
LGBTQI+
Women
Year
2011
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Human Rights Defenders, Report to the HRC (2011), A/HRC/16/44, para. 86.