Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment 2016, para. 72f
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[With regard to abuses in health-care settings, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to:] Effectively monitor and regulate practices by public and private actors in health-care and educational settings to ensure the eradication of prohibited practices including, inter alia, the denial of maternal health care and compulsory medical examinations such as forced pregnancy and virginity testing, and investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators;
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment