Internally displaced women: progress, challenges and the way ahead 2013, para. 34
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Despite myriad training, guidelines and manuals, displaced women and girls continue to be subject to egregious levels of sexual violence. In some situations, sexual violence or other forms of gender-based violence is used as a deliberate tactic to instil terror, and force displacement, or to discourage IDPs from demanding their rights. Beyond being a significant cause of displacement and a grievous human rights violation in its own right, SGBV or the perceived risk of it can also curtail women's access to a range of rights and services.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Movement
Violence
Person(s) affected
Girls
Persons on the move
Women
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/44, para. 34.