Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment 2016, para. 73a
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[With regard to domestic and private-actor violence against women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, the Special Rapporteur calls upon States to:] Repeal or reform civil laws that restrict women's access to divorce, property and inheritance rights and that subjugate women and limit their ability to escape situations of domestic and other gender-based violence;
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment