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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 116b
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- [In cases involving gender-related killings, the international and regional human rights systems have included some of the following standards regarding the due diligence obligations of States:] Guarantee de jure and de facto access to adequate and effective judicial remedies;
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
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- Conclusion / Recommendation
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Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 24
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- Even though civil society organizations didn’t express a unitary perspective on the current debate on the adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women, the Special Rapporteur could identify some recurrent concerns, which have been grouped under the following categories: (a) support for a new stand-alone treaty with a new separate monitoring body; (b) opposition to such a treaty and proposals to strengthen existing instruments; (c) support for the strengthening of the current legal framework and mechanisms with the possible adoption of a new optional protocol under the Convention as a long-term solution; and (d) other innovative proposals.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2017
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- Other
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Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women 2014, para. 50
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- Most recently, the mandate was renewed in 2013 in Human Rights Council resolution 23/25, which focused more extensively on the issue of sexual violence in conflict situations.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Humanitarian
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
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Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 11
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- The mandate holder started her tenure on 1 August 2015 and acquired the work carried out by her predecessor on the adequacy of the legal framework on violence against women (A/HRC/26/38, A/69/368 and A/HRC/29/27), in particular, her proposal to “examine the normative gaps within the existing international binding legal frameworks, and address more specifically the legal gaps in protection, prevention and accountability in respect of violence against women”. The current Special Rapporteur presented the report of her predecessor to the General Assembly and decided to continue discussing this question by inviting all stakeholders to send their views and perspectives on the adequacy of the current legal framework on violence against women.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Other
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Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women 2014, para. 10
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- It has been argued that an optional protocol or a new convention on violence against women should be viewed as long-term measures to be implemented if the general recommendations of CEDAW, the Declaration and the Special Rapporteur proved ineffective. Others have argued that the Declaration, as opposed to a convention on the elimination of violence against women, was adopted because of fears of confusion between the scope of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and a new binding treaty on violence against women; fears that a new binding instrument might run the risk of limited ratification; and also because of concerns about the expense of implementing a new binding instrument.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Paragraph type
- Other
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Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch 2016, para. 39
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- The Special Rapporteur notes that UNODC has embarked, as part of its work to build the evidence base, on the strengthening of United Nations data-collection systems, the development of standards for comparative justice statistics and the development of the "global picture" of gender-related killing. She also notes that UNODC has initiated a process to establish a methodological approach to define each crime classification, including interpersonal homicide, and that discussions in that regard already began at the first global meeting of the focal points of the United Nations Survey of Crime Trends, Operations of Criminal Justice Systems and Crime Prevention Strategies, in May 2016.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
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- Other
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Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress 2011, para. 22
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- Through thematic reports, country missions, consultations, experts meetings, communications to Governments, and other mechanisms, the mandate of the Special Rapporteur has addressed violence against women in all spheres of life, specifically in the four spheres referred to above.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2011
- Paragraph type
- Other
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Existing legal standards and practices regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems and activities being undertaken by civil society regarding the normative gap in international human rights law 2015, para. 53
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- Another regional treaty that is relevant is the Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (1985), owing to its influence in the conceptualization of rape as torture.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2015
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- Other
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Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 26
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- Civil society organizations also expressed concern at the weaknesses of the current legal framework, the “added value” of a new treaty, practical issues that should be emphasized in a new treaty, sensitive issues relating to its negotiation and, finally, practical options for improving the implementation of the prohibition of gender-based violence which would not necessarily involve negotiating a new treaty.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2017
- Paragraph type
- Other
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State responsibility for eliminating violence against women 2013, para. 45
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- The Special Rapporteur also convened and/or participated in five regional consultations. The consultations gathered between 10 and 20 experts from within the region, and representatives of United Nations agencies were also invited to attend selected sessions. Participants were provided with a short submission prior to the meeting highlighting national approaches and challenges identified through a desk research process. The format of the consultations included a broad overview of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, and of the theme of the State responsibility to act with due diligence, a discussion on country case studies and, lastly, general discussions on the implementation of the due diligence standard in the participants' respective countries. Participants discussed legal, policy and institutional challenges at the national level in the application of the due diligence standard and the identification of good practices and lessons learned in different countries of the region.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
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Existing legal standards and practices regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems and activities being undertaken by civil society regarding the normative gap in international human rights law 2015, para. 21
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- Article 45 of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights indirectly allows for the appointment of special rapporteurs, and rule 23 of the rules of procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights explicitly provides for the creation by the Commission of subsidiary mechanisms such as special rapporteurs. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Rights of Women in Africa was created in 1996 and the first mandate holder was appointed in 1999, from within the ranks of the Commission members. The office of the Special Rapporteur has faced serious challenges, since it does not receive an adequate budget from the Commission or support from the secretariat. Despite the challenges, the Special Rapporteur has carried out promotional visits to numerous countries, and the issue of violence against women is an area of focus.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
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Closing the gap in international human rights law: lessons from three regional human rights systems on legal standards and practices regarding violence against women 2015, para. 22
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- Article 45 of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights indirectly allows for the appointment of special rapporteurs, and rule 23 of the rules of procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights explicitly provides for the creation by the Commission of subsidiary mechanisms such as special rapporteurs. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Rights of Women in Africa was created in 1996 and the first mandate holder was appointed in 1999, from within the ranks of the Commission members. The office of the Special Rapporteur has faced serious challenges, since it does not receive an adequate budget from the Commission or support from the secretariat. Despite the challenges, the Special Rapporteur has carried out promotional visits to numerous countries, and the issue of violence against women is an area of focus.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Paragraph type
- Other
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Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch 2016, para. 62
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- Several Latin American countries have already integrated or are working on integrating the Model Protocol into their legal systems and others have expressed an interest in doing so. The key problems that it is intended to address include the impunity relating to omissions and failures in investigations into cases of femicide, the contamination of the crime scene, the culture of discrimination on the part of judges and the high reliance on witness testimony.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 27
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- Other scholars advocate for the use of the notion of continuum as a tool of analysis where reinforcing linkages between different types of violence are complex, context-specific, and interrelated. This tool integrates a multitude of causal factors at structural, institutional, interpersonal, and individual levels.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
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