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Title | Date added | Template | Original document | Paragraph text | Body | Document type | Thematics | Topic(s) | Person(s) affected | Year |
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 62 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | The intersection of different layers of discrimination based on race, ethnic identity, sex, class, education and political views further disenfranchises indigenous and aboriginal women, reproducing a multi-level oppression that culminates in violence. In cases of killings of aboriginal and indigenous women, the main failings by the authorities are the failure of police to protect aboriginal women and girls from violence and to investigate promptly and thoroughly when they are missing or murdered, and the disadvantaged social and economic conditions in which aboriginal women and girls live, which make them vulnerable to such violence. | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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Reparations to women who have been subjected to violence 2010, para. 66 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | A form of collective harm that deserves particular attention is group-based harm as a result of group-based affiliation. Collective measures of redress may be thought of as particularly apposite to address the legacy of violence on the identity or status of groups such as indigenous peoples. Women or children, however, are rarely thought of in collective terms, even though gender-specific and age-specific forms of violence happen to women and children precisely because they are women and children. Women and girls should not be rendered invisible under the notion of the collective and should be consulted at all stages of discussions. | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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Reparations to women who have been subjected to violence 2010, para. 70 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Another instance of discriminatory practices, resulting in historical injustices, is that of assimilation policies instituted in countries, which led to many aboriginal or indigenous children being taken away from their families, communities and cultures and placed in foster care or residential schools. There have been some initiatives to provide compensation to survivors, including monetary compensation, truth-telling, therapeutic services and acts of commemoration and reconciliation. However, gender differences have generally not been taken into account and, as a consequence, there has not been special recognition of or compensation for girls for consequences of sexual abuse, such as pregnancy resulting from rape or forced abortion. | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 25 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Violence against women often manifests itself in ways that violate women's right to the freedom of thought, conscience and religion. The use of threats of violence to force women from minority religious groups to convert to a different faith directly undermines women's freedom of conscience and religion. In addition, minority women in some communities have been threatened with violence for expressing their religious beliefs openly. Furthermore, targeted harassment of women wearing religious garments fosters an environment that threatens the right of women to practice their religion freely. | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 61 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Aboriginal and indigenous women and girls experience extremely high levels of violence. The social, cultural, economic and political marginalization of aboriginal and indigenous women globally, along with a negative legacy of colonialism, historic racist government policies and the consequences of economic policies, has driven an alarming number of these women into extremely vulnerable situations. For example, the effect of certain economic policies imposed on the Central America region has exacerbated the vulnerability of indigenous women, and has forced them to migrate both internally and regionally. They have been pressed into low-skilled and low-paid jobs, mainly in maquila factories, domestic service, the sex trade and prostitution, under precarious and exploitative conditions. | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 96 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Self-determination embodies the rights of individuals and peoples to make decisions about their economic, social, religious and familial well-being, and to honour the expressed desires of people and individuals to control their own affairs. Women within minority and marginalized groups, including indigenous women, are often denied their basic right to self-determination. This is further obscured by literature that demonstrates how elite and privileged women have gained these rights. In this way, self-determination is another area where the invisible hierarchy of women vis-à-vis other women masks the ongoing inequality experienced by many of the world's women. | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 97 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Women's right to self-determination includes the ability to determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. Any group or persons that infringe this right are perpetuating a form of structural violence against the disempowered group, and further marginalizing the rights of certain women within a given political context. Furthermore, marginalized groups, including indigenous peoples and minorities, often justify violence against women based on collective identity formed in opposition to the dominant and oppressing group. Indeed, "culture-based identity politics [are] a major challenge to the achievement of gender equality and the elimination of violence against women." | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 22 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Indigenous women with disabilities often experience multiple forms of discrimination and face barriers to the full enjoyment of their rights, based on their indigenous status, their disability and their female identity. The incidence of violence against them is heightened by factors, such as living in a context of high levels of alcohol and substance abuse, which leads to violence against them; cultural and linguistic barriers; lack of education services for children with disabilities in native communities; and systemic poverty. They may also encounter barriers resulting from the use of conflicting or complex traditional and contemporary justice and service systems. | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress 2011, para. 77 | Aug 19, 2019 | Paragraph | Nevertheless, these measures will not bring about substantive results if not implemented within a holistic approach that targets both societal transformation and the empowerment of women. This mandate has stressed that linkages should be made between violence and other systems of oppression prevalent within societies, in order to tackle the structural causes of violence against women. In order for women to be able to progressively realize the full range of their human rights (civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights), States should promote and support their empowerment through education, skills training, legal literacy and access to productive resources. This will enhance women's self-awareness, self-esteem, self-confidence and self-reliance. Existing social and economic power systems and structures, at the institutional and individual levels, reinforce gender inequalities that make women more vulnerable to violence, in particular women living in poverty, migrant women, indigenous women, and young or elderly women. The economic empowerment of women through preventative factors, such as property and land rights for women, adequate housing, economic independence, or secondary education, may serve as a deterrent to such violence. Women that are empowered understand that they are not destined to subordination and violence. They resist internalizing oppression, they develop their capabilities as autonomous beings and they increasingly question and negotiate the terms of their existence in both public and private spheres. | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences | Special Procedures' report |
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