Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 59

Párrafo
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Statistics for the period 2007 to 2009 show that there have been between 8,093 and 8,383 reported cases of dowry deaths in India. As noted by experts, the numbers of reported cases do not add up to conviction rates. The National Crime Records Bureau of India reports that for 2008 there were 1,948 convictions, as against 3,876 acquittals. Acid attacks are also becoming a growing phenomenon in India, with young women being targeted for spurning suitors and for rejecting proposals of marriage, as well as in connection with contestation over dowry.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Tipo de documento
Special Procedures' report
Medio de adopción
N.A.
Temas
  • Harmful Practices
  • Violence
Personas afectadas
  • Women
  • Youth
Año
2012
Tipo de párrafo
Other
Paragraph number
59