Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment 2016, para. 67
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Adequate redress requires States to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators and inform the public of results. States must ensure that judicial procedures and rules of evidence are gender responsive; that equal weight is afforded to the testimony of women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons; and that the introduction of discriminatory evidence and the harassment of victims and witnesses are strictly prohibited. The standards established by international courts should serve as an example for domestic courts to follow, for instance by implementing institutional gender-balance requirements and prohibiting the admission of evidence regarding the victims' prior sexual conduct in cases of sexual, domestic and other gender-based violence.
Condicón jurídica
Non-negotiated soft law
Organismo
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment