E/2011/27 E/CN.6/2011/12 (a) Consideration of all communications, including the replies of Governments thereon, if any, with a view to bringing to the attention of the Commission those communications, including the replies of Governments, which appeared to reveal a consistent pattern of reliably attested injustice and discriminatory practices against women; (b) Preparation of a report, based on its analysis of the confidential and non-confidential communications, which would indicate the categories in which communications were most frequently submitted to the Commission. 6. The Working Group noted that a number of communications of a general nature had been submitted as well as communications alleging specific cases of discrimination against individual women and girls. 7. The Working Group discerned the following categories in which communications had most frequently been submitted to the Commission: (a) Sexual violence against women and girls, including rape, gang rape, forced prostitution, threats of rape, sexual harassment, including in the workplace, committed by private individuals, including armed individuals, and military, security and law enforcement personnel, including in detentionrelated situations and in situations of internal displacement, as well as failure by States, resulting in a climate of impunity, to exercise due diligence to prevent such violations, and to adequately and in a timely manner investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators, failure by States to provide adequate protection, support and reparation for victims and their families, including medical and psychological care, and failure by States to ensure access to justice; (b) Other forms of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, and harmful traditional practices, including forced and early marriage, as well as failure by States, resulting in a climate of impunity, to exercise due diligence to prevent such violations and to adequately and in a timely manner investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators, failure by States to provide adequate protection, support and reparation for victims and their families, including medical and psychological care, and failure by States to ensure access to justice; (c) Trafficking in women and children, including internal human trafficking, for the purposes of forced labour, in particular for domestic servitude, and commercial sexual exploitation, as well as failure by States, resulting in a climate of impunity, to exercise due diligence to prevent such violations and to adequately and in a timely manner investigate, prosecute and punish all perpetrators, as well as those fuelling the demand for sexual exploitation, such as identified sex tour operators; (d) Abuse of power by military, security and law enforcement personnel, humiliation, lack of due process and delays in proceedings, arbitrary arrest and detention, failure to grant a fair trial and impunity resulting from failure by States to promptly investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators; (e) Physical and psychological threats and pressure on victims of violence, their families and witnesses by private individuals and law 11-28654 41

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