E/2011/27
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(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
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