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Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 34
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- Civil society organizations called for more support for women’s organizations on the ground, underlining that women human rights defenders faced daily threats and harassment, and needed greater protection. At the same time, more regulations addressing violence against particular groups of women, such as women belonging to minority groups; migrants; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons; elderly women; women with disabilities; and widows, were also supported.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Activists
- LGBTQI+
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2017
Paragraphe
Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch 2016, para. 44
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- Goal 11, to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, and target 11.2, to provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons, and target 11.7, to provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities, are also directly relevant.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Vision-setting report 2016, para. 54
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- The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women explained in the case of A.T. v. Hungary that a victim of domestic violence was unable to flee to a shelter, because none was equipped to accept her together with her children, in particular one of whom who was fully disabled. According to the Committee, the State should ensure that a safe home was given to the victim, in which she could live with her children, and that the victim should receive proportional reparation to the physical and mental harm endured.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2016
Paragraphe
Closing the gap in international human rights law: lessons from three regional human rights systems on legal standards and practices regarding violence against women 2015, para. 14
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- Article 2 of the Protocol requires States to take positive action to address inequalities between women and men in State efforts to ensure that women enjoy their rights. Other articles set out obligations with respect to, among other things, the right to dignity; the right to life, integrity and security of the person; protection from harmful practices; rights in marriage, which include entitlement to property and the custody and guardianship of children; protection from early and forced marriages; the right of access to justice and equal protection of the law; the right to participate in political and decision-making processes; the right to peace; the rights to adequate housing, food security, education and equality in access to employment; reproductive and health rights, including control of one's fertility; and the right to be protected against HIV infection. The Protocol also includes specific provisions on the protection of rights of women with disabilities. All promotional and protective provisions in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other human rights instruments are equally applicable in the interpretation of the Protocol.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Men
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2015
Paragraphe
Existing legal standards and practices regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems and activities being undertaken by civil society regarding the normative gap in international human rights law 2015, para. 13
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- Article 2 of the Protocol requires States to take positive action to address inequalities between women and men in State efforts to ensure that women enjoy their rights. Other articles set out obligations with respect to, among other things, the right to dignity; the right to life, integrity and security of the person; protection from harmful practices; rights in marriage, which include entitlement to property and the custody and guardianship of children; protection from early and forced marriages; the right of access to justice and equal protection of the law; the right to participate in political and decision-making processes; the right to peace; the rights to adequate housing, food security, education and equality in access to employment; reproductive and health rights, including control of one's fertility; and the right to be protected against HIV infection. The Protocol also includes specific provisions on the protection of rights of women with disabilities. All promotional and protective provisions in the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and other human rights instruments are equally applicable in the interpretation of the Protocol.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Men
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2015
Paragraphe
Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 45
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- Women with disabilities experience an intersecting confluence of violence which reflects both gender-based and disability-based violence (A/HRC/17/26, para. 28). Many studies note a substantially higher risk of violence among disabled women than among the non-disabled population. For example, disabled women are especially vulnerable to forced sterilization and other coercive birth control methods. In addition, the European Parliament recently published a report stating that almost 80 per cent of disabled women are victims of violence generally, and that disabled women are four times more likely than other women to experience sexual violence.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2014
Paragraphe
Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women 2014, para. 60
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- The holistic approach to women's rights, by situating violence against women on a continuum from the home to the transnational sphere, has been further developed by the Special Rapporteur in her reports to the General Assembly, such as her 2011 report (A/66/215). In that report, she recommended that States engage in transformative remedies to confront the root causes of violence against women, in order to achieve individual, institutional and structural change. In her 2012 and 2013 reports to the General Assembly, the Special Rapporteur dealt with two issues that had not been specifically addressed in previous thematic reports, namely, violence against women with disabilities and violence with respect to the incarceration of women. Both reports provide a clear illustration of how violence against women intersects with other factors, including different forms of inequality and identity status, such as poverty, health, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion and language.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2014
Paragraphe
Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 44
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- Violence against women is too often discussed in a theoretical vacuum that focuses only on interpersonal and structural inequalities between men and women, thereby excluding analysis on intra-gender inequalities. It is important to recognize the obstacles faced by women who experience multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, for example women with disabilities, women who belong to ethnic or cultural minorities, women who live in poverty, women who live in rural areas, women who lack citizenship status and older women, among others. This increases the risk that some women will experience targeted, compounded or structural discrimination, in addition to gender-based violence (A/HRC/17/26, para. 17).
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2014
Paragraphe
Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women 2014, para. 56
- Paragraph text
- The current Special Rapporteur assumed her functions in August 2009 and has continued to build on the work of her predecessors, especially with regard to the themes of intersectionality and State responsibility, while investigating less mainstream aspects of violence against women, such as, reparations for victims of violence; the continuum of violence from the home to the transnational sphere; gender-related killings of women; violence against women with disabilities; and the issue of violence and incarcerated women. In her reports, the Special Rapporteur generally further develops the principle of State responsibility to act with due diligence as a legal framework for the elimination of violence against women, and notes the gap between the normative acceptance of State responsibility for violence and the practical reality for women seeking redress.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2014
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 35
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- Women with disabilities experience rape and sexual abuse at home, at work, at school or on the street (see A/61/122/Add.1 and Corr.1). Others experience rape and sexual abuse within institutions, both state and non-state.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 50
- Paragraph text
- The discrimination and violence faced by women with disabilities in society tends to be exacerbated by prison environments. In the Handbook on Prisoners with Special Needs, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recognized that women prisoners with disabilities were at a particularly high risk of manipulation, violence, sexual abuse and rape and that prisoners with physical disabilities might be actively targeted or suffer the effects of having their special needs, including safety needs, neglected. Furthermore, according to the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 of the United States of America most prison staff is not adequately trained to prevent or respond to inmate sexual assaults, and prison rape often goes unreported and untreated.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 59
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- The causes of violence against women with disabilities originate in social norms about the nature and type of disability and gender roles. Women with disabilities face many barriers to escaping, resisting, preventing or obtaining redress for violence. Such barriers include, but are not limited to, emotional and financial dependency on the abuser; unwillingness to be stigmatized; fears regarding child custody or single-parenthood; inaccessibility or unavailability of violence prevention programmes and facilities; fear or loss of assistive devices and other supports; concerns about being believed when disclosing the abuse; and reluctance to take any action that may escalate the violence. Also when they seek assistance from police or other members of the community, their complaints may not be taken seriously or may be disbelieved, due to stigma and stereotyping.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Families
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 43
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- Paternalistic attitudes towards persons with disabilities may also prevent full and fair access to the witness stand. Various players in the judicial system may view women with disabilities as too fragile to withstand the rigors of examination by attorneys or judges, leading to their exclusion. Such exclusion has the effect of placing them at even greater risk since perpetrators may target women with disabilities because they know that complaints may be taken less seriously. Moreover, women with disabilities whose complaints have been dismissed are less likely to come forward again to report abuse.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 55
- Paragraph text
- A compilation of British studies found that 20 to 30 per cent of offenders had learning disabilities or difficulties that interfered with their ability to cope within the criminal justice system and that the female prison population was five times more likely to have a mental health disability than the general population. Another study found that as many as 80 per cent of female detainees had at least one psychiatric disability. Furthermore, such individuals are increasingly housed in prisons rather than psychiatric facilities. Those with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities face threats of inadequate care and mistreatment, in addition to the risks of self-harm and the deterioration of psychological or emotional well-being owing to the nature of incarceration, according to the UNODC Handbook. Closure of psychiatric institutions in some countries has led to a marked increase in the criminalization of women with disabilities.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 62
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- Women with disabilities may lack access to education, financial independence and information on how to report incidents of violence and on how to recognize and address violence, including sexual violence (see A/61/122/Add.1 and Corr.1). Also, police and law enforcement agencies may not take appropriate action to prevent or respond to such violence. Women with disabilities may be reluctant to report violence, so as to avoid discrimination, retribution, institutionalization or the loss of economic and other supports. Perpetrators may believe that such assaults will not be discovered or that the testimonies of the women with disabilities will not be credible in law enforcement and court systems.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 73
- Paragraph text
- The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted in 2006 and entered into force in 2008. The preamble acknowledges that disability is an evolving concept, and that the full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others is negatively impacted by the interaction between persons with impairments and the attitudinal and environmental barriers that exist. The Convention is more progressive than the Standard Rules in its purpose to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. It also reflects the "nothing about us without us" principle of inclusion of persons with disabilities.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 64
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- Women with disabilities may be more likely to have low self-esteem, a risk factor for domestic and other forms of violence. Popular media images throughout the world contribute to the presumption that the bodies of women with disabilities are unattractive, asexual and outside the societal ascribed norms of "beauty". It also describes the "normal" female body as the presence of high cheekbones, even skin tones, long legs, and the absence of fat, wrinkles, physical disabilities and deformities. This contributes to the undervaluing of women with disabilities, as well as self-devaluation by women of their own bodies, whether they have disabilities or not. Many images only depict people with disabilities as deserving of pity, thus further stigmatizing them.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 78
- Paragraph text
- Article 16 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse, specifically addresses the problem of gender-based offences. It provides for the protection of that freedom; educational support for persons with disabilities and their families; monitoring of facilities and programmes to serve persons with disabilities; prevention strategies; recovery programmes; and prosecution of crimes involving exploitation, violence and abuse against such persons. Additionally, it includes provisions regarding the establishment of gender and age-specific supports. Article 25 is also relevant to the issue of violence against women, in recognizing that persons with disabilities have the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, without discrimination on the basis of disability. This includes access to gender-sensitive health services and health-related rehabilitation, sexual and reproductive health and population-based public health programmes, all of which should be provided as close as possible to the individual's community.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 60
- Paragraph text
- Persons with physical disabilities may be more dependent on attendant care and more dependent on the abuser, physically, emotionally or financially, for care than other groups (see A/61/122/Add.1 and Corr.1). In addition, persons with disabilities are traditionally and incorrectly seen by society to be asexual. This can lead to greater levels of sexual violence as they are less likely to be believed when they report such violations. Some women with disabilities may be unable to defend themselves, lack access to self-defence training or be unable to physically flee the site of violence. They may therefore become particularly "easy" targets for perpetrators of violence.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 19
- Paragraph text
- The "gender-mainstreaming, disability-inclusive" approach draws upon a feminist-disability discourse that seeks to challenge dominant assumptions about living with a disability, and it situates the disability experience in the context of rights and exclusions. It also questions the assumption that disability is a flaw or a deficiency. To do so, it defines disability broadly from a social rather than a medical perspective. Disability, it is argued, is a cultural interpretation of human variation rather than an inherent inferiority, pathology to cure, or an undesirable trait to eliminate.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 77
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- Two crucial aspects of human rights, legal capacity and access to justice, are incorporated in both Conventions, largely drawing on the principles of autonomy or self-determination. In the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, articles 12 and 13 address those issues, and in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women article 15 addresses equality before the law. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities incorporates both concepts of capacity to be a person before the law and legal capacity to act.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 87
- Paragraph text
- The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) has broad provisions that provide for equality of all, including women. Article 18 of the Banjul Charter addresses States obligations to eliminate discrimination and to ensure the protection of rights of women and girls. Article 28 places a duty on individuals to respect others without discrimination. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa was adopted in 2003 and entered into force in 2005. Article 23 specifically protects women with disabilities, provides them the right to freedom from violence and discrimination and imposes a duty on the State, inter alia, to treat women with disabilities with dignity.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 49
- Paragraph text
- Fear of unjustified termination of parental rights may cause women with disabilities to remain in abusive relationships. The denial of legal capacity, which includes restrictions on the right of women with disabilities to testify in the courts, the failures of the justice system to respond to the abuse of women and girls with disabilities, and/or the inability to see them as credible witnesses, perpetuates and reinforces abuse. Thus, eliminating such discriminatory practices is essential to addressing violence against women with disabilities.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 80
- Paragraph text
- Article 23 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities identifies that persons with disabilities have the right to retain fertility on an equal basis with others. Furthermore, sterilization cannot be made a condition for access to medical care or other benefit.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 72
- Paragraph text
- The International Year of Disabled Persons, adopted in 1981 (General Assembly resolution 36/77), the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (Assembly resolution 37/52) and the Decade of Disabled Persons 1983-1992 (Assembly resolution 37/53), influenced and shaped the adoption of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (Assembly resolution 48/96). The Standard Rules provide a basis for technical and economic cooperation among States, the United Nations and other international organizations. They note the existence of obstacles to rights realization; the responsibility of States to take action to remove such obstacles; and the role of persons with disabilities and their organizations in the removal of barriers. They also acknowledge that the population of persons with disabilities is diverse, thus implicitly acknowledging groups such as women with disabilities and their experiences of multiple forms of discrimination.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 23
- Paragraph text
- Rural women generally have less access to resources, training and skill development opportunities - due to high levels of illiteracy, the prevalence of negative stereotypes and their overall socioeconomic status. The final report of a workshop on women and disability conducted by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok in 2003 indicates that more than 80 per cent of women with disabilities in rural areas in Asia and the Pacific have no independent means of livelihood and are thus dependent on others for their economic survival. Inaccessible environments and lack of services, and lack of information and awareness, education, income and contact further exacerbate the situation, resulting in further isolation and invisibility. In the general statement adopted at its fiftieth session on 19 October 2011, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women noted that violence against women, including trafficking in women, sexual exploitation and forced labour, is often linked to poverty and lack of opportunities in rural areas.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Economic Rights
- Gender
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 30
- Paragraph text
- Older women experience disability more frequently as they age, and older women with disabilities are at particularly high risk of violence. Older women face multiple forms of discrimination, with gender, disability and age compounded by other forms of discrimination. General recommendation No. 27 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, on older women and protection of their human rights, recognizes that, inter alia, gender stereotyping and traditional and customary practices can have harmful impacts on all areas of the lives of older women, in particular those with disabilities, and can result in physical violence as well as psychological, verbal and financial abuse.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Personnes concernées
- Older persons
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 37
- Paragraph text
- Denying access to reproductive health care, or forcing women with disabilities to undergo procedures aimed at controlling their reproductive choices, is a form of violence against women. The Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development recognizes the basic right of all individuals to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence; to have the information and means to do so; and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. The Programme of Action also recognizes that these rights apply to persons with disabilities.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 44
- Paragraph text
- The institutions, the physical structures and legal proceedings may place substantial barriers to accessibility and participation of witnesses with disabilities. There is evidence that language used in the courtroom, in particular during the cross-examination process, can be distressing and confusing to some witnesses with a cognitive or learning disability. Cross-examinations may involve trick questions, hypothetical questioning, and "leading and lengthy" questions with double negative phrasing, which are often confusing to people with and without a cognitive disability. Furthermore, owing to the mode of questioning, people with intellectual disabilities may give the answers that they think will satisfy the interrogator. It has been suggested that judges should more actively intervene in proceedings to encourage clearer communication and that support services should be offered to witnesses with a cognitive disability to ensure that they can navigate the trial process.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 56
- Paragraph text
- The incarceration of persons with disabilities without necessary services or accommodations, irrespective of any abusive intent, has been deemed illegal and degrading treatment, as well as a potential violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In Price v. United Kingdom, 2001, the European Court of Human Rights found that incarceration without necessary accommodations constitutes ill-treatment. When combined with pervasive discrimination, the poor living conditions and violence already present, the risks of incarceration are magnified for those women who have a disability.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
Paragraphe