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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 28
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- Societal beliefs that claim that one group of people is superior to another group can be a form of structural violence. Beliefs that perpetuate the notion that males are superior to females, that whites are superior to blacks, that persons without physical or mental impairment are superior to those with disabilities, that one language is superior to another, and that one class position is entitled to rights denied to another, are all factors contributing to structural violence that have become institutionalized forms of multiple and intersecting discrimination in many countries. For example, women with disabilities face an intersecting confluence of violence which reflects both gender-based and disability-based violence.
- 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
- 2011
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 47
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- Women who are lacking social and cultural capital, due to their minority or immigration status, language barriers, religious or ethnic affiliation, sexual orientation and/or gender identity or educational attainment, are also at greater risk of long-term health consequences. They may be denied proper health or medical services, they may fear the consequences of asking for medical assistance, they may receive improper or low quality care, or they may live in places where no health services are available. Women who suffer from cognitive and/or physical disabilities are further negatively impacted since the stigma of disability is persistent in most countries, and they therefore may not be viewed as requiring care, or may live in places where no specialized care is available.
- 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
- 2011
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 12
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- Women with disabilities make up a significant part of the world's population. According to the 2011 World Report on Disability of the World Health Organization and World Bank, it is estimated that approximately 15 per cent of the world's population lives with some form of disability. The disability level threshold indicates that the male disability prevalence rate is 12 and the female 19.2. Based on such figures, it is clear that women with disabilities constitute a significant portion of the global population. Despite the evolution of normative frameworks concerning both the human rights of women and of persons with disabilities, the impact of the combined effects of both gender and disability have not gained sufficient attention, and violence against women with disabilities remains largely unaddressed.
- 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
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 13
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- The 2011 report to the Human Rights Council of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences (A/HRC/17/26) focused on the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination that contribute to and exacerbate violence against women, noting that factors such as ability, age, access to resources, race/ethnicity, language, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity and class can exacerbate the violence women experience. Although women with disabilities experience many of the same forms of violence that all women experience - when gender, disability and other factors intersect - the violence against them takes on unique forms, has unique causes and results in unique consequences.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 14
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- In recent years, the experiences of women with disabilities have become somewhat more visible. An analysis of the intersection between the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, along with various United Nations resolutions and policy statements on human rights, women's rights and the rights of persons with disabilities, demonstrates the synergy that exists to foster changes in law, policy and practice in order to ensure the inclusion of women with disabilities in understanding and responding to violence against women.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 17
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- An analysis of violence against women with disabilities must be informed by, and reflective of, a social model understanding of disability, in keeping with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The preamble and article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities introduce the social model of disability by describing disability as a condition arising from interaction with various barriers that may hinder disabled peoples' full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. Such a perspective does not deny the reality of impairment or its impact on an individual. It does, however, challenge the physical and social environments and the legal frameworks that have a negative impact on persons with disabilities.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 20
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- Women with disabilities experience both the stereotypical attitudes towards women and towards persons with disabilities. Both the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognize the role of stereotypes in the denial of human rights towards women with disabilities. The impact of stereotypical views of women with disabilities includes rolelessness, the absence of sanctioned social roles and/or institutional means to achieve these roles and can cultivate a psychological sense of invisibility, self-estrangement, and/or powerlessness.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 21
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- Social sanctions relating to poverty, race/ethnicity, religion, language and other identity status or life experiences can further increase the risk of group or individual violence for women with disabilities. Women with disabilities who also belong to (or are perceived as belonging to) disfavoured or minority groups may face compounded violence and discrimination based on several factors simultaneously. The recognition of that reality - variously referred to as intersectionality, multidimensionality, and multiple forms of discrimination - is important to any examination of 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
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 22
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- Indigenous women with disabilities often experience multiple forms of discrimination and face barriers to the full enjoyment of their rights, based on their indigenous status, their disability and their female identity. The incidence of violence against them is heightened by factors, such as living in a context of high levels of alcohol and substance abuse, which leads to violence against them; cultural and linguistic barriers; lack of education services for children with disabilities in native communities; and systemic poverty. They may also encounter barriers resulting from the use of conflicting or complex traditional and contemporary justice and service systems.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 23
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- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 24
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- Women with disabilities who are members of minority groups are subject to multiple forms of discrimination and violence because of their race/ethnicity, gender and disability status combined. They may be subject to discrimination in access to education, employment, and health care; and may be denied reasonable accommodations. Women of colour with disabilities who do seek preventive support or access to justice are subject to discriminatory practices that treat them as not credible or as "contributors" to their own abuse. Some resist seeking justice in formal systems that they see, at best, as unresponsive to their needs and, at worst, as destructive to their peoples as a whole. Furthermore, despite their own efforts to be heard about the violence they experience, they might be effectively silenced both by community social sanctions and ineffective anti-violence laws.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 25
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- Women with disabilities in conflict or post-conflict regions may be at additional risk of violence as members of a targeted race/ethnic, religious or linguistic group and may have greater difficulty in accessing services in the conflict environment. Women with disabilities face additional burdens in refugee camps because the facilities are rarely accessible or designed to meet their specific needs. Serious problems with the physical layout and infrastructure of refugee camps have been noted by some organizations. Such problems mean that services, including toilets, shelters and health facilities will not be accessible to people with disabilities and that no special accommodations are made to ensure accessibility to the food and supplies they need on a daily basis. In addition, because camps and facilities are generally inaccessible, most persons with disabilities are forced to remain in them. Furthermore, justice and post-conflict reconciliation activities generally do not include women with disabilities, nor are such programmes made accessible or inclusive.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Personnes concernées
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 26
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- Undocumented women with disabilities may be at higher risk of violence because of the aggressor's control over immigration status; language barriers; distrust of the police force; and barriers to social and public services.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons on the move
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 28
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- The forced sterilization of women with disabilities remains a global problem. Women with disabilities who elect to have a child are often criticized for their decision and face barriers in accessing adequate health care and other services for themselves and their children. Although society's fear that women with disabilities will produce so-called "defective" children is for the most part groundless, such erroneous concerns have resulted in discrimination against women with disabilities from having children. There is a dichotomy between the notions, on the one hand, that motherhood is expected of all women and, on the other, that women with disabilities are often discouraged, if not forced, to reject motherhood roles, despite their personal desires. Research shows that no group has ever been as severely restricted, or negatively treated, in respect of their reproductive rights, as women with disabilities.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 29
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- The 2009 World Health Organization (WHO) guidance note on promoting sexual and reproductive health for persons with disabilities highlighted the fact that women with disabilities are considered in some societies to be less eligible marriage partners and may therefore find themselves in unstable relationships. Additionally, if such unstable relationships become abusive, women with disabilities have fewer legal, social and economic options and may be further discriminated against. For example, in the event of child custody disputes, courts may use the discriminatory stereotype that the non-disabled partner must be a more competent parent, when awarding custody.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 30
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- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
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Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 31
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- Violence against women with disabilities occurs in various spheres, including in the home, the community, as violence that is perpetrated and/or condoned by the State and as violence against women in the transnational sphere. The forms of violence to which women with disabilities are subjected can be of a physical, psychological, sexual or financial nature and include neglect, social isolation, entrapment, degradation, detention, denial of health care, forced sterilization and psychiatric treatment. Women with disabilities are twice as likely to experience domestic violence as non-disabled women, and are likely to experience abuse over a longer period of time and to suffer more severe injuries as a result of the violence.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 33
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- Women with disabilities may be subjected to situations of physical discomfort or embarrassment because their right to privacy is undervalued or not valued at all. Home assistants, family members or others who provide assistance may inflict violence through purposeful neglect (for example, leaving a woman who is in bed or who uses a wheelchair with no assistance for long periods in order to "punish" or manipulate her). Others may confine a woman with disabilities to her home or isolate her from other human contact. Mobility aids, communication equipment or medications may be withheld, causing physical injury or mental and emotional suffering.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 36
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- Women with disabilities are often treated as if they have no control, or should have no control, over their sexual and reproductive choices. They may be forcibly sterilized or forced to terminate wanted pregnancies - under the paternalistic guise of "for their own good". This is done sometimes with the sanction of partners, parents, institutions or guardians. There is a long history of socially and even legally sanctioned forced and non-consensual sterilization of women with disabilities. Despite legal prohibitions in some countries, involuntary sterilization is used to restrict the fertility of some persons with disabilities, particularly those with intellectual disabilities. Sterilization also has been used as a technique for menstrual management.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Harmful Practices
- Health
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 37
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- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 39
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- Women in institutions who need support services are usually more vulnerable. Vulnerability, both in institutions and in community settings, can range from the risk of isolation, boredom and lack of stimulation, to the risk of physical and sexual abuse. Evidence suggests that people with disabilities are at higher risk of abuse for various reasons, including dependence on a large number of caregivers and also because of barriers to communication. One study found that the majority (68 per cent) of psychiatric outpatients in a hospital had experienced major physical and/or sexual assaults therein, a higher frequency than in the general population.
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Violence
- Personnes concernées
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Année
- 2012
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 41
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- Women with disabilities face a number of obstacles in the justice system, including the systematic failure of the court system to acknowledge them as competent witnesses. This exclusion is particularly problematic in cases involving sexual assault or other forms of gender-based violence, in which the complaining witness may provide key evidence necessary for a conviction. Sexual abuse cases involving a complainant with learning disabilities rarely go to court, and if they do, the complainant frequently does not serve as a witness against the accused. The tendency to "infantilize" women with mental disabilities contributes to the discounting of their testimony. Not only are they excluded as witnesses because they may have difficulty communicating with the police, but stereotypes operate to exclude or discount their testimony. For example, in sexual assault cases, the general failure of society to see people with disabilities as sexual beings may result in judges and juries discounting the testimony of witnesses. On the other hand, complaints may be disregarded because of views and beliefs about some women with mental disabilities as hypersexual and lacking self-control.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 42
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- Law enforcement and legal agencies may dismiss complaints since they see women with disabilities who require assistive communication or accommodations, as well as women with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities, as lacking credibility. There may also be a tendency for judges to require more corroborating evidence of an assault in cases involving women with disabilities than in other cases, and evidence about prior mental health treatment may be used to discredit the testimony of such witnesses. Women with cognitive disabilities may have more difficulty with remembering the sequence of events, which may make them appear less credible on the stand. The failure to afford the testimony of women with disabilities due respect is problematic in gender-based violence and sexual assault cases, where the testimony of the parties and the credibility of the witnesses are exceptionally important. Women with disabilities face violence at least one and one-half times more often than other women. Thus, excluding them from the witness stand denies the reality that they face violence to a disproportionate degree.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 44
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- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 45
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- Courthouses and police stations may also not have the resources necessary to ensure that witnesses with disabilities have the ability to adequately communicate with the police or to access information. During initial police questioning for example, sign language interpreters may not be readily accessible to assist women. Information may not be available in Braille or other alternative formats. Furthermore, information about legal rights is often not provided in formats that are clear, easy to understand and use plain language, thus preventing women with disabilities who have limited reading skills from understanding their rights. In such circumstances, acts of violence against women with disabilities will remain unpunished.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 50
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- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 52
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- Women with disabilities in prison also face discrimination upon their assignment to a particular facility, due to misclassification of their risk level. In the Handbook on Prisoners with Special Needs, UNODC also noted that, owing to the limited accommodation available for them, female prisoners in a number of countries are housed in security levels not justified by their risk assessment undertaken upon admission. This is exemplified in cases where a prisoner who would normally be placed in an open facility can instead be sent to secure custody, should a member of the medical, psychological or psychiatric staff decide that the medical and support services required are unavailable in open custody.
- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
Paragraphe
Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 55
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- 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
- Date ajouter
- 19 août 2019
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