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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women

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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2011
Document code
A/HRC/17/26
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Aug 19, 2019
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Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women

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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2017
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A/72/134
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Aug 19, 2019
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Gender-related killings of women

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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2012
Document code
A/HRC/20/16
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Aug 19, 2019
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Violence against women with disabilities

Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2012
Document code
A/67/227
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Aug 19, 2019
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Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress

Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2011
Document code
A/66/215
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Aug 19, 2019
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Closing the gap in international human rights law: lessons from three regional human rights systems on legal standards and practices regarding violence against women

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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2015
Document code
A/70/209
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Aug 19, 2019
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Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch

Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2016
Document code
A/71/398
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Aug 19, 2019
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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

Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2015
Document code
A/HRC/29/27
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Aug 19, 2019
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Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women

Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2014
Document code
A/HRC/26/38
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Aug 19, 2019
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Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights

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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2014
Document code
A/69/368
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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State responsibility for eliminating violence against women

Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2013
Document code
A/HRC/23/49
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Aug 19, 2019
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Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women

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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2013
Document code
A/68/340
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Aug 19, 2019
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Reparations to women who have been subjected to violence

Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2010
Document code
A/HRC/14/22
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Aug 19, 2019
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Vision-setting report

Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Year
2016
Document code
A/HRC/32/42
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 86

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The Special Rapporteur highlights that, apart from the Committee, a variety of international and regional human rights bodies and independent experts are working on the issue of violence against women. These bodies have all developed a rich jurisprudence, general comments and recommendations relating to the right of women and girls not to be subjected to violence, which in certain circumstances may amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, denial of the right to health and other human rights. There are regional treaties and treaty bodies looking specifically at gender-based violence in Africa, the Americas and Europe. There are also independent experts in Africa and the Americas. However, these instruments need more incorporation and implementation, including through sustained funding of expert monitoring mechanisms to carry out their work, to facilitate coordination and to share best practices, information and insights. This urgency to support existing good work is even more compelling given the high priority dedicated to the eradication of violence against women in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women 2014, para. 41

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One of the five priority areas of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) is ending violence against women. The efforts of UN-Women in this regard include standard setting, technical assistance, financial assistance, education, advocacy, data collection and coordination. The entity supports Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality and works with governments and civil society to design laws, policies, programmes and services needed to implement these standards, including in developing and implementing national action plans to end violence against women. UN-Women also participates in a number of joint programmes with partner agencies at the country level and coordinates the Secretary-General's UNiTE campaign and the COMMIT initiative. The Inventory of United Nations activities to prevent and eliminate violence against women describes the efforts of 38 United Nations entities, the International Organization for Migration and six inter-agency partnerships. UN-Women has also developed the Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls, an online resource centre.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Year
2014
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Aug 19, 2019
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Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 57

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A more recent challenge is the creation of hierarchies of violence against women, especially through political and funding actions. This is particularly evident in the articulation of sexual violence in conflict situations as being different and exceptional, as opposed to its being a continuation of a pattern of discrimination and violence that is exacerbated in times of conflict - as reflected in recent armed conflict situations. The prioritizing of this manifestation of violence has led to numerous concerns, including a shift away from an understanding of violence against women as both gendered and part of a continuum of violence; a shift in resources, in some instances, despite the need to address all manifestations of violence, including at the national level; a shift in focus by some United Nations entities; and the effect of donor-driven priorities in this process. The view of many women's rights defenders is that these shifts have led to focusing on the manifestation of violence against women in conflict situations, to the detriment and ignoring of the low-level "warfare" that women and girls experience in their homes and communities on a daily basis.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress 2011, para. 83

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A holistic approach to dealing with violence requires an understanding that such violence is situated along a continuum both in terms of time and space, and the varied forms and manifestations reflect this. Although some categorization might be useful in terms of the provision of services for victims, such as clinical, psychosocial or legal, a holistic perspective sees all forms of abuse qualitatively impacting the economic, social, cultural and political well-being of women, of their communities and of the State. States must acknowledge that violence against women is not the root problem, but that violence occurs because other forms of discrimination are allowed to flourish. By situating violence along a continuum, States may appropriately contextualize violence and recognize that the deprivation of water, food, and other human rights can be just as egregious and debilitating as family violence. Although these forms of violence are by no means the same, they can be viewed as parallel and similar when considering their interrelationship.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Reparations to women who have been subjected to violence 2010, para. 44

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The current explicit inclusion of sexual violence in many reparations programmes is a victory against a tradition that minimizes its importance as collateral, private or non-political damage. Nevertheless, the forms of sexual violence that are included are often limited in range and other forms of victimization with a disparate gender impact are also not included. Often excluded have been forms of reproductive violence (including forced abortions, sterilization or impregnations), domestic enslavement, forced "marital" unions, forced displacement, abduction and forced recruitment. Gross violations of social, economic and cultural rights have also been excluded, even when they result in the loss of health, life and death of culture, or when such violations are specifically related to systematic forms of discrimination, including based on sex, ethnicity or sexual orientation. Forced domestic labour, often taking the form of forced conscription or forced marriages, has also traditionally been left out. This tendency to include a narrow range of forms of sexual violence in such programmes runs the risk of sexualizing women, if it is not accompanied by a serious effort to encompass a broader notion of harm.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 16

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The above-mentioned developments have been relied on by the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council to pass resolutions that focus particular attention on violence against women and girls. For example, both the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council have identified inter-gender inequality and discrimination, including gender-based violence, as violating the human rights of women and girls. Over time, the language of these resolutions has evolved to reflect the heightened risk of gender-based violence to women suffering intersectional discrimination. As analyzed within the United Nations human rights framework, "power imbalances and structural inequality between men and women are among the root causes of violence against women." This makes violence against women a matter of inter-gender inequality between women and men. In addition, various resolutions have acknowledged that discrimination is understood as having multiple forms that combine to heighten the vulnerability of some women and girls to violence. This reflects an understanding that discrimination and violence against women is also a matter of intra-gender inequality among women.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 20

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The Special Rapporteur on the rights of women in Africa considered that, in theory, an international treaty on violence against women was needed, but that some counterarguments should be taken into account. Prime among them was that the real challenge in dealing with the issue of violence against women did not lie in legal inadequacies but rather in implementation. Another argument against a global treaty on violence against women was that some regions, including the Americas, Africa and Europe, could rightfully claim that there was no normative gap. In that regard, a campaign to develop, ratify and implement an additional treaty mechanism would divert efforts and resources that would be better spent on strengthening the existing regional systems of protection. Such an objection can be countered, however, by the fact that Asia and Oceania did not have the benefit of regional protection. She also considered that, if a global treaty on violence against women prescribed clear and legally binding enforcement mechanisms at both the international and national levels, it could create some useful harmony to address the fragmentation of policies and legislation to address gender-based violence.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress 2011, para. 40

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Conflict and post-conflict situations often exacerbate an existing environment of discrimination, subordination, violence against women and men's control over their sexuality. Findings of "unimaginable brutality" in the first mandate-holder's report on violence against women during times of armed conflict continue to hold true. Military environments in general, characterized by a hierarchical and command-driven culture, expose women to heightened risks of violence and abuse. As reported following the visit of the Special Rapporteur to the United States, sexual assault and harassment of women in the military has been acknowledged as a pervasive form of violence against women. While most cases of sexual assault in the military go unreported, statistics suggest that women constitute the vast majority of those who report cases. Reflective of a similar tendency of solving domestic violence cases through negotiation and reconciliation, the overwhelming majority of sexual assault cases in the United States military are disposed of through non judicial punishment: only 14 to 18 per cent of cases are prosecuted.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Humanitarian
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 65

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Some organizations stated that the Committee could require national action plans on violence against women, which States could assess in the context of their periodic monitoring by the Committee, which could be done in cooperation with the special procedures mandate holders, especially the Special Rapporteur. The United Nations should require States to give more detail on violence against women in the treaty bodies common core document. Likewise, States and regional human rights organizations should provide more resources for regional human rights monitoring, and countries outside Europe could ratify the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. Awareness needs to be raised that this (more detailed) Convention is open to countries outside the Council of Europe. The United Nations and States could increase technical and financial assistance to States and NGOs for monitoring and documenting violence against women and should also do more research on “what works” in eradicating violence against women and share information on evidence-based policies that work. “The United Nations system needs to play a bigger role and hold States accountable.”
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 25

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In terms of general consideration of the submissions received from civil society organizations, the Special Rapporteur highlights that, primarily, such organizations showed that they were concerned about what some consider the “soft law” character of the current legal framework on violence against women, combined with the fragmentation of the current legal framework, several substantive gaps and inconsistencies present in the current instruments, and the fact that their implementation remains weak, particularly at the national level. Concerning the opportunity to create a new legal instrument, while the idea was endorsed by a majority of civil society organizations, several submissions highlighted that there were ways of addressing some issues and introducing new practical measures without the need for a new treaty. Others pointed out that there was a considerable political risk in seeking to negotiate a new treaty, which might encompass lower standards than those already widely accepted. Finally, among the main issues identified by civil society, there was a need for States to adequately resource measures for the prevention of, protection against and prosecution of perpetrators, as well as for reparations for victims and survivors.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2017
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Vision-setting report 2016, para. 38

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development comprises 17 transformative Sustainable Development Goals aimed at the realization of the human rights of all, including the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. Goal 5, and in particular its targets 5.2, focuses on the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation, while target 5.3 focuses on the elimination of all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation While it is remarkable that, For the first time, the elimination of violence against women is included as a target for the achievement of sustainable goals, violence against women is also an issue addressed in Goal 11, on safe spaces, and Goal 16, relating to peace and security. It is also a barrier to achieving other gender-related goals, such as those on health, education, reducing poverty in all its forms, and sustainable growth. For the first time, a global gendered framework for development has been adopted that is inclusive and builds upon human rights instruments, all relevant world conferences, such as the four World Conferences on Women. The implementation of all 17 goals also requires systematic gender mainstreaming in all targets and indicators.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2016
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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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. 66

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The concerns raised more than 20 years ago and further highlighted by the Special Rapporteur in her reports reinforce the view that it is time to consider the development and adoption of a binding international instrument on violence against women and girls. Such an instrument should ensure that States are held accountable to standards that are legally binding, provide a clear normative framework for the protection of women and girls globally and have a specific monitoring body to substantively provide in-depth analysis of both general and country-level developments. With a legally binding instrument, a protective, preventive and educative framework could be established to reaffirm the commitment of the international community to its articulation that women's rights are human rights and that violence against women is a human rights violation in and of itself.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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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. 35

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The Convention provides for the creation of the Group of experts on action against violence against women and domestic violence. The Group of experts will have between 10 and 15 members, appointed in their individual capacity, and will report to the Committee of the Parties to the Convention. It will follow a report-based procedure in assessing the various measures a State party has taken and will take into account information submitted by the State and also by non-governmental organizations. It may organize country visits in instances where the information on a case is insufficient and there is no other feasible way of reliably gaining information. In certain circumstances, the Group of experts may request the urgent submission of a special report by the State party concerning measures to prevent a serious, massive or persistent pattern of violation of the provisions of the Convention or request a visit to the country concerned.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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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. 31

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The Convention requires States to adopt comprehensive and coordinated policies that place the rights of victims at the centre of all measures and to involve all relevant actors, including government agencies, national, regional and local authorities, civil society organizations and other relevant entities. In chapter II, the Convention explicitly calls for an integrated approach and requires the establishment of a dedicated governmental coordinating body to oversee the implementation of policies and measures, including disaggregated data collection. Other sections include chapter III, on the specific legislative, policy and other measures in the field of prevention; chapter IV, on protection and support issues; chapter V, on substantive law aspects; chapter VI, on investigation, prosecution, procedural law and protective measures; chapter VII, on migration and asylum issues; and chapter VIII, on international cooperation.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Movement
Person(s) affected
  • Persons on the move
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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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. 51

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The Convention of Belém do Pará also recognizes the critical link between women's access to adequate judicial protection when denouncing acts of violence and the elimination of the problem of violence and the discrimination that perpetuates it. The States parties agree, in accordance with article 8, to gradually undertake specific measures, including programmes to develop training programmes for all those involved in the administration of justice broadly; to implement educational activities aimed at heightening the general public's awareness of the issue; to modify social and cultural patterns of conduct and counteract prejudices, customs and other practices that legitimize or exacerbate violence against women; to provide appropriate specialized services for women who have been subjected to violence; and to ensure research and data collection relating to the causes, consequences and frequency of violence against women, in order to enable policy development and assess the effectiveness of relevant measures.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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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. 25

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The limited engagement of the communications procedure in the protection of women's rights is a source of concern. Some reasons for the limited engagement include: the lack of, or limited, access to justice for women at the national levels, resulting in perceptions of similar weaknesses in the African regional system; the lack of knowledge on how to use the system; the inaccessibility of the communication system owing to the requirement in article 56 (5) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights regarding the exhaustion of local remedies before submitting allegations to the Commission; the relatively small number of women's rights organizations that interact with the regional human rights system; and the inadequacy of the provisions on women's rights in the Charter, which created barriers to using the regional system. The latter argument is now flawed, considering that the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa has been in force for almost a decade, yet usage of the procedure is still limited.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Topic(s)
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Women
Year
2015
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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