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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 75
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- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has held several hearings in the last three years regarding the situation of violence and discrimination against sexual minorities in some countries of the Caribbean and Central and South America. In these countries, civil society organizations have expressed their concern regarding increasing incidents of homophobic crimes.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 14
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- Building on the Vienna Declaration and its framework, both the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995) and the Third World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban (2001) addressed the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination that cause intra-gender and intra-racial inequalities respectively. The Fourth World Conference on Women recognized the particular vulnerability to violence of "women belonging to minority groups, indigenous women, refugee women, women migrants, including women migrant workers, women in poverty living in rural or remote communities, destitute women, women in institutions or in detention, female children, women with disabilities, elderly women, displaced women, repatriated women, women living in poverty and women in situations of armed conflict, foreign occupation, wars of aggression, civil wars, terrorism, including hostage-taking." The World Conference against Racism included gender and racial discrimination among its five areas of focus. The Durban Declaration expressed the view "that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance reveal themselves in a differentiated manner for women and girls, and can be among the factors leading to a deterioration in their living conditions, poverty, violence, multiple forms of discrimination, and the limitation or denial of their human rights."
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Humanitarian
- Poverty
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Persons on the move
- Women
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 25
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- Violence against women often manifests itself in ways that violate women's right to the freedom of thought, conscience and religion. The use of threats of violence to force women from minority religious groups to convert to a different faith directly undermines women's freedom of conscience and religion. In addition, minority women in some communities have been threatened with violence for expressing their religious beliefs openly. Furthermore, targeted harassment of women wearing religious garments fosters an environment that threatens the right of women to practice their religion freely.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 92
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- The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has urged Canada to examine the reasons for the failure to investigate the cases of missing or murdered aboriginal women, to take the necessary steps to remedy the deficiencies in the system, to carry out thorough investigations of the cases of aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered in recent decades, to conduct an analysis of such cases in order to determine whether there is a racialized pattern to the disappearances, and to take measures to address the problem if that is the case.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 13
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- In 1993, the Vienna Conference on Human Rights adopted a declaration and a programme of action, which took into account both discrimination and violence against women. The Conference addressed specific human rights violations suffered by identifiable groups of individuals, including persons belonging to national, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, indigenous peoples, women, children and persons with disabilities. It also recognized violence against women as a particular human rights violation which required the attention and resources of the United Nations.
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- 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
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2011
- 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. 57
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- With regard to violence against women cases, merits decisions of the Commission and the jurisprudence of the Court have been influenced by the relevant international and regional instruments. These rulings have generated legal standards addressing crucial issues applicable to the rights of women in key areas, including the right of women to live free from all forms of discrimination and violence; the obligation of States to act with due diligence; access to justice for women victims of discrimination and violence; the economic, social and cultural rights of women; and the reproductive rights of women. Some of the most important standards include the duty of States to exercise due diligence to prevent, promptly investigate and sanction all forms of violence against women committed by either State or non-State actors; the obligation to provide effective and impartial judicial avenues for victims of all forms of violence against women; the holding of rape as a form of torture when it is committed by State agents; the obligation of States to take action to eradicate discrimination against women and stereotypical patterns of behaviour that promote their unequal treatment in their societies; and the recognition of multiple forms of discrimination and violence that indigenous women can suffer based on grounds of sex, race, ethnicity and economic position. Most of the Commission's recommendations have traditionally centred on the following themes: violence, the duty to act with due diligence, access to justice, and the different facets of discrimination, including its structural, systemic and intersectional nature.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- 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. 58
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- With regard to violence against women cases, merits decisions of the Commission and the jurisprudence of the Court have been influenced by the relevant international and regional instruments. These rulings have generated legal standards addressing crucial issues applicable to the rights of women in key areas, including the right of women to live free from all forms of discrimination and violence; the obligation of States to act with due diligence; access to justice for women victims of discrimination and violence; the economic, social and cultural rights of women; and the reproductive rights of women. Some of the most important standards include the duty of States to exercise due diligence to prevent, promptly investigate and sanction all forms of violence against women, committed by either State or non-State actors; the obligation to provide effective and impartial judicial avenues for victims of all forms of violence against women; the holding of rape as a form of torture when it is committed by State agents; the obligation of States to take action to eradicate discrimination against women and stereotypical patterns of behavior that promote their unequal treatment in their societies; and the recognition of multiple forms of discrimination and violence that indigenous women can suffer based on grounds of sex, race, ethnicity and economic position. Most of the Commission's recommendations have traditionally centred on the following themes: violence, the duty to act with due diligence, access to justice, and the different facets of discrimination, including its structural, systemic and intersectional nature.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Gender-related killings of women 2012, para. 62
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- The intersection of different layers of discrimination based on race, ethnic identity, sex, class, education and political views further disenfranchises indigenous and aboriginal women, reproducing a multi-level oppression that culminates in violence. In cases of killings of aboriginal and indigenous women, the main failings by the authorities are the failure of police to protect aboriginal women and girls from violence and to investigate promptly and thoroughly when they are missing or murdered, and the disadvantaged social and economic conditions in which aboriginal women and girls live, which make them vulnerable to such violence.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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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.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 97
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- Women's right to self-determination includes the ability to determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. Any group or persons that infringe this right are perpetuating a form of structural violence against the disempowered group, and further marginalizing the rights of certain women within a given political context. Furthermore, marginalized groups, including indigenous peoples and minorities, often justify violence against women based on collective identity formed in opposition to the dominant and oppressing group. Indeed, "culture-based identity politics [are] a major challenge to the achievement of gender equality and the elimination of violence against women."
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 96
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- Self-determination embodies the rights of individuals and peoples to make decisions about their economic, social, religious and familial well-being, and to honour the expressed desires of people and individuals to control their own affairs. Women within minority and marginalized groups, including indigenous women, are often denied their basic right to self-determination. This is further obscured by literature that demonstrates how elite and privileged women have gained these rights. In this way, self-determination is another area where the invisible hierarchy of women vis-à-vis other women masks the ongoing inequality experienced by many of the world's women.
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- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women 2011, para. 58
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- Research demonstrates the utility of an approach that accounts for additional aspects of personhood, such as nationality, disability, indigenous belonging, sexual orientation, and socio-economic class, to predetermine the likelihood and extent to which women will experience multiple forms and various levels of violence. In adopting a more comprehensive approach, a picture of the different ways in which intersectional and multiple forms of discrimination operate in the context of violence against women emerges. It reflects the type of systematic, comprehensive, multisectoral and sustained approach needed to develop national strategies, concrete programmes and actions aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against 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
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Reparations to women who have been subjected to violence 2010, para. 70
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- Another instance of discriminatory practices, resulting in historical injustices, is that of assimilation policies instituted in countries, which led to many aboriginal or indigenous children being taken away from their families, communities and cultures and placed in foster care or residential schools. There have been some initiatives to provide compensation to survivors, including monetary compensation, truth-telling, therapeutic services and acts of commemoration and reconciliation. However, gender differences have generally not been taken into account and, as a consequence, there has not been special recognition of or compensation for girls for consequences of sexual abuse, such as pregnancy resulting from rape or forced abortion.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Reparations to women who have been subjected to violence 2010, para. 66
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- A form of collective harm that deserves particular attention is group-based harm as a result of group-based affiliation. Collective measures of redress may be thought of as particularly apposite to address the legacy of violence on the identity or status of groups such as indigenous peoples. Women or children, however, are rarely thought of in collective terms, even though gender-specific and age-specific forms of violence happen to women and children precisely because they are women and children. Women and girls should not be rendered invisible under the notion of the collective and should be consulted at all stages of discussions.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Ethnic minorities
- Girls
- Women
- Year
- 2010
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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