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Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, “Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective: violence against women; Intersections of violence against women and HIV/AIDS”, E/CN.4/2005/72, January 17, 2005

Jan 17, 2005

1. Rape and sexual assault 27. Sexual assault and coercion “exists along a continuum, from forcible rape to non- physical forms of pressure that compel girls and women to engage in sex against their will. The touchstone of coercion is that a woman lacks choice and...

Study on non-discrimination as enshrined in article 2, paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2004/24, June 18, 2004

Jun 18, 2004

Working paper prepared by Emmanuel Decaux 2. Gender discrimination 22. The same is true of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. But that Convention fails to address all the issues related to discrimination “on the basis of...

Commission on Human Rights Resolution, E/CN.4/RES/2004/67, April 21, 2004: The question of the death penalty

Apr 21, 2004

4. Urges all States that still maintain the death penalty: (…) (f) To ensure that the notion of “most serious crimes” does not go beyond intentional crimes with lethal or extremely grave consequences and that the death penalty is not imposed for non violent acts such...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, E/CN.4/2004/62/Add.1, March 26, 2004: Uzbekistan

Mar 26, 2004

811. On 5 June 2003, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal, jointly with the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Representative on human rights defenders,...

Kanane v. State, Court of Appeal, Botswana (30 July 2003)

Jul 30, 2003

Procedural Posture Utjiwa Kanane was charged with committing an unnatural offence, contrary to section 164(c) of the Penal Code, and committing indecent practices between males, contrary to section 167. The conduct at issue involved Graham Norrie, a British tourist,...