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Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/NAM/CO/4-5, 24 July 2015: Namibia

Jul 24, 2015

C. Principal areas of concern and recommendations Education 30. The Committee welcomes the revision of the Teenage Pregnancy Policy of 2009 on the prevention and management of pregnancy and the provision of life skills as a subject in schools which, among other...

Concluding Observations, E/C.12/KGZ/CO/2-3, 19 June 2015: Kyrgyzstan

Jun 19, 2015

C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Non-discrimination 5. The Committee is concerned about the lack of comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation, and the persistent discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, sex, religion, economic status, age or...

Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, A/HRC/29/40/Add.3, 17 June 2015: Spain

Jun 17, 2015

III. Legislative and institutional frameworks A. Legislative framework 3. Same-sex marriage law 21. Spain adopted the Law on Same-Sex Marriage in 2005, thereby becoming one of the States in the world to have taken this step towards equality. The...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/29/27/Add.2, 19 May 2015: United Kingdom

May 19, 2015

II. Manifestations of violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences A. Violence in the family 13. The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit gave advice or support related to forced marriage in 1,302 cases in 2013. Victims included people thought to be at...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, A/HRC/28/66, 29 December 2014

Dec 29, 2014

II. Preventing violence committed in the name of religion A. A complex phenomenon 11. Furthermore, homophobic and transphobic violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons may also be perpetrated in the name of religion. Those perceived as...