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Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/20/16, 23 May 2012

May 23, 2012

III. GENDER-RELATED KILLINGS OF WOMEN 14. In this report, the Special Rapporteur addresses the topic of gender-related killings of women whether they occur in the family or the community or are perpetrated or condoned by the State. Globally, the prevalence of...

Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, A/HRC/20/28, 5 April 2012

Apr 5, 2012

III. Conceptual framework 13. For legal guarantees of gender equality to benefit all women, implementation frameworks and strategies must be responsive to the intersections of sex-based discrimination with other grounds of discrimination, such as race, ethnicity,...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/17/26, 2 May 2011

May 2, 2011

II. MULTIPLE AND INTERSECTING FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN B. Forms, causes and consequences 21. It has been acknowledged that violence results from a complex interplay of individual, family, community and social factors, and that, even though...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/BLR/CO/7, 6 April 2011: Belarus

Apr 6, 2011

41. The Committee is concerned about the lack of disaggregated data on the situation of women who typically face multiple forms of discrimination, such as older women, women with disabilities, women belonging to minorities, including Roma women, and lesbians, and who...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/ZAF/CO/4, 5 April 2011: South Africa

Apr 5, 2011

Sexual orientation 39. The Committee notes that the State party has in its Constitution the prohibition of discrimination based on the sexual orientation of individuals. However, the Committee expresses grave concern about reported sexual offences and murder committed...