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Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/KWT/CO/2, 18 November 2011: Kuwait

Nov 18, 2011

30. The Committee is concerned about the criminalization of sexual relations between consenting adults of the same sex, and also about the new criminal offence of “imitating members of the opposite sex”. It is also concerned about reported acts of violence against...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/66/203, 28 July 2011

Jul 28, 2011

I. INTRODUCTION 7. In accordance with the mandate of the Special Rapporteur to integrate a gender perspective throughout her work, the present report refers to the specificities of the situation of women human rights defenders and the particular challenges they face....

Concluding Observations, CAT/C/KWT/CO/2, 28 June 2011: Kuwait

Jun 28, 2011

Discrimination and violence against vulnerable groups 25. The Committee is concerned at reports that vulnerable groups such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons are subjected to discrimination and ill-treatment, including sexual violence, both in...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of the right to freedom of opinion: Summary of cases, A/HRC/17/27/Add.1, 27 May 2011: South Africa

May 27, 2011

South Africa Allegation letter 2012. On 14 January 2011, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, sent an allegation letter concerning the situation...

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...