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Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/VCT/CO/4-8, 24 July 2015: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Jul 24, 2015

C. Principal areas of concern and recommendations Violence against women 20.The Committee welcomes the adoption in April 2015 of the Domestic Violence Act, which broadens the definition of domestic violence by including not only physical violence but also sexual,...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/VEN/CO/4, 21 July 2015: Venezuela

Jul 21, 2015

[Sourced from the advance unedited version.] Principales motivos de preocupación y recomendaciones Presuntos actos de discriminación y violencia por motivos de orientación sexual o identidad de género 8. El Comité reconoce la labor de la Defensoría del Pueblo en...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/UZB/CO/4, 20 July 2015: Uzbekistan

Jul 20, 2015

[Sourced from the advance unedited version.] C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Non-discrimination and gender equality 6. The Committee, while noting that the prohibition of discrimination is proclaimed in article 18 of the Constitution and is...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/MKD/CO/3, 20 July 2015: the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Jul 20, 2015

C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations Sexual orientation and gender identity 7. The Committee is concerned that the Law on the Prevention of and Protection against Discrimination does not explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, A/HRC/29/51, 16 June 2015

Jun 16, 2015

27. ISIL has been particularly brutal and discriminatory against women. Information collected indicates that, in addition to confining women largely to their homes and dictating what they must wear, with whom they may socialize and where they may work,{{50}} ISIS...