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Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2005/10, February 28, 2005

Feb 28, 2005

Summary Situation of especially vulnerable groups Various positive measures in the field of protection and prevention were weakened by public statements by high-level government officials who on occasion questioned the legitimacy of the work of human rights defenders...

Study by the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, “Women and adequate housing”, E/CN.4/2005/43, February 25, 2005

Feb 25, 2005

Summary Critical factors affecting women’s right to adequate housing and land are lack of secure tenure, lack of information about women’s human rights, lack of access to affordable social services as a result of privatization, lack of access to credit and housing...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, E/CN.4/2005/60/Add.3, February 22, 2005, Mission to Brazil

Feb 22, 2005

A. Discrimination against or further victimization of social groups within the judicial system 24. Lack of access to justice is more of a problem for social groups who suffer from discrimination or marginalization. The Special Rapporteur heard many accounts of court...

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, E/CN.4/2005/22, February 14, 2005

Feb 14, 2005

Report of the Regional Workshop for the Latin American and the Caribbean Region on “Ensuring that the Millennium Development Goals contribute to overcoming discrimination based on race, colour, descent, national and ethnic origin” 5. Dr. Paulo Carvalho, representing...

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”, Mission to Guatemala, E/CN.4/2005/72/Add.3, February 10, 2005

Feb 10, 2005

II. Intersecting Systems of Oppression and Female-Headed Households 21. Women’s exposure to violence is related to their position in the multiple systems of inequality and shows a tendency to increase as these systems intersect, creating layers of discrimination and...