Tag Archives | gender-based violence

06/06/2023

Uzbekistan: From Legislation to Action: Effective Measures for Protecting Women and Children from Violence in Uzbekistan

Today, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Nationwide Movement “Yuksalish” and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for Central Asia (ROCA) are holding an International Public Discussion entitled “From Legislation to Action: Effective Measures for Protecting Women and Children from Violence in Uzbekistan”. The event is organized within […]

21/04/2022

Indonesia: the ICJ welcomes the Indonesian Parliament’s landmark adoption of legislation on sexual violence

Following more than a decade of advocacy by women’s human rights groups, Indonesia’s parliament adopted long-awaited legislation against sexual violence. (more…)

21/06/2021

Nepal: Women still await justice for conflict-related sexual violence

Victims of sexual and gender-based violence during Nepal’s 10-year-long civil war still face major obstacles to justice, concluded the participants of a virtual consultation on 19 June 2021, on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in conflict. (more…)

18/06/2021

UN side event: “The 10th anniversary of the Istanbul Convention”

On 22 June, the ICJ, Human Rights Watch, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the International Planned Parenthood Federation, with the co-sponsorship of the Kingdom of Spain, organize an online event on the 10th anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combating violence against women […]

09/04/2021

Experts at ICJ webinar say Indonesia needs to do more to combat discrimination against women

The ICJ, together with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) in Indonesia, held a webinar on 6 April to consider ways to combat discrimination and violence faced by Indonesian women. (more…)

30/03/2021

Break the cycle of impunity for rape in Nepal

An opinion piece by Laxmi Pokharel and Boram Jang, International Commission of Jurists Legal Advisors on Access to Justice for Women (more…)

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