This report recommends measures to increase women’s protection from violence, assist their confidence in and cooperation with the justice system and boost their equality. The document provides background information about five years of armed conflict, ended 2003, and the regional police...
This report recommends measures to increase women’s protection from violence, assist their confidence in and cooperation with the justice system and boost their equality. The document provides background information about five years of armed conflict, ended 2003, and the regional police...
As in countries throughout the world, the human rights of thousands of women in Turkey are violated daily through violence in the family. As many as a half of all women in Turkey are estimated to be victims of physical violence within their families.
1) Law punishes victims of rape in Pakistan 2) Systematic killings cause crisis in western Sudan 3) Breaking Haiti’s cycle of violence 4) Confronting family violence in Turkey 5) Torture is rife in Eritrea 6) Worldwide Appeals: Turkey: Women need shelters; Afghanistan/USA: Detained at Bagram;...
This report is a guide to states’ obligation to make rights a reality – to implement their obligations under treaties and customary international law to respect,protect and fulfil human rights in law and practice. It is also a guide to international law as it relates to violence against women. It...
This report features cases of individual women who have suffered violence at the hands of their family. It outlines a pattern of abuse and discrimination which can start from birth when families barter their newborn daughters and force young girls into early marriage. The report reveals a culture...