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FULL REPORT IS ATTACHED.

 

Excerpts on Gender focus of Report:

 

II.STRENGTHENING THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM TORTURE.

   A. Introduction towards a gender-sensitive interpretation of torture.

   B. What constitutes torture?

        l. Torture and ill-treatment of women in the public sphere

        2.Torture and ill-treatment in the private sphere: Violence within

            the family and community

        3.Women in the refoulement or refugee context

   C. Justice for women survivors of torture

        l. Access to justice

        2. Rehabilitation and reparation for women survivors of torture 

 

 

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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GENERAL

A/HRC/7/3

15 January 2008

Original: ENGLISH

 

 

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Seventh Session

Agenda Item 3

 

REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, MANFRED NOWAK

 

 

FULL REPORT IS ATTACHED.

 

 





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