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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 |
Distr. 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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