WUNRN
UNITED NATIONS TREATY BODY
COMMITTEES CAN BE IMPORTANT IN ADVOCACY BY NGO'S ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES OF
WOMEN & GIRLS.
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Direct Link to Report:
Alternative Report to the UN
Committee Against Torture
November 2008
Report compiled by the World
Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) with collaboration.
Violence
Against Women & Children in Kenya
The OMCT Report, entitled “Violence Against Women and
Children in Kenya”,[1][1] was prepared together with the large Coalition of Child Rights NGOs
(CRC) and the Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW). It addresses
widespread forms of violence against women and children and their underlying
causes, and analyses the shortcomings of the implementation of the Convention
Against Torture in respect to gender- and child-specific issues. This report
gives particular emphasis to protection from torture and other forms of ill-treatment
including harmful cultural practices, domestic violence, trafficking in women
and children, sexual abuse, child corporal punishment and child labour. It also
raises serious concerns regarding women’s access to justice and juvenile
justice, including the minimum age of criminal responsibility.
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The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) is the body of independent experts that monitors
implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its State parties.
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SEE WEBSITE LINK FOR FULL REPORTS.
IMPORTANT: CLICK WEBSITE LINK FIRST to access
individual reports and references.
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KENYA Thursday, 13 November a.m. and Friday, 14 November 2008 a.m. CAT/C/SR.852 CAT/C/SR.854
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Initial report CAT/C/KEN/1 |
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