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MEXICO: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
ALTERNATIVE REPORT TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW (UPR)
OF MEXICO
9 February 2009
Example of Report Gender Excerpt:
MEXICO: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Despite advances in legislation to protect women from violence, in 2006 67% of women over the age of 15 reported some form of violence in the home, workplace, community or school, according to Mexico’s National Survey on Family Relations (Encuesta Nacional sobre la Dinámica de las Relaciones en los Hogare). One in four women over the age of 15 living with a partner reported physical or sexual violence at the hands of her partner. Reporting, prosecution and conviction rates for such offences are extremely low. Amnesty International has found that officials are often reluctant to take complaints of domestic violence seriously and to investigate them effectively.
Although the number of refuges has increased, it is still insufficient to meet demand. Restraining orders and other protection measures are rarely issued and enforced leaving many women vulnerable to further attacks, including murder. Reliable data on the number of women killed as a result of gender violence are not available, which prevents an effective evaluation of measures introduced to prevent, investigate and punish such crimes.
Despite welcome measures to prevent and punish violence against women in Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua City, Chihuahua State, women and young girls continue to be murdered. More than 25 women were murdered between January and July 2008 in Ciudad Juárez. Officials responsible for the flawed investigations that were originally carried out into the murders dating back to 1993 have never been held to account and as a result few of those directly responsible for the murders have been identified and prosecuted. The 2007 legislation to prevent and punish violence against women has yet to be converted into practical tools for combating gender-based violence.
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