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Mandate
of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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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Special Rapporteur on Torture
Country visits
Country
visits provide the Special Rapporteur with a firsthand account of the
situation concerning torture, including institutional and legislative factors
that contribute to such practices.
Visits are undertaken only at the invitation of a Government. However, the
Special Rapporteur may solicit an invitation, based on factors such as the
number, credibility and gravity of the allegations received, and the potential
impact that the mission may have on the overall human rights situation.
Before a visit takes place, the Government is asked to provide the following guarantees
to the Special Rapporteur and accompanying United Nations staff:
- freedom of movement throughout the country,
- freedom of inquiry, especially in terms of access to all prisons, detention
centres and places of interrogation,
- free contact with central and local authorities of all branches of
government,
- free contact with representatives of NGOs, other private institutions and the
media,
- confidential and unsupervised contacts, where the Special Rapporteur's
mandate so requires, with witnesses and other private individuals, including
persons deprived of their liberty,
- full access to all documentary material relevant to the mandate, and
- assurances that no persons, be they officials or private individuals, who
have been in contact with the Special Rapporteur will suffer threats,
harassment or punishment or be subjected to judicial proceedings.
During the visit the Special Rapporteur meets with:
- government authorities,
- NGOs,
- representatives of the legal profession,
- alleged victims and relatives of victims. The conclusions and recommendations
contained in the Special Rapporteur's mission report are intended to assist
Governments in identifying factors which may contribute to torture, and provide
practical solutions to implement international standards.
Pending visit requests:
Algeria (Request first made in 1997)
Afghanistan (2005)
Belarus (2005)
Bolivia (2005)
Côte D'Ivoire (2005)
Cuba
Egypt (1996)
Eritrea (2005)
Ethiopia (2005)
Fiji (2006)
Gambia (2006)
India (1993)
Iran, Islamic Republic of (2005)
Iraq (2005)
Jamaica (2008)
Israel (2002)
Liberia (2006)
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2005)
Papua New Guinea (2006)
Russian Federation with respect to the Republic of Chechnya (2000)
Saudi Arabia (2005)
Syrian Arab Republic (2005)
Tunisia (1998)
Turkmenistan (2003)
United States of America (2004)
Uzbekistan (2006)
Yemen (2005)
Zimbabwe (2005)
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