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IRAQ - UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
Gender Related Excerpts from II
Conclusions and/or Recommendations:
21. Undertake additional
measures to protect rights of women and children.
41. Advance in the promotio of
gender equality and equity and study the necessary
legislative
reforms to follow international standards such as CEDAW.
43. Raise social awareness of the
importance of women's rights.
61. Consider enacting a specific law
to combat trafficking in persons, with emphasis
on
the protection of the human rights of victims, especially women and children.
62. Intensify efforts to address
impunity and incidence of trafficking and domestic violence
as
well as sexual abuse of women and girls including by strengthening law
enforcement
and the judicial system, recruiting more women in the police and
judiciary,
and organizing more gender awareness campaigns within the Iraqi
armed
forces and police.
63.Strengthen policies and measures,
including legislation in the area of domestic
violence.
67.Put a decisive end to ther
practice of female genital mutilation.
68.Consider efforts to adequately
respond to honour related violence, provide shelters
for women
in need, raise public awareness and prosecute the perpetrators as a
matter of
priority.
72.Investigate thoroughly crimes
against women and minorities and fully implement
laws
intended to enforce constitutional protections for women and minorities,
inclding
laws against discrimination.
73. Implement measures to address
extrajudicial killings of persons on the basis of
their
actual or presumed sexual orientation.
79. Take all necessary steps to
strengthen the adequate access to justice especially
for
vulnerable groups such as women.
106.Strengthen efforts of
development and implementation of the Millennium Development
Goals
concerning the enrolment at all levels of education, the realization of the
right
to
food, and the decrease of maternal and child mortality rates.............
Only contributions submitted in one of the United Nations official languages are admissible and posted on this webpage Date of consideration: Tuesday 16 February 2010
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