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UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN
Report 2010 - A/HRC/14/22
Page 5
II ACTIVITIES
A. Country Visits
2. "During the period
under review, the Special Rapporteur requested invitations to visit Somalia,
the United States of America, and Zimbabwe. Earlier requests for country visits
had also been made to the Governments of Jordan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Mandate
holders carry out country visits to investigate the situation of
human rights at the national level. Mandate holders typically send a letter to
the Government requesting to visit the country, and, if the Government agrees,
an invitation to visit is extended. Some countries have issued "standing invitations", which means that
they are, in principle, prepared to receive a visit from any special procedures
mandate holder.
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Subject: SR Violence Against Women Report to UN 2010 - Reparations +
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REPORT OF UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 2010
ACTIVITIES + REPARATIONS TO WOMEN
WHO HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE
Conclusion & Recommendations
Excerpt:
82. This report shows how the legal
bases for a right to a remedy have been increasingly recognized in the corpus
of international human rights and humanitarian instruments. Although among victims
of violence, women have been especially neglected, the report examines
significant substantive and procedural trends to reverse this, both in the
discussion and the practice of reparations, at national and international
levels.
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