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PAPUA NEW GUINEA - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SORCERY-RELATED KILLINGS & FORCED EVICTIONS

Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review, 2011

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review of Papua New Guinea (PNG) in May 2011. In this, Amnesty International expresses concern at PNG’s poor reporting record under human rights treaties to which it is a party, the absence of a national human rights institution, widespread discrimination and violence against women, which prevail in a culture of silence and patriarchal attitudes, as well as forced evictions and the failure to curb unlawful sorcery-related killings.

Introduction 3

Normative and institutional framework of the State 3

Implementation of international human rights obligations 3

National Human Rights Institution 3

Gender discrimination 3

Promotion and protection of human rights on the ground 4

Violence against women 4

Failure to curb unlawful sorcery-related killings 5

Forced evictions during “Operation Ipili” in Porgera 6

Recommendations for action by the State under review 6

Endnotes 8

Annex 9