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UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE
STATEMENT FOR UN
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL EVENT ON ACID
ATTACKS & WOMEN
"From my position as Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other
Forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, I have tried to
ensure that the torture and ill-treatment protection framework is applied in a
gender-sensitive manner to ensure that women are effectively protected from any
form of violence that may constitute torture and/or ill-treatment.......I have
previously focused on several types of gender-specific violence among which
domestic violence in the form of intimate parrtner violence might be of
interest to this panel since often, women victims of acid throwing are attacked
by husbands, ex-partners and/or partners......When viewed through the prism of
the anti-torture framework, the fight to end violence against women can be
strengthed and provided with a broader scope of prevention, protection, justice
and reparation for women."
