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EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
(ECHR) FACTSHEET ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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August 2013 - European
Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued an updated factsheet
on violence against women this July. Document summaries the
court’s case law in relation to domestic violence, genital mutilations, rape,
violence and social exclusion, violence at the hands of state authorities and
violence in public places.
12 cases dealing with domestic violence refer to the violation of different
articles of the European Convention of human rights, namely of the article 2 on
the right to life, article 13 on the right to an effective remedy, article 8 on
the right to respect for family life, prohibition of inhuman or degrading
treatment and article 14 on prohibition of discrimination. Both cases relating
genital mutilation against Austria and Ireland were declared inadmissible for
the reasons of insufficient protection of the young Nigerian girls that should
be provided by their parents. 5 cases dealing with rape reaffirmed the
violation of articles 3 on the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment, article 8 and artcile 13 mentioned above. The case of violence and
social exclusion confirmed violation of the article 3 whereas the violence at
the hands of state authorities brought forward violation of the article 3,
artcile 14 and article 11 on freedom of assembly. The last case presented in
the factsheet deals with the violence in public places giving declaring the
violation of the article 3 and article 8.