Rape as a grave, systematic and widespread human rights violation, a crime and a manifestation of gender-based violence against women and girls, and its prevention : report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Šimonović

Šimonović, Dubranvka

Rape as a grave, systematic and widespread human rights violation, a crime and a manifestation of gender-based violence against women and girls, and its prevention : report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Šimonović Dubravka Šimonović - UN Human Rights Council, 2021 - electronic document (19 pages) ; PDF file

The present report of the Special Rapporteur, Dubravka Šimonović, is submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to its resolution 41/17. In the report, the Special Rapporteur addresses rape as a grave, systematic and widespread human rights violation, a crime and a manifestation of gender-based violence against women ,and presents recommendations for its prevention through the harmonization of national criminal laws with international standards and jurisprudence on rape, both in peacetime and during conflict. This report is accompanied by a framework for model legislation on rape, envisaged as a harmonization tool. (From the document). Record #7143


United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)


HUMAN RIGHTS
CRIME
JUSTICE
LAW REFORM
RAPE
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN


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