Latest items for DTCP-PRACTICE-1
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... women and girls in detention" (4). "The Committee welcomes the efforts made by the State party to strengthen access to justice for women, including the National Programme on Access to Justice for Vulnerable Persons, 2016–2021. It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following: (a) Discriminatory stereotypes and limited knowledge of women’s rights among members of...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"It notes with concern the inadequate progress made in addressing the disproportionate levels of violence experienced by disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women and girls in all areas of their lives and who are also facing historical and intersecting forms of discrimination, namely... women and girls in detention" (4). "The Committee welcomes the efforts made by the State party to strengthen access to justice for women, including the National Programme on Access to Justice for Vulnerable Persons, 2016–2021. It notes with concern, however, the persistent institutional, structural and practical barriers to women’s access to justice, including the following: (a) Discriminatory stereotypes and limited knowledge of women’s rights among members of...more
March 27, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"There has been a particular challenge to access to justice for indigenous women victims of violent crime when local authorities fail to investigate or prosecute these crimes. In January 2019, NGO-CEDAW and an indigenous rights organization coordinated to support legal services for one indigenous woman in Mondulkiri when the authorities failed her" (3). "Moreover, sex workers are still routinely arrested by police for allegedly causing public disorder and sent to the Prey Speu center, where they are imprisoned without criminal charges for up to 6 months. This center is also used to detain homeless persons, drug users, and/or those with mental disabilities. The conditions of detention are unhealthy with insufficient...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"There has been a particular challenge to access to justice for indigenous women victims of violent crime when local authorities fail to investigate or prosecute these crimes. In January 2019, NGO-CEDAW and an indigenous rights organization coordinated to support legal services for one indigenous woman in Mondulkiri when the authorities failed her" (3). "Moreover, sex workers are still routinely arrested by police for allegedly causing public disorder and sent to the Prey Speu center, where they are imprisoned without criminal charges for up to 6 months. This center is also used to detain homeless persons, drug users, and/or those with mental disabilities. The conditions of detention are unhealthy with insufficient...more
March 26, 2025, 4:56 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The UN reported that, in 2021, the military and police were responsible for about 29 percent of conflict-related sexual violence in Congo" (para 16).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The UN reported that, in 2021, the military and police were responsible for about 29 percent of conflict-related sexual violence in Congo" (para 16).
March 21, 2025, 5:08 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Three-quarters of respondents to the survey of rape and sexual assault survivors said their mental health was damaged 'as a direct result of what police did, or failed to do, in their case' and only four in 10 said they would report again, according to researchers. But a radical overhaul of the way the criminal justice system deals with rape since 2021 is showing the first 'green shoots' of improving victims’ experience of the criminal justice system, with respondents after July last year 8% less likely to report damage to their mental health because of the police. Only two in five respondents agreed that policing is doing a good job...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Three-quarters of respondents to the survey of rape and sexual assault survivors said their mental health was damaged 'as a direct result of what police did, or failed to do, in their case' and only four in 10 said they would report again, according to researchers. But a radical overhaul of the way the criminal justice system deals with rape since 2021 is showing the first 'green shoots' of improving victims’ experience of the criminal justice system, with respondents after July last year 8% less likely to report damage to their mental health because of the police. Only two in five respondents agreed that policing is doing a good job...more
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Laws such as the misogynistic anti-pornography law of 2014 has spurred more attacks on female victims rather than perpetrators of the crime. The blaming and shaming of victims of violence openly by Government workers and also members of the police force who are supposed to protect victims is also concerning" (2).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Laws such as the misogynistic anti-pornography law of 2014 has spurred more attacks on female victims rather than perpetrators of the crime. The blaming and shaming of victims of violence openly by Government workers and also members of the police force who are supposed to protect victims is also concerning" (2).
March 19, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"We know that women make up the overwhelming majority of victims of certain types of crimes and represent a growing proportion of the prison population. We also know that victimization plays an important role in many women’s experiences as offenders" (para 47). "Females are currently being forced to share their living quarters with males who identify as women in federal and provincial jails and prisons across Canada... Gender Dissent has already documented the 'lived experiences' of incarcerated females who are forced into being housed with males who identify as women" (para 49, 51).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"We know that women make up the overwhelming majority of victims of certain types of crimes and represent a growing proportion of the prison population. We also know that victimization plays an important role in many women’s experiences as offenders" (para 47). "Females are currently being forced to share their living quarters with males who identify as women in federal and provincial jails and prisons across Canada... Gender Dissent has already documented the 'lived experiences' of incarcerated females who are forced into being housed with males who identify as women" (para 49, 51).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Members of the police are also known to be perpetrators of gender-based violence. Sexual assault is frequently used during police interrogation as a method of extracting confessions and is also widespread within the detention system. Women who have escaped from trafficking have been convicted on charges of prostitution, which is illegal under Iraqi law, or for other offences such as possession of forged documents. The federal government has prevented NGOs from operating shelters, while making scant efforts to establish functioning government-run shelters. Many victims of trafficking who are serving prison sentences prefer to stay in prison past their sentences than to leave and risk being trafficked again or punished by...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Members of the police are also known to be perpetrators of gender-based violence. Sexual assault is frequently used during police interrogation as a method of extracting confessions and is also widespread within the detention system. Women who have escaped from trafficking have been convicted on charges of prostitution, which is illegal under Iraqi law, or for other offences such as possession of forged documents. The federal government has prevented NGOs from operating shelters, while making scant efforts to establish functioning government-run shelters. Many victims of trafficking who are serving prison sentences prefer to stay in prison past their sentences than to leave and risk being trafficked again or punished by...more
March 17, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Guards are using prison work assignments at correctional facilities across the United States to lure and rape female inmates, a shocking investigation by the Associated Press has found.While female prisoners have long been victims of sexual violence, the number of reports against correctional staff has exploded across the country in recent years. Many complaints follow a similar pattern: Accusers are retaliated against, while those accused face little or no punishment." (Para 1,2, 3). "In all 50 states, the AP found cases where staff allegedly used inmate work assignments to lure women to isolated spots, out of view of security cameras. The prisoners said they were attacked while doing jobs like...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Guards are using prison work assignments at correctional facilities across the United States to lure and rape female inmates, a shocking investigation by the Associated Press has found.While female prisoners have long been victims of sexual violence, the number of reports against correctional staff has exploded across the country in recent years. Many complaints follow a similar pattern: Accusers are retaliated against, while those accused face little or no punishment." (Para 1,2, 3). "In all 50 states, the AP found cases where staff allegedly used inmate work assignments to lure women to isolated spots, out of view of security cameras. The prisoners said they were attacked while doing jobs like...more
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Cases of assault and rape committed against women by members of the security forces are investigated only at the request of the military or civilian courts, depending on the circumstances of each case" (7).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2, DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Cases of assault and rape committed against women by members of the security forces are investigated only at the request of the military or civilian courts, depending on the circumstances of each case" (7).
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"[O]vercrowded prisons are associated with poor ventilation and inadequate sanitation and nutrition, creating risks for the spread of HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis and now COVID" (4). "The Narcotics Law, which has multiple interpretations and overlaps, remains open in practice for law enforcement officials (APH) to commit extortion/corruption. When women are arrested for possession of illicit drugs, the police have the power to either implement criminal sanctions or refer to rehabilitation institutions. Indonesian WUD [women who use drugs] are accordingly at risk of multiple levels of violence. A recent study sampling 731 WUD in Indonesia reported that 86.9% had experienced extortion for money and/or sexual favours in return for a lesser charge....more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"[O]vercrowded prisons are associated with poor ventilation and inadequate sanitation and nutrition, creating risks for the spread of HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis and now COVID" (4). "The Narcotics Law, which has multiple interpretations and overlaps, remains open in practice for law enforcement officials (APH) to commit extortion/corruption. When women are arrested for possession of illicit drugs, the police have the power to either implement criminal sanctions or refer to rehabilitation institutions. Indonesian WUD [women who use drugs] are accordingly at risk of multiple levels of violence. A recent study sampling 731 WUD in Indonesia reported that 86.9% had experienced extortion for money and/or sexual favours in return for a lesser charge....more
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The period covered by this report saw the introduction of the new Penitentiary System in all women’s prisons, under the administration of the Ministry of People’s Power for the Penitentiary Service. The System encourages the social rehabilitation of female prisoners through comprehensive plans, projects and policies for them in areas including education, work, culture and sports. In 2020, there were 2,153 female prisoners, distributed between 16 prison facilities. The managerial, disciplinary and custodial staff of these facilities are all female and are kept separate from the men’s facilities. The centres have space to accommodate the number of female prisoners specified in the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The period covered by this report saw the introduction of the new Penitentiary System in all women’s prisons, under the administration of the Ministry of People’s Power for the Penitentiary Service. The System encourages the social rehabilitation of female prisoners through comprehensive plans, projects and policies for them in areas including education, work, culture and sports. In 2020, there were 2,153 female prisoners, distributed between 16 prison facilities. The managerial, disciplinary and custodial staff of these facilities are all female and are kept separate from the men’s facilities. The centres have space to accommodate the number of female prisoners specified in the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police" (8). "When we have a problem and we go to the police to give them a report they will just pretend like they are writing the report and when you come back to ask about the case they don’t know who wrote the report but you know who was writing it. They don’t take us seriously. It’s like what we say does not matter to them and that is why we don’t feel protected in our community, because our duty bearers are not protecting us but deny us access...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"We have lots of problems about violence in our communities. Girls and women are raped by men and even by police" (8). "When we have a problem and we go to the police to give them a report they will just pretend like they are writing the report and when you come back to ask about the case they don’t know who wrote the report but you know who was writing it. They don’t take us seriously. It’s like what we say does not matter to them and that is why we don’t feel protected in our community, because our duty bearers are not protecting us but deny us access...more
March 13, 2025, 3:54 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Paragraph 139 of the state party’s report asserts that it has 'paid special attention to the allegations of some women that they were subjected to ill-treatment and intimidation by law enforcement personnel, to dismissals and suspensions, and to other forms of retribution such as detention and revocation of nationality.' Paragraphs 139 to 143 set out measures that the GoB [government of Bahrain] claims it has instituted to limit the practice of torture. Paragraph 144, not addressing the claims of women whow faced torture or ill treatment, asserts that 'they were in fact found guilty of criminal offences following due process of law and a fair trial, during which they enjoyed...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Paragraph 139 of the state party’s report asserts that it has 'paid special attention to the allegations of some women that they were subjected to ill-treatment and intimidation by law enforcement personnel, to dismissals and suspensions, and to other forms of retribution such as detention and revocation of nationality.' Paragraphs 139 to 143 set out measures that the GoB [government of Bahrain] claims it has instituted to limit the practice of torture. Paragraph 144, not addressing the claims of women whow faced torture or ill treatment, asserts that 'they were in fact found guilty of criminal offences following due process of law and a fair trial, during which they enjoyed...more
March 4, 2025, 10:02 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"It is hard to provide accurate data on the number of women of the HM targeted and detained, although the Stockholm Center for Freedom estimates that the aftermath of the witch-hunt persecution against the HM results in approximatively 16,000 to 20,000 detained women" (7). "Another disturbing pattern of violations from the Turkish government targeting women of the HM (but not only) is the arrest of wives of suspects when they are not found. A well-known case is that of journalist the police could not find him at home: they arrested his wife, housewife and mother of five, and kept her under arrest for eight months. The OHCHR stated in 2018...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"It is hard to provide accurate data on the number of women of the HM targeted and detained, although the Stockholm Center for Freedom estimates that the aftermath of the witch-hunt persecution against the HM results in approximatively 16,000 to 20,000 detained women" (7). "Another disturbing pattern of violations from the Turkish government targeting women of the HM (but not only) is the arrest of wives of suspects when they are not found. A well-known case is that of journalist the police could not find him at home: they arrested his wife, housewife and mother of five, and kept her under arrest for eight months. The OHCHR stated in 2018...more
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"It remains concerned, however, at reports that law enforcement officials continue to detain Chinese and foreign women on charges of 'prostitution' and without due process in detention and re-education centres, where they are allegedly subjected to forced labour, despite the abolishment of the custody and re-education system for prostitution in 2019" (Page 8-9). "It remains concerned, however, at reports that law enforcement officials continue to detain Chinese and foreign women on charges of “prostitution” and without due process in detention and re-education centres, where they are allegedly subjected to forced labour, despite the abolishment of the custody and re-education system for prostitution in 2019" (Page 8-9). "It also notes with...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"It remains concerned, however, at reports that law enforcement officials continue to detain Chinese and foreign women on charges of 'prostitution' and without due process in detention and re-education centres, where they are allegedly subjected to forced labour, despite the abolishment of the custody and re-education system for prostitution in 2019" (Page 8-9). "It remains concerned, however, at reports that law enforcement officials continue to detain Chinese and foreign women on charges of “prostitution” and without due process in detention and re-education centres, where they are allegedly subjected to forced labour, despite the abolishment of the custody and re-education system for prostitution in 2019" (Page 8-9). "It also notes with...more
Feb. 27, 2025, 8:53 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women arrested by the Taliban have said that they are being subjected to 'brutal' rapes and beatings in Afghan prisoners. They said they were arrested for begging by Taliban officials enforcing draconian new anti-begging laws before being sexually abused, tortured and forced to work in prison. Children were allegedly also detained, abused and some were even beaten to death. The women explained that they had to beg for money and food for their children as they were unable to find paid work after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021 and barred women from working. arlier his year the Taliban passed a new law prohibiting 'healthy people' who have...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women arrested by the Taliban have said that they are being subjected to 'brutal' rapes and beatings in Afghan prisoners. They said they were arrested for begging by Taliban officials enforcing draconian new anti-begging laws before being sexually abused, tortured and forced to work in prison. Children were allegedly also detained, abused and some were even beaten to death. The women explained that they had to beg for money and food for their children as they were unable to find paid work after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021 and barred women from working. arlier his year the Taliban passed a new law prohibiting 'healthy people' who have...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"That morning, as she waited alone outside her employer’s shop to collect her salary while he ate his lunch, the Taliban’s 'morality police' were on patrol nearby. 'I had to wait because the workshop was an hour’s walk from home,' she says. 'The shop was near a main road. Unluckily, I was sitting right outside the door when the Taliban passed by and suddenly noticed me.' The Taliban officials roam the streets enforcing the Islamic fundamentalists’ strict interpretation of sharia religious law, such as bans on women speaking or showing their faces outside their homes, or travelling without a male relative. They can make decisions about people’s lives and liberties...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"That morning, as she waited alone outside her employer’s shop to collect her salary while he ate his lunch, the Taliban’s 'morality police' were on patrol nearby. 'I had to wait because the workshop was an hour’s walk from home,' she says. 'The shop was near a main road. Unluckily, I was sitting right outside the door when the Taliban passed by and suddenly noticed me.' The Taliban officials roam the streets enforcing the Islamic fundamentalists’ strict interpretation of sharia religious law, such as bans on women speaking or showing their faces outside their homes, or travelling without a male relative. They can make decisions about people’s lives and liberties...more
Feb. 11, 2025, 9:54 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women and children who are foreign nationals and accused of affiliation with ISIS have been subjected to rushed proceedings, lack of due process, and unfair convictions and sentences. Most of the foreign women and children held in Iraq belong to a group of more than 1,300 foreigners detained by Iraqi forces in August 2017 during the battle for the ISIS stronghold of Tal Afar in the northwest of Iraq. A security source told AFP news agency that the group was composed of 509 women and 813 children, though the overall number of foreign women and children in detention is believed to be higher based on information from sources close to...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Women and children who are foreign nationals and accused of affiliation with ISIS have been subjected to rushed proceedings, lack of due process, and unfair convictions and sentences. Most of the foreign women and children held in Iraq belong to a group of more than 1,300 foreigners detained by Iraqi forces in August 2017 during the battle for the ISIS stronghold of Tal Afar in the northwest of Iraq. A security source told AFP news agency that the group was composed of 509 women and 813 children, though the overall number of foreign women and children in detention is believed to be higher based on information from sources close to...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"However, the Committee also expresses concern about reports that police are not sensitized to human rights, including women’s rights, and that, particularly in rural areas where the Amazigh language is spoken, women are not aware of their rights because information is not as available in their language" (5).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"However, the Committee also expresses concern about reports that police are not sensitized to human rights, including women’s rights, and that, particularly in rural areas where the Amazigh language is spoken, women are not aware of their rights because information is not as available in their language" (5).
Feb. 5, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"One of the defense lawyers said the girls reported that police had coerced them into signing statements they had not read. B told the Aswat Group for Sexual Minorities that she was made to sign five statements, none of which she was allowed to read, after she had been transferred to an adult prison. The statement taken by police, reviewed by Human Rights Watch, were identical, except for the names of the girls—both offering identical testimonies and confessing to 'sexual deviancy'" (5). "Moroccan authorities have routinely used a law designed to keep people from falsely claiming professional credentials to bring criminal charges against people trying to expose abuses. In one...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"One of the defense lawyers said the girls reported that police had coerced them into signing statements they had not read. B told the Aswat Group for Sexual Minorities that she was made to sign five statements, none of which she was allowed to read, after she had been transferred to an adult prison. The statement taken by police, reviewed by Human Rights Watch, were identical, except for the names of the girls—both offering identical testimonies and confessing to 'sexual deviancy'" (5). "Moroccan authorities have routinely used a law designed to keep people from falsely claiming professional credentials to bring criminal charges against people trying to expose abuses. In one...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"As in the rest of China, having too many children can lead to high fines. But unlike the rest of China, violating the state’s birth control policies is also one reason Uyghur people are being sent to detention camps. There are disturbing reports of sexual violence against Turkic Muslim women in detention. Human Rights Watch has reported on the separation of Uyghur children from their families, and how parents often lose contact with their children after having been sent to detention camps" (4).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"As in the rest of China, having too many children can lead to high fines. But unlike the rest of China, violating the state’s birth control policies is also one reason Uyghur people are being sent to detention camps. There are disturbing reports of sexual violence against Turkic Muslim women in detention. Human Rights Watch has reported on the separation of Uyghur children from their families, and how parents often lose contact with their children after having been sent to detention camps" (4).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:31 p.m.
Countries: Hungary
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Mistrust of the authorities runs deep as a result of general discrimination faced by the Roma community, making Roma women and girls less likely to seek protection from the police when they experience domestic violence" (4).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Mistrust of the authorities runs deep as a result of general discrimination faced by the Roma community, making Roma women and girls less likely to seek protection from the police when they experience domestic violence" (4).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1)."After arriving in Maiduguri, soldiers took her and other women to a local hospital, where they were told to urinate in bottles, she said. A day later, at Giwa Barracks, uniformed people she took to be military doctors injected her and five others with something in their arms and their backsides" (Para 82)."Most of...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1)."After arriving in Maiduguri, soldiers took her and other women to a local hospital, where they were told to urinate in bottles, she said. A day later, at Giwa Barracks, uniformed people she took to be military doctors injected her and five others with something in their arms and their backsides" (Para 82)."Most of...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:10 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1)."After arriving in Maiduguri, soldiers took her and other women to a local hospital, where they were told to urinate in bottles, she said. A day later, at Giwa Barracks, uniformed people she took to be military doctors injected her and five others with something in their arms and their backsides" (Para 82)."Most of...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1)."After arriving in Maiduguri, soldiers took her and other women to a local hospital, where they were told to urinate in bottles, she said. A day later, at Giwa Barracks, uniformed people she took to be military doctors injected her and five others with something in their arms and their backsides" (Para 82)."Most of...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Amnesty said in a report, based on testimony from over 40 women inside Iran published ahead of the March 8 International Women's Day, that women were being targeted with 'widespread surveillance' in public spaces and 'mass police checks' targeting women drivers. It said pictures captured by surveillance cameras or reports from plain clothes agents using police app Nazer identify licence plates of vehicles with female drivers or passengers deemed to have violated the rule" (Para 4, 5). These measures reveal a systematic difference in how women are monitored, using surveillance cameras, plainclothes agents, and specialized apps to identify and punish them for what they are wearing (UST - CODERS COMMENT)....more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"Amnesty said in a report, based on testimony from over 40 women inside Iran published ahead of the March 8 International Women's Day, that women were being targeted with 'widespread surveillance' in public spaces and 'mass police checks' targeting women drivers. It said pictures captured by surveillance cameras or reports from plain clothes agents using police app Nazer identify licence plates of vehicles with female drivers or passengers deemed to have violated the rule" (Para 4, 5). These measures reveal a systematic difference in how women are monitored, using surveillance cameras, plainclothes agents, and specialized apps to identify and punish them for what they are wearing (UST - CODERS COMMENT)....more
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"In a related development, a senior official from the Taliban’s prison administration recently confirmed to Amu that at least 2,000 women are currently imprisoned in Taliban-run facilities. These women face charges ranging from fleeing their homes to theft and other alleged crimes. Over the past three years, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women activists across the country, particularly in Kabul. Some of these women have been held in Taliban prisons for up to a year. Tamanna Zaryab Paryani, one of the detained activists, has reported being stripped naked by Taliban members during her imprisonment. According to a joint report by The Guardian and Rukhshana Media, another female activist who...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"In a related development, a senior official from the Taliban’s prison administration recently confirmed to Amu that at least 2,000 women are currently imprisoned in Taliban-run facilities. These women face charges ranging from fleeing their homes to theft and other alleged crimes. Over the past three years, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women activists across the country, particularly in Kabul. Some of these women have been held in Taliban prisons for up to a year. Tamanna Zaryab Paryani, one of the detained activists, has reported being stripped naked by Taliban members during her imprisonment. According to a joint report by The Guardian and Rukhshana Media, another female activist who...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 12:19 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The law came into place two years after nationwide protests rocked the country after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, jailed for not wearing her hijab correctly" (Para 13). Women in Iran could face the death penalty or up to 15 years in prison under new compulsory morality laws that impose severe penalties for defying the hijab rules. The laws, promoting "chastity and hijab," include fines, flogging, and prison sentences for those caught promoting nudity or improper dressing. Those propagating such behavior to foreign entities, including media or NGOs, could face up to 10 years in prison and significant fines (UST - CODERS COMMENT).more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The law came into place two years after nationwide protests rocked the country after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, jailed for not wearing her hijab correctly" (Para 13). Women in Iran could face the death penalty or up to 15 years in prison under new compulsory morality laws that impose severe penalties for defying the hijab rules. The laws, promoting "chastity and hijab," include fines, flogging, and prison sentences for those caught promoting nudity or improper dressing. Those propagating such behavior to foreign entities, including media or NGOs, could face up to 10 years in prison and significant fines (UST - CODERS COMMENT).more
Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee remains concerned about: (a) The lack of independence, impartiality and gender-responsiveness of the justice system, which is reinforced by insufficient resource allocation, poor infrastructure and a lack of specialized gender-based violence units and personnel, including police officers, prosecutors and judges trained on gender issues, resulting in a dysfunctional and corrupt judiciary and an overall culture of impunity; (b) The lack of proper investigation, evidence collection and forensic facilities and capacities, which results in lengthy delays in legal proceedings and the revictimization of women; (c) Legal illiteracy among many women and girls and the persistent reluctance of women to file complaints owing to judicial gender bias and discriminatory attitudes...more
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee remains concerned about: (a) The lack of independence, impartiality and gender-responsiveness of the justice system, which is reinforced by insufficient resource allocation, poor infrastructure and a lack of specialized gender-based violence units and personnel, including police officers, prosecutors and judges trained on gender issues, resulting in a dysfunctional and corrupt judiciary and an overall culture of impunity; (b) The lack of proper investigation, evidence collection and forensic facilities and capacities, which results in lengthy delays in legal proceedings and the revictimization of women; (c) Legal illiteracy among many women and girls and the persistent reluctance of women to file complaints owing to judicial gender bias and discriminatory attitudes...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"A draft law on gender-based violence, supported by the Ministry of Justice, has been twice rejected by parliament and remains pending at time of writing.... [T]he Penal Code maintains references to forms of punishments degrading treatment, such as death by stoning or flogging" (2).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"A draft law on gender-based violence, supported by the Ministry of Justice, has been twice rejected by parliament and remains pending at time of writing.... [T]he Penal Code maintains references to forms of punishments degrading treatment, such as death by stoning or flogging" (2).
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern the need for regionalization of institutional care centres for women deprived of their liberty across the State party, which causes serious uprooting repercussions for women prisoners and their families, and the poor conditions for women in detention, with overcrowded facilities and limited access to sexual and reproductive health services, sanitary products and protection from sexual harassment" (12).
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern the need for regionalization of institutional care centres for women deprived of their liberty across the State party, which causes serious uprooting repercussions for women prisoners and their families, and the poor conditions for women in detention, with overcrowded facilities and limited access to sexual and reproductive health services, sanitary products and protection from sexual harassment" (12).