UN rights expert urges Australia to combat violence against women
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Dubravka Šimonović, urged the government of Australia on Friday to include all women in the fight to stop violence against women. According to Šimonović, violence against women in Australia is at...
Internal Relocation Alternative: Where Does the Human Rights Committee Stand?
JURIST Guest Kübra Berberoğlu, Oxford Human Rights Law Reporter (OxHRLR), discusses how, in the case of B.L. v. Australia, the HRC has made either a careless or a disappointing start in clarifying how it employs the internal relocation alternative...
Russia lower house passes domestic violence decriminalization bill
The State Duma , Russia's lower house of the Federal Assembly, gave final approval to a bill Friday that decriminalizes "assaults that inflict physical pain but do not cause bodily injury that threatens the...
The State Duma of the in the Russian Federation , the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, voted to approve a bill aimed at de-criminalizing domestic assault when committed by...
HRW: pending Russia law will weaken protections against domestic violence
Pending Russian legislation may weaken the country's protections against domestic violence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. HRW is urging the Russian parliament to reject the legislation for the threat it posses...
UN rights experts urge India to eliminate barriers to civilian access to foreign funding
A group of independent UN human rights experts urged India on Thursday to repeal a law increasingly being used to obstruct civilian access to foreign funding. This news comes in the wake of a six-month suspension on the...
UN experts: Russia list of banned jobs violates women's rights
UN experts on Tuesday concluded that a Russian woman suffered gender-based discrimination when she was denied employment at the helm of a boat. Svetlana Medvedeva was selected by a private company after graduating as a navigation officer to...
UN rights body urged to put women at forefront of disaster reduction discussion
A UN human rights body was urged Monday to place more of a focus on women in disaster reduction and relief measures. Speaking to a special convention on the relationship between gender and disaster reduction and climate...
UN rights expert: Georgia must do even more to protect women from violence
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Dubravka Šimonović on Wednesday applauded efforts by Georgia to reform its laws on gender equality and violence against women but cautioned that significant social changes will need...
UN rights experts urge Tanzania to prevent discrimination against women
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Wednesday urged Tanzania to enforce its international obligations to prevent discrimination against women. The call comes after two women brought suit arguing that customary...
