Διεθνής Νόμος και βία κατά των Γυναικών

Το παρακάτω Κείμενο το ανεβάζω,

για να μη ξεχνάμε,

ότι ο Νόμος είναι με το μέρος μας.

Βέβαια οι γυναίκες που περνάνε από το μπλόγκ, ανήκουν στις χειραφετημένες και σίγουρα το γνωρίζουν.

Αλλά ας μείνει εδώ, να μας θυμίζει, ότι και κάποιοι άλλοι μας σκέφτονται.

International law and violence against women and girls

Countries that have ratified international treaties to enforce the protection of people from violations to their human rights are held accountable if these rights are violated. The following are some of the international legal instruments used to address violence against women:

· The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) states that all men and women should enjoy all human rights equally.
· The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) affirms that no “person, organization or enterprise” should discriminate against women. The General Recommendation number 19 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women reiterates women’s right to be free from violence.
· The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) recognizes that violence against women is a human rights violation.
· The Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences is appointed by the Human Rights Council to report on violence against women, and appeal to governments on victims’ behalf.
· International Humanitarian Law defines the limit of the use of violence in times of armed conflict. It also aims at protecting persons who are not, or are no longer, directly engaged in hostilities (the wounded, prisoners of war, and civilians). Three main currents make International Humanitarian Law: the "Law of Geneva", represented by the international Conventions and Protocols established under the aegis of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with the protection of the victims of conflict as their central concern; the "Law of The Hague", based on the results of the Peace Conferences in the capital of the Netherlands in 1899 and 1907, which dealt principally with the permissible means and methods of war; and the efforts of the United Nations to ensure that human rights are respected in armed conflicts and to limit the use of certain weapons.
· The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (established in 1998) considers several crimes of violence against women as war crimes and crimes against humanity. “Rape, sexual slavery, enforced sterilization, or any other forms of sexual violence of comparable gravity” are considered as war crimes. If these acts were committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack on a civilian population, they constitute crimes against humanity. The majority of the 70 percent non-combatant casualties in recent conflicts have been women and children (General Assembly, In-depth study on all Forms of Violence against Women: Report of the Secretary General, 2006).