Posted by simonecusack on 21 April 2013 · Leave a Comment
This post discusses rape and sexual assault and may be considered psychologically triggering V.P.P., a minor, was sexually assaulted by B.G., an adult man who lived in a neighbouring apartment building. Bulgarian authorities waited two years before indicting B.G. for “sexual molestation of a minor”. The District Court approved a plea bargain agreement that B.G. … Read more
Category Bulgaria, CEDAW art 12, CEDAW art 15, CEDAW art 15(1), CEDAW art 15(2), CEDAW art 2, CEDAW art 2(a), CEDAW art 2(b), CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(e), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 2(g), CEDAW art 3, CEDAW art 5(a), CEDAW art 5(b), Due diligence, Gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No 19, Health, Minor, Rape and sexual assault, Remedy, V.P.P. v. Bulgaria, Women with a disability · Tagged with CEDAW, Optional Protocol, rape, sexual assault, VPP v Bulgaria
Posted by simonecusack on 14 December 2012 · Leave a Comment
Ben Warwick analyses the decision of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Committee) in Karen Tayag Vertido v The Philippines and its implications for rape law. This post contains discussion of rape and sexual violence and may be considered psychologically triggering. A mention of gender-based violence in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination … Read more
Category CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 5(a), Gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No 19, General Recommendation No 24, General Recommendation No 3, Karen Tayag Vertido v The Philippines, Rape and sexual assault, The Philippines · Tagged with Ben Warwick, CEDAW, gender stereotyping, Karen Tayag Vertido v The Philippines, Optional Protocol, rape
Posted by simonecusack on 6 November 2012 · Leave a Comment
Isatou Jallow moved from the Gambia to Bulgaria after marrying A.P., a Bulgarian national. Once in Bulgaria, A.P. allegedly became abusive toward Jallow and subjected her to physical and psychological violence, including sexual abuse, and attempted to force her to take part in pornographic films and photographs. He reportedly also abused their daughter, M.A.P. … Read more
Category Access to justice, Bulgaria, CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 16(1)(c), CEDAW art 16(1)(d), CEDAW art 16(1)(f), CEDAW art 16(1)(g), CEDAW art 2, CEDAW art 2(b), CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(d), CEDAW art 2(e), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 2(g), CEDAW art 3, CEDAW art 5(a), Child custody, Domestic and family violence, Due diligence, Failure to exhaust domestic remedies, Failure to substantiate claim, General Recommendation No 19, General Recommendation No 21, General Recommendation No. 28, Isatou Jallow v Bulgaria, Manifestly ill-founded, Migrant women, Minor, OP art 4(1), OP art 4(2)(c), Pornography, Rape and sexual assault · Tagged with access to justice, CEDAW, domestic violence, Isatou Jallow v Bulgaria, migrant women, Optional Protocol, pornography
Posted by simonecusack on 19 May 2012 · Leave a Comment
R.K.B.’s employer, a hairdressing salon, terminated her contract of employment. It also allegedly threatened to spread rumours that R.K.B. had extramarital affairs in order to pressure her to sign a document stating that she had received all of her work entitlements and precluding her from suing for unfair dismissal. R.K.B. did not sign the document, … Read more
Category CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 11(1)(a), CEDAW art 11(1)(d), CEDAW art 2(a), CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 5(a), Employment, Failure to substantiate claim, Gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No. 28, Incompatible, Manifestly ill-founded, OP art 4(2)(b), OP art 4(2)(c), R.K.B. v. Turkey, Turkey · Tagged with CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 11(1)(a), CEDAW art 11(1)(d), CEDAW art 2(a), CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 5(a), Employment, gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No. 28, R.K.B. v. Turkey, unfair dismissal
Posted by simonecusack on 19 May 2012 · Leave a Comment
M.P.M., a Mexican national, sought asylum in Canada in 2006. M.P.M. claimed that she was entitled to asylum because she is a victim/survivor of domestic violence and was seeking to escape her abusive ex-husband, a Mexican police officer. Canadian authorities dismissed M.P.M.’s claim on the basis that she had failed to establish that she was … Read more
Category Asylum claim, Canada, CEDAW art 15, CEDAW art 16, CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(d), CEDAW art 3, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, Deportation, Domestic and family violence, Extraterritoriality, Failure to exhaust domestic remedies, Failure to substantiate claim, Incompatible, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, M.P.M. v. Canada, Manifestly ill-founded, N.S.F. v. U.K., OP art 4(1), OP art 4(2)(b), OP art 4(2)(c) · Tagged with asylum, CAT, CEDAW art 15, CEDAW art 16, CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(d), CEDAW art 3, Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, domestic violence, M.P.M. v Canada, OP CEDAW art 4(1), OP CEDAW art 4(2)(b), OP CEDAW art 4(2)(c)
Posted by simonecusack on 7 March 2012 · Comments Off
V.K., a Bulgarian national, claimed that her husband, F.K., subjected her to varied forms of domestic violence. In 2006, V.K. moved to Poland with her husband and their children. In 2007, following continued abuse, V.K. filed an application for protective measures and financial maintenance with the Warsaw District Court, but the proceedings went unresolved. … Read more
Category Bulgaria, CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 16, CEDAW art 2(a), CEDAW art 2(b), CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(e), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 2(g), CEDAW art 5(a), Domestic and family violence, Due diligence, Extraterritoriality, Failure to substantiate claim, Fair trial, Gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No 19, Interim measures, OP art 4(2)(c), OP art 5, V.K. v. Bulgaria · Tagged with CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 16, CEDAW art 2(a), CEDAW art 2(b), CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(e), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 2(g), domestic and family violence, due diligence, extraterritoriality, failure to substantiate claim, fair trial, gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No. 19, interim measures, OP CEDAW art 4(2)(c), OP CEDAW art 5
Posted by simonecusack on 13 February 2012 · Comments Off
In 1996, Karen Tayag Vertido worked as Executive Director of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Philippines. She filed a complaint against the then President of the Chamber, Jose B. Custodio, accusing him of raping her. She alleged that the accused offered her a lift home following a business meeting … Read more
Category CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(d), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 5(a), Due diligence, Effective remedy, Failure to exhaust domestic remedies, Fair trial, Gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No 19, Karen Tayag Vertido v The Philippines, OP art 4(1), Rape and sexual assault, Remedy, The Philippines · Tagged with CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(d), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 5(a), due diligence, effective remedy, failure to exhaust domestic remedies, fair trial, gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No. 19, OP CEDAW art 4(1), rape and sexual assault, remedy, The Philippines
Posted by simonecusack on 6 February 2012 · Comments Off
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) has found that Peru, by denying a minor who had been sexually abused access to therapeutic abortion and delaying necessary spinal surgery that contributed to her paralysis, violated articles 2(c), 2(f), 3, 5 and 12 of the Convention on the Elimination of All … Read more
Category CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 12, CEDAW art 16(1)(e), CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 3, CEDAW art 5(a), Disability, Effective remedy, Failure to exhaust domestic remedies, Gender stereotyping, Health, L.C. v. Peru, Minor, OP art 4(1), Peru, Rape and sexual assault, Remedy · Tagged with CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 12, CEDAW art 16(1)(e), CEDAW art 2(c), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 3, CEDAW art 5(a), disability, effective remedy, failure to exhaust domestic remedies, gender stereotyping, health, minor, OP CEDAW art 4(1), Peru, rape and sexual assault, remedy
