Posted by simonecusack on 11 June 2012 · Comments Off
A.S., a Hungarian woman of Roma origin, underwent surgery at a public hospital for a caesarean section in connection with a miscarriage. Hospital staff asked A.S. to sign a consent form for the caesarean section whilst she was on the operating table. One of her doctors included a note on the bottom of the form … Read more
Filed under A.S. v. Hungary, CEDAW art 10(h), CEDAW art 12, CEDAW art 16(1)(e), Disability, Failure to exhaust domestic remedies, General Recommendation No 19, General Recommendation No 21, General Recommendation No 24, Health, Hungary, OP art 4(1), OP art 4(2)(e), Roma women, Sterilization, Violations predated Protocol · Tagged with A.S. v. Hungary, CEDAW, General Recommendation No 21, General Recommendation No. 19, General Recommendation No. 24, Optional Protocol, Roma, sterilization
Posted by simonecusack on 3 April 2012 · Leave a Comment
Though I am a novice in the world of blogs, this one has excited my interest. The reasons are not hard to find. It is a valuable source of information and inspiration for those who, like me, believe that international law can be a force for progress in human rights, … Read more
Filed under A.T. v. Hungary, Alyne da Silva Pimentel Teixeira (deceased) v. Brazil, Brazil, Communications, General Recommendation No 19, General Recommendation No 24, General Recommendation No. 25, Hungary · Tagged with A.T. v. Hungary, Alyne da Silva Pimentel Teixeira (deceased) v. Brazil, Brazil, CEDAW, Elizabeth Evatt, General Recommendation No. 19, General Recommendation No. 24, General Recommendation No. 25, Hungary, Optional Protocol to CEDAW
Posted by simonecusack on 30 March 2012 · Leave a Comment
A.T., a Hungarian national, claimed that her former partner, L.F., subjected her to domestic violence over a period of more than four years. A.T. was issued ten medical certificates during this time connected to separate incidents of severe physical violence, including an incident on 27 July 2001, which resulted in her hospitalization. Despite reported … Read more
Filed under CEDAW art 16, CEDAW art 2(a), CEDAW art 2(b), CEDAW art 2(e), CEDAW art 5(a), Domestic and family violence, Due diligence, Effective remedy, Failure to exhaust domestic remedies, Gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No 19, Hungary, Interim measures, OP art 4(1), OP art 4(2)(e), OP art 5, Violations predated Protocol · Tagged with CEDAW art 16, CEDAW art 2(a), CEDAW art 2(b), CEDAW art 2(e), CEDAW art 5(a), domestic and family violence, due diligence, failure to exhaust domestic remedies, gender stereotyping, General Recommendation No. 19, Hungary, interim measures, OP CEDAW art 4(1), OP CEDAW art 4(2)(e), OP CEDAW art 5, ratione temporis
Posted by simonecusack on 15 March 2012 · Comments Off
The Lenin District Court of Belarus found Inga Abramova guilty of ‘minor hooliganism’ for hanging ribbons and posters calling for participation in the ‘European March.’ It subsequently ordered her to serve five days administrative arrest. Abramova claimed that, during her detention, a male staff member subjected her to a body search, touched her inappropriately, … Read more
Filed under Belarus, CEDAW 7(b), CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 2(a), CEDAW art 2(b), CEDAW art 2(d), CEDAW art 2(e), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 3, CEDAW art 5(a), Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, Detention, Failure to exhaust domestic remedies, Failure to substantiate claim, General Recommendation No 19, ICCPR, Inga Abramova v Belarus, OP art 4(1), OP art 4(2)(c), Privacy, Sexual harassment, Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, Torture and other cruel, UN Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners... · Tagged with Belarus, CEDAW art 1, CEDAW art 2(a), CEDAW art 2(b), CEDAW art 2(d), CEDAW art 2(e), CEDAW art 2(f), CEDAW art 3, CEDAW art 5(a), CEDAW art 7(b), Cruel, Detention, failure to exhaust domestic remedies, failure to substantiate claim, General Recommendation No. 19, ICCPR, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, OP CEDAW art 4(1), OP CEDAW art 4(2)(c), privacy, sexual harassment, torture
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
Filed under 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
Filed under 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
