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Femicide – a Global Issue That Demands Action, Volume IV “In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twenteth century, it was the batle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gen- der equality around the world.” Nicholas D. Kristof, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide “No child should have to fear going to school. No child should ever have to fear being a child. And no child should ever have to fear being a girl.” PhumzileMlambo-Ngcuka, Executve Director, UN Women “Women subjected to contnuous violence and living under conditons of gender-based discriminaton and threat are always on – death-row, always in fear of executon.” Rashida Manjoo Former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences VOLUME IV ISBN:978- 3- 200- 03012-1 Published by the Academic Council on the United Natons System (ACUNS) Vienna Liaison Ofce Email: [email protected] Web: www.acuns.org / www.acunsvienna.org © 2015 Academic Council on the United Natons System (ACUNS) Vienna Liaison Ofce Fourth Editon Copyright: All rights reserved. The contents of this publicaton may be freely used and copied for educatonal and other non-commercial purposes, provided that any such reproducton is accompanied by an acknowledge- ment of the authors of the artcles. Compiled and Edited: Milica Dimitrijevic, Andrada Filip, Michael Platzer Edited and formated: Khushita Vasant, Vukasin Petrovic Proofread/*Panama protocol summarized by Julia Kienast, Agnes Steinberger Design: Milica Dimitrijevic, Andrada Filip, Vukasin Petrovic Photo: Karen Castllo Farfán This publicaton was made possible by the generous fnancial contributon of the Thailand Insttute of Justce, the Karen Burke Foundaton and the Organizaton of the Families of Asia and the Pacifc. The Academic Council on the United Natons System (ACUNS) is a Non-Governmental Organizaton that stmulates, supports, and dis- seminates research on the United Natons, other Internatonal Organizatons and issues of global governance. ACUNS also promotes dialogue, regional cooperaton and cultural exchange between academics, practtoners, the civil society and students. The ACUNS Vienna Liaison Ofce has been actve since 2009 and focuses primar- ily on issues related to human rights, equal opportunites for youth, death penalty, juvenile justce, femicide, and other issues of concern to the Vienna based UN agencies. The ACUNS-Vienna team would like to express their grattude to all the sponsors of the “Femicide” resolu- ton, but in partcular to the Permanent Missions of Croata, Thailand, Mexico, Norway, and the Philippines in Vienna and for the excellent collaboraton with UNODC, UNWomen, OHCHR, and the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Mrs. Dubravka Simonovic. The materials in this publicaton are for general informaton purposes only, provided on an “as is” basis, with- out warrantes of any kind, including ftness for any partcular purpose. The ACUNS, specifcally, does not make any warrantes with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the informaton in this publicaton. The views, fndings, interpretatons and conclusions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the ofcial positon of the ACUNS Vienna Liaison Ofce. To the extent permited by law, the ACUNS Vienna Liaison Ofce does not accept any liability for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suf- fered, which may arise as a result of, or in connecton with, the use of informaton contained in this publicaton. FEMICIDE A Global Issue That Demands Action Volume IV “We can no longer stand by as women are murdered for one reason and one reason only, because they are women. The crime of femicide is growing all over the world and ofen remains unpunished. It is a human rights violaton that is characterized by misunderstanding and impunity.” – Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile Thailand Insttute of Justce (TIJ) was established by the Royal Thai Government in 2011. It aims to promote excellence in research and capacity - - building in crime and justce. Building on Thailand’s engagement in the UN Commission on crime Preventon and Criminal Justce and the UN Crime Congresses, TIJ serve as a bridge that transports global ideas to local practce, including in enhancing domestc justce reform and the rules- - based community within the ASEAN region. Under its mandate, TIJ undertakes researches, capacity building trainings as well as promotes regional and internatonal cooperaton in the areas of crime and justce, and gears towards important cross- - cutng issues on the UN agenda such as the rule of law, development, human rights, peace and security. One of TIJ’s primary objectves is to support the implementaton of United Natons standards and norms in the feld of crime preventon and criminal justce. The promoton and protecton of human rights of vulnerable groups, especially women and children, in the criminal justce system is one of TIJ’s priorites. The sub- - themes under this issue include child justce, women’s correctons and the implementaton of the Bangkok Rules, gender justce, partcularly violence against women and gender- - related killings of women and girls or femicide. With regard to femicide, TIJ has atached great importance to this issue and organized a number of actvites on this issue. One of them is a high- - level panel discussion enttled ‘Taking Acton against the Gender- - related Killings of Women and Girls,’ which TIJ co- - hosted with the Permanent Missions of Thailand, Argentna and Austria in Vienna and the Academic Council on the United Natons System (ACUNS) on 18 October 2013. The panel discussion drew atenton to the landmark resoluton adopted by the Third Commitee on the same day, which will be adopted by the General Assembly in December 2013. The resoluton requires member states to take acton on the preventon TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 1.1. Recent Developments, Instruments And Best Practices 6 1.1. Security Council Report Of The Secretary-General: Confict-Related Sexual Violence 7 1.2. General Assembly Report Of The Secretary-General: Action Against Gender-Related Killing Of Women And Girls 12 1.3. Commitee On The Eliminaton Of Discriminaton Against Women General Recommendaton On Women’s Access To Justce 16 1.4. Latn American Model Protocol For The Investgaton Of Gender-Related Killings Of Women (Femicide/Feminicide) 18 1.5. Guidebook On CEDAW General Recommendaton No. 30 And The UN Security Council Resolutons On Women, Peace And Security 30 1.6. Review And Appraisal Of The Implementaton Of The Beijing Declaraton And Platorm For Acton And The Outcomes Of The Twenty-Third Special Session Of The General Assembly - Report Of The Secretary-General 35 1.7. International Protocol On The Documentation And Investigation Of Sexual Violence In Conflict: Basic Standards Of Best Practice On The Documentation Of Sexual Violence As A Crime Under International Law, Foreign And Commonwealth Office Of The United Kingdom, As Part Of The Global Summit To End Sexual Violence 42 PART II: 24th SESSION COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2.1. Taking Action Against Gender-Related Killing Of Women And Girls 47 2.1.1. Draf Resoluton For Adopton By The General Assembly: Taking Acton Against Gender-Related Killing Of Women And Girls 48 2.1.2. Pointers For Introducing Draf Resoluton: Taking Acton Against Gender-Related Killing of Women And Girls – Submited By Thailand And Croata: 51 2.1.3.Statement By UNODC Executve Director Yury Fedotov: The Killing Of Women And Girls Shames Every Society 52 2.2 Side Event at the 24th session of the UN Crime Commission Violence against Women: From Rape to Femicide – Criminal Justice as Prevention and Cure? Vienna, 19 May 2015 53 2.2.1. Sita Sumrit, Femicide 54 2.2.2.Presentaton On Available Tools To Enhance The Criminal Justce Response To Violence Against Women And Girls 54 PART III: RECENT STATEMENTS AND INPUTS FROM THE 13TH UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 58 3.1. Doha Declaraton 59 3.2. Key- Note Statement By Wolfgang Brandsteter, Austrian Minister Of Justce 59 3.3. Remarks by Kanchana Patarachoke, Deputy-Director General of the Department of Internatonal Organizatons, Ministry of Foreign Afairs of Thailand 60 3.4. Statement By Anna Alvazzi Del Frate: Women And Armed Violence: Paterns Of Female Victmizaton And Internatonal Instruments Focusing On The Protecton Of Women And Control Of Small Arms 62 3.5. Special Address By Helen Clark On The Internatonal Day For The Eliminaton Of Violence Against Women: Tackling Violence Against Women And Girls: An Urgent Priority 68 3.6. Statement by the Special Representatve of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Confict, Zainab Hawa Bangura, on the First Anniversary of the Sinjar tragedy 69 PART IV: ACADEMIC ARTICLES ON FEMICIDE AND OTHER EXTREME MANIFESTATIONS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 70 4.1. Aisha Gill, “Honour”- based Violence and so-called “Honour” Killings 71 4.2. Ranjanah Kumari, Femicide: The Case of Dowry Deaths in India 74 4.3. Elisa Van Ruiten, Polarized Ideologies: Internatonal Women’s Day and Boko Haram 78 4.4. Mangai Natarajan, Understanding and Preventng Burn and Acid Atacks on Women 80 4.5. Magdalena Grzyb and Martha Hernandez , “Stll a Long Way Ahead”: Criminalisaton of Femicide and Addressing Impunity in Latn America, Recent Developments 84 4.6. Tina Tsomaia, Foetcide, Femicide and Violence against Women in Georgia 94 4.7. Garima Jain, Dr. Manjushree Palit, Astha Dhanda Honor Restored with the Blood Shed of Loved Ones: Honor Killing and Bystander Interventon 99 4.8. Manjushree Palit, Astha Dhanda & Garima Jain, Preventng Femicide in India: Valuing & Safeguarding the Girl Child & Women 106 4.9. A Still Unfnished War: Sri Lanka’s Survivors of Torture and Sexual Violence 2009-2015 111 4.10. Mihaela Racovita, Lethal Violence against Women and Girls 117 4.11.
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