A Question of Security : Violence Against Palestinian Women and Girls

Download or read book A Question of Security : Violence Against Palestinian Women and Girls written by Farida Deif and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 2006 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key recommendations - Note on methodology. -- Background. The political and legal status of the Occupied Palestinian Territories - The Palestinian criminal justice system : The Palestinian police - The Attorney General and public prosecutors - The Palestinian judiciary - Applicable laws. - The status of Palestinian women - The Palestinian women's rights movement. -- Social and legal obstacles to reporting violence and seeking redress. Spousal abuse - Child abuse - Sexual abuse : rape - incest. - Murder of women under the guise of "honor". -- Failings in institutional responses to violence against women and girls. The role of the police - The role of medical professionals : the absence of medical guidelines and breaches of confidentiality. - Forensic doctors and forced virginity testing - The informal justice system : The role of governors in the informal justice system. - Inaccessible shelters for victims of violence : The Nablus Shelter - The Bethlehem Home for Girls. -- Obligations under international human rights law. The right to non-discrimination and equality before the law - State responsibility for abuses by third parties. -- Conclusion. -- Recommendations. To the Palestinian Authority - To President Mahmoud Abbas - To the Palestinian Legislative Council. - To the Attorney General - To the Ministry of Interior - To the Ministry of Social Affairs -- To the Ministry of Health - To the government of Israel - To the international donor community. -- Acknowledgements.