NGO Shadow Report on the Implementation of The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence in Georgia – Sexual Violence
October 31, 2021
This shadow report outlines the challenges in the criminal justice system and the legislation of Georgia in addressing sexual...
Bolivia CAT Submission 2021
October 12, 2021
This joint submission details our concerns with regard to laws related to rape and other forms of sexual violence and procedu...
Effectively Investigating, Prosecuting and Adjudicating Sexual Violence Cases: A Manual for Practitioners in Georgia
September 22, 2021
Effectively Investigating, Prosecuting and Adjudicating Sexual Violence Cases: A Manual for Practitioners in Georgia was...
Russia – Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 81st Session 2021
September 21, 2021
The legal provisions and practices detailed in our report highlight the failure of the State to comply with its duty to provi...
Failure to Protect: How Discriminatory Sexual Violence Laws and Practices are Hurting Women, Girls, and Adolescents in the Americas
September 16, 2021
Being able to live a life free from violence, including sexual violence, is a fundamental human right. Despite this, sexual v...
United States: Protection Gaps in Sexual Violence Laws and Practices
September 15, 2021
Prevalence of sexual violence is extremely high in the United States of America, where almost 1 in 5 women have reported bein...
Mexico: Protection Gaps in Sexual Violence Laws and Practices
September 15, 2021
Prevalence of sexual violence is extremely high in Mexico, as 41.3% of women above the age of 15 have reportedfacing at least...
Bolivia: Protection Gaps in Sexual Violence Laws and Practices
September 15, 2021
Bolivia has the second highest rate of sexual violence in Latin America and the Caribbean (after Haiti) during a woman’s li...
Statute of Limitations
September 15, 2021
A statute of limitations is a law that sets the amount of time (usually specified in years) that a victim has to come forward...
Understanding Estupro
September 15, 2021
The crime of estupro usually describes cases in which an adult has sexual relations with a minor above the legal age of conse...
Consent-based Rape Definitions
September 15, 2021
Definitions of rape need to be based on voluntary, genuine, and willing consent and recognize a broad range of coercive circu...
Eliminating Caste-Based Sexual Violence in India – Recommendations for the prevention of sexual violence against Dalit women and girls
August 31, 2021
These recommendations have been collated by the National Council of Women Leaders (NCWL) with support from the ...