25th September 2024
- It is submitted that inequality of treatment of women victims/survivors of gender-based violence and, in particular, sexual violence is intrinsic to this form of abuse. Female victims/survivors are attacked because they are women, and this form of abuse affects women disproportionately.
- It is submitted that there are at least two clear legal purposes for routinely examining Article 14 of the ECHR in this context:
- Identifying and addressing the multiple layers of discrimination inherent in gender crimes and
- Exposing and remedying the impact of intersecting vulnerabilities that facilitate and perpetuate these crimes, where relevant.