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How can Philippine laws better protect rape victims?
19 Mar 2024 08:27 GMT
Content warning: This piece discusses rape and sexual violence.
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has various laws in place that are meant to protect women against rape and exact justice.
Rape occurs when one person subjects another to sex without the …
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In Dialogue with Indonesia, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Measures Promoting Women’s Political Participation, Raise Questions on Air and Water…
12 Mar 2024 20:24 GMT
… , Deputy Minister for Human Rights, Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Indonesia, said … consider providing increased support to rape victims to access abortions. What steps … of the mother and for rape victims who were at risk of …
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Human Rights Watch report criticizes Malaysia on ‘abusive’ immigration detention centers
06 Mar 2024 21:06 GMT
… “degrading” immigration detention centers nationwide, Human Rights Watch said in a report … diapers for their babies, adding “rape victims were reportedly arrested for their … Joseph, former commissioner at the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), said …
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SPECIAL REPORT: Rape victims demand justice as Kano fails to domesticate important laws
03 Mar 2024 12:28 GMT
… PREMIUM TIMES interviewed many rape victims, between the ages of … the police and the Human Rights Commission.
The perpetrator … mostly the three complications rape victims always experience during … the victims.
Police, Human Rights Commission Helpless
How are …
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Congo beyond the hashtags
28 Mar 2024 20:29 GMT
… raped every hour. A former Human Rights Watch senior researcher on the … Congolese doctors, such as gang-rape victims having their labia pierced and … the most harrowing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law that …
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Peace process will be accomplished through national consensus: Prime Minister Prachanda
28 Mar 2024 15:54 GMT
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of Victims of Serious Human Rights Violations Nepal, Maoist Victims National … commission structure,
re-registration of rape victims and missing incidents, transfer of …
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Legal Bannings of Human Rights but Not for Some
19 Feb 2024 21:00 GMT
Sitting in Mass yesterday evening, I squirmed periodically throughout the service in fear over my next encounter of right-winged backlash. For a while now, I’ve been avoiding Masses with high numbers of extreme Trump supporters, so my husband and I attend …
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Rape victim abducted from Khulna hospital
28 Jan 2024 20:11 GMT
… Hospital to offer a rape victim legal support yesterday, criminals … As soon as the rape victim came out around 5: … divisional coordinator for the Bangladesh Human Rights Implementation Organisation.
The woman … As soon as the rape victim came out around 5: …
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Technical Objections Like Limitation Can't Stand In Way Of Victim Compensation: Punjab & Haryana HC Orders Compensation To Gang Rape Victim
17 Jan 2024 17:02 GMT
… for compensation of a gang rape victim, Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said … the plea of a gang-rape victim seeking compensation as per Punjab … the intervention of Punjab State Human Rights Commission and after the trial …
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Human Rights Groups’ Hypocrisy on Hamas Rape
16 Jan 2024 09:51 GMT
… , Power does tweet about some rape victims. On November 2, for example … , response of the human rights community on this issue.
Human Rights Watch issued fifty … when self-described human rights advocates such as Samantha Power, Human Rights Watch, and …