Gender-based violence against women
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CEDAWEquality and non-discriminationPolicing and the judicial systemViolence against women, girls and partnersChildrenPersons with disabilitiesSami/indigenous peoplesWomen2017-2020
- Policies, strategies, and action plansMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should develop and implement comprehensive measures for the prevention and elimination of gender-based violence against women and girls, in particular domestic violence …
- Training and capacity buildingMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should strengthen the capacity of the police, prosecutors and judges on the strict application of relevant criminal law provisions and gender-sensitive investigations …
- Training and capacity buildingMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should systematically implement gender training and capacity-building for judges and lay judges in criminal cases involving gender-based violence, in line with the …
- Statistics and researchMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should collect and report to the Committee disaggregated data on the number of: (i) Cases of violence against women that have been investigated …
- Policies, strategies, and action plansStatistics and researchResourcesMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Local Government and ModernisationThe State party should devise an action plan for enhanced prevention, protection and redress of gender-based violence, in particular sexual violence, against Sami women and …
- Laws and regulationsMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should adopt a legal definition of rape in the Penal Code that places lack of free consent at its centre, in line …
- Policies, strategies, and action plansMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should accelerate the development and adoption of a new national plan of action against rape and sexual violence.
- ResourcesPractices and guidelinesMinistry of Children and FamiliesThe State party should provide sufficient numbers of shelters for women victims of violence to avoid the need for the relocation of women victims in …
- Practices and guidelinesMinistry of Justice and Public SecurityThe State party should take the necessary measures to overcome the existing practical and legal impediments surrounding reverse attack alarm systems in order to enhance …