Appropriate measures t o m o d i f y o r eradicate customs a n d practices
that constitute discrimination against w o m e n , including those that
justify o r p r o m o t e gender-based violence against w o m e n , m u s t also b e
t a k e n a t this level.
(c) A t t h e J u d i c i a l level
...According t o articles 2 ( d ) , ( f ) a n d 5 (a), a l l judicial bodies a r e
required t o refrain f r o m engaging i n a n y a c t o r practice o f
d i s c r i m i n a t i o n o r gender based violence against w o m e n , a n d a l l legal
procedures i n cases i n v o l v i n g allegations o f c r i m e s o f gender-based
violence against w o m e n m u s t b e i m p a r t i a l a n d fair, a n d unaffected b y
gender stereotypes.
Recommendation:
Prevention.
Protection and
Redress:
F o r t h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s cutting across Prevention, Protection a n d Redress,
t h e C o m m i t t e e m i g h t consider p r o v i d i n g specific g u i d a n c e t o States i n
recognizing, addressing, a n d providing differentiated response t o genderb a s e d v i o l e n c e a s e x p e r i e n c e d b y specific groups o f w^omen f a c i n g
intersecting a n d m u l t i p l e f o r m s o f d i s c r i m i n a t i o n , specifically t h e f o l l o w i n g :
W o m e n a n d G i r l s w i t h disability: W o m e n a n d g i r l s w i t h d i s a b i l i t y
experience institutional a n d systemic violence f r o m t h e family, t h e
c o m m u n i t y , a n d b y State a n d non-State institutions. Gender-based violence
against w o m e n w i t h disabilities, w h i l e serious, are often invisible a n d m a r k e d
w i t h impunity^o. W o m e n a n d children w i t h disabilities are at heightened risk
to experience sexual o r domestic violence for various reasons, including their
l o w status i n c o m m u n i t i e s , t h e i r social isolation, t h e i r dependence o n others
a n d lack o f knowledge about their rights^i.There is little i n f o r m a t i o n available
a b o u t t h e v i o l e n c e t h e y e x p e r i e n c e a n d i t s e x t e n t ^2. M e a s u r e s t o e n s u r e
accessibility has been largely absent, a n d a t m o s t uneven, w i t h m a n y w o m e n
a n d girls w i t h disability unable t o report G B V . F u r t h e r relevant t o this
p r o p o s e d section w o u l d b e t h e v i e w s o f t h e C o m m i t t e e i n t h e case o f R vs. t h e
15 Mexico Inquiry, par. 274; CO India, CEDAW/IND/CO/SP. 1 (2010)
2° 15 years of the UN SRVAW, Its Causes and Consequences, P. 25
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Women/15YearReviewofVAWMand
2' A/HRC/32/42/Add.2, p. 9
22 A/HRC/32/42/Add.2, p. 9
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