Even where rape victims are not criminalized, the social stigma of

The draft Act, however, leaves a channel of help for victims of marital rape.

Rape victims are ostracized from their community and face extreme prejudice when seeking help.

(c) To support programmes to eliminate rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, and design programmes to provide assistance to all victims of rape

Cases documented by women's organizations indicate that approximately 72 per cent of the rape victims are minors.

Approximately 20 per cent of the women who use the telephone hot line are victims of rape.

Victims of sexual violence are often victims of non sexual violence as well many rape victims from the Rwandan genocide have lost husbands and other family members, finding themselves without social support structures.

In August, cases of rape included three victims aged 4, 8 and 17, in Makamba and Muramvya provinces.

According to the report, 500 rape victims were treated in the region between October 2004 and February 2005.

Strengthening laws and policies to assist victims of domestic violence, including addressing crimes of rape and sexual abuse

Reforming laws on sentencing and admissibility of evidence in rape cases to protect victims and hold perpetrators accountable

Another crime kit, with fewer samples required, is available for examining rape victims who might know the perpetrator.

In recent years, FIOM has provided aid to victims of incest, rape and sexual assault and to mothers of children with incest experiences and partners of victims.

The Centre was established in 1993 and serves approximately 80 women per month most of them are domestic violence victims, but they also include some rape victims.

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When criminal justice systems address rape, there usually is more scrutiny and blame put on the victim than the perpetrator. In some parts of the world, rape victims themselves are prosecuted.

Also affirming the need to provide all necessary assistance to victims, including children born as a result of rape,

Account must also be taken of the social climate and the fact that rape victims face exclusion and rejection.

Such a revision should also require that victims of rape and their families be compelled to report such cases.

quot 7. Expresses concern for women and children, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were victims of rape used as a weapon of war, and calls for the perpetrators of rape to be brought to justice while ensuring that victims and witnesses receive adequate assistance and protection

7. Expresses concern for women and children, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were victims of rape used as a weapon of war, and calls for the perpetrators of rape to be brought to justice while ensuring that victims and witnesses receive adequate assistance and protection

4. Expresses concern for women and children, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who were victims of rape used as a weapon of war, and calls for the perpetrators of rape to be brought to justice while ensuring that victims and witnesses receive adequate assistance and protection

Seven rape cases were reported in Gitega, Ruyigi, Kirundo, Cibitoke and Ngozi provinces, the victims aged between 3 and 19.

She spoke about the difficulty, particularly for rape victims, of coming forward and then seeing that the perpetrators went unpunished.

Moreover, victims are often reluctant to report instances of rape and other human rights abuses for fear of being stigmatized.

The non governmental organization Rape Crisis has been working with women victims of violence in Cape Town for 20 years.

Deeply alarmed at the situation facing victims of rape in armed conflicts in different parts of the world and any use of rape as a weapon of war, in particular in Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Underlining, in this context, the need for the protection of the rape victims and the provision of effective guarantees of privacy and confidentiality of the rape victims, and desirous of facilitating their participation in the proceedings of the International Tribunal and ensuring that further traumatization will be prevented,

MONUC has participated regularly in regional commissions on sexual violence as a means of strengthening support for child victims of rape.

The fact that women are mostly the victims of domestic violence, especially rape, renders them more vulnerable to contract HIV AIDS.

(ii) Services for special categories of victims, such as children, and, when necessary, to victims of particular offences, such as rape, domestic violence, organized crime and violence based on sectarian hatred

The Criminal Code prohibited rape, and marital rape was considered rape.

A new Government policy to help the victims of rape and to investigate crimes of rape has been adopted, after long and intensive discussions with the United Nations, but its implementation is still deficient throughout Darfur.

(d) To address the long term consequences faced by victims of rape and other forms of sexual violence, including legal discrimination and social stigmatization, as well as the effects on children born as a result of rape

2. Expresses its outrage that the abominable, deliberate and systematic practice of rape has been used as a weapon of war in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, recognizes that rape in this context constitutes a war crime, and calls for protection and care of rape victims, respect for the special needs of victims of sexual violence in the investigation and prosecution of alleged violations, and punishment of those responsible

It was also shocking to learn from agencies on the ground that there is a widespread practice of counter prosecution against rape victims.

Agreement was reached on form 8, the mechanism for recording medical evidence from victims of rape, to ensure access to medical care for victims of sexual violence and to end the harassment of medical providers to victims of sexual and gender based violence.

This project includes training for health care practitioners and local women's organizations, support for hospitals that treat rape victims by providing medical and surgical care, and voluntary and confidential post rape counselling and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.

The service should have appropriately qualified staff, with the specialization necessary to ensure treatment sensitive to the needs of different categories of victims, e.g. rape victims, children, aged persons, minority members and disabled persons.

The Ministry of Justice, together with the police and women s organizations, had initiated a special assistance programme for victims of rape and sexual assault.

(h) Facilitate the return of female victims of rape, prostitution or trafficking to the mainstream of social and economic life Islamic Republic of Iran

The district surgeon s office also provides information kits and brochures for rape victims, which are available in English, Afrikaans, Zulu and other native languages.

Because of the social stigma attached to rape, the victims hardly dare to seek medical attention, much less speak out or file a complaint.

Many cases of rape remain unknown as the victims are reluctant to complain even when facts are established, authorities remain reluctant to take action.

The Committee is also seriously concerned that women have been the victims of not only killings, but also of abduction, rape and severe violence.