Traduction de «Viols ou agressions contre les réfugiés » (Français → Anglais) :

98. Recalls that the 2014 Sakharov Prize was awarded to Dr Denis Mukwege for his strong engagement with victims of sexual violence and continuous promotion of women’s rights, which raised awareness of the use of violence and sexual mutilation of women, girls and children as means of war; strongly condemns all forms of abuse and violence against women, girls and children, especially the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war, as well as female genital mutilation, child, early and forced marriage, sexual slavery, marital rape, and other forms of harmful traditional practices; stresses ...[+++] the need for women, girls and children abused in conflicts to have access to health and psychological care, in line with international law; takes note in this context of the VP/HR letter regarding humanitarian aid policy, in particular preventing sexual violence and providing women with appropriate support and access to health and psychological care in case of rape in conflict situations; calls on the Council of Europe member states to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;

M. whereas Egyptian women are in a particularly vulnerable situation in the current period of transition; whereas, according to reports by Egyptian and international human rights organisations, attacks on female protestors, including rape, by unidentified, coordinated groups have recently increased, and have become more organised and systematic, with the aim of discouraging women from joining protests, notably on and after the night of 25 January 2013, and female protestors are often subject to violence, sexual assaults, including vi ...[+++]rginity tests, in the past, and other forms of degrading treatment, also at the hands of security forces, while women rights activists face threats and harassment; whereas women have witnessed major setbacks in the field of political participation; whereas women in the informal sector, in the fields of agriculture and domestic labour in particular, often work in dangerous and degrading working conditions without health insurance or any protection against injuries;

this House decline to give second reading to Bill C-4, an Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act and the Marine Transportation Security Act, since the bill fails to achieve its stated principle of cracking down on human smugglers and instead targets legitimate refugee claimants and refugees, and because it expands the Minister's discretion in a manner that is overly broad and not limited to the mass arrival situation that supposedly inspired the introduction of this legislation, and because it presents an imprisonment scheme that violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protections aga ...[+++]inst arbitrary detention and prompt review of detention, and because its provisions also violate international obligations relating to refugees and respecting the treatment of persons seeking protection.

For the most part it deals with the rapist, the sexual abuser, the person who has intent to kidnap or to hold against his or her will someone. It is most often a female or a child that the offender has attacked or is attacking (1100 ) In Bill C-17 the government introduced a reduced sentence lowering an indictable offence which had a provision of 14 years to one of 18 months and making it a dual procedure.

Crimes such as rape, other serious sexual violence and forced prostitution may be judged as a war crime and crime against humanity.

Post-traumatic stress disorder involves re-experiencing a traumatic event through dreams and recollections, avoiding stimuli reminiscent of the event, emotional numbing, and a heightened level of arousal; it occurs following a traumatic event in which the person experienced or witnessed threatened or actual physical harm (such as rape, child abuse, war/battle, or natural disaster).