CNDH Report on ‘Denouncing Violence against Women and Girls and Fighting Impunity’: Main Recommendations

Rabat – The National Human Rights Council (CNDH) presented, Friday in Rabat, a report on the denunciation of violence against women and girls and the fight against impunity, whose main recommendations are the following:

-At the conventional practice level:

Adherence to international and regional instruments including:

 *Convention No. 190, adopted by the International Labour Organization, concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the workplace.

 *The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.

 

-In terms of legislation:

*The penal Code:

 Clarify the concepts of the crimes of rape, sexual harassment and discrimination.

*The law on the fight against human trafficking:

 Stipulate that victims of human trafficking are not responsible for the illegal acts or crimes they were forced to commit.

*The Code of criminal procedure:

 Incorporate gender-sensitive procedural provisions.

* Judicial organization act:

 Create chambers and divisions to adjudicate crimes of violence against women.

*Update the law on legal aid

 

-In the area of public policy

*Recommendations addressed to institutions concerned with cases of violence against women:

 Support the units for handling women victims of violence in the courts of first instance and the courts of appeal and in the central and deconcentrated services of the health, youth and women’s sectors, as well as the General Directorate of National Security and the High Command of the Royal Gendarmerie to ensure immediate care for victims.

*Recommendations on the role of the press and media:

Establish special protocols to address complaints against any form of gender-based violence against women journalists, so as not to underestimate the seriousness of these acts, encourage reporting, and ensure the necessary support and accompaniment.

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