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Injustice and impunity : mediation of criminal offences of violence against women / United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Kabul, Afghanistan : United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) ; United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2018.Description: ii, 48 pages ; 28 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • Pamphlet HQ1735.6. I648 2018
Contents:
Contents: Glossary—Mandate—1. Executive summary—2. Legal framework for the elimination of violence against women in Afghanistan—3. Background—4. Methodology—5. Key findings : injustice and impunity—6. Conclusion and way forward—Annexes.
Summary: Summary: “When I went to the police with my father, the police instructed me many times to withdraw the case before it went to the prosecutor. I told them that I would never accept mediation, I went my husband to receive punishment because he beat me for two years. I told the police that many relatives and village residents had tried to mediate the case a hundred times. Now, I want you to forward the case to the prosecution. The police officer told me ‘we are the police and you are a woman, not my commander’…”—(page 1).
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Pamphlet HQ1735.6.I648 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 3ACKU000533769
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University Available 3ACKU000533777
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“May 2018”.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Glossary—Mandate—1. Executive summary—2. Legal framework for the elimination of violence against women in Afghanistan—3. Background—4. Methodology—5. Key findings : injustice and impunity—6. Conclusion and way forward—Annexes.

Summary: “When I went to the police with my father, the police instructed me many times to withdraw the case before it went to the prosecutor. I told them that I would never accept mediation, I went my husband to receive punishment because he beat me for two years. I told the police that many relatives and village residents had tried to mediate the case a hundred times. Now, I want you to forward the case to the prosecution. The police officer told me ‘we are the police and you are a woman, not my commander’…”—(page 1).

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