A/HRC/31/57
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................
3
II.
Activities relating to the mandate .....................................................................................................
3
III.
Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment ...................................................................................................................................
3
A.
Legal framework ......................................................................................................................
3
B. Torture and ill-treatment of women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ...........
persons in detention ..........................................................................................................................
5
IV.
2
C.
Trafficking in women and girls................................................................................................
11
D.
Torture and ill-treatment of women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex
persons in health-care settings .................................................................................................
11
E.
Rape and sexual violence .........................................................................................................
14
F.
Domestic violence ...................................................................................................................
15
G.
Harmful practices.....................................................................................................................
16
H.
Access to justice and reparations ............................................................................................
18
Conclusions and recommendations ..................................................................................................
19