Author : Marianne Mollmann
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis The Second Assault by : Marianne Mollmann
Download or read book The Second Assault written by Marianne Mollmann and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected rape victim testimonies. -- Impunity for sexual and domestic violence. Sexual and domestic violence: Underreported and underrepresented in government crime estimates - Inadequate legal framework for the prevention and punishment of violence against women: State law and policy on domestic violence ; state law and policy on sexual violence. - Lax implementation of legal standards: Pervasive distrust of rape victim testimony ; Other barriers to reporting rape ; Undue emphasis on reconciliation and mediation ; The cost of justice ; Lack of public services. -- Abortion in Mexico. Legal framework, public debate, and occurrence - Prosecution for illegal abortions. -- Obstructing access to legal abortion after rape. States with no administrative guidelines for abortion after rape: Non-existing or inaccurate information on legal abortions ; Denial that cases of unwanted pregnancy after rape exist ; Aversion to facilitating legal abortion after rape ; Actively discouraging abortion after rape ; No legal abortion for incest and "Estupro" ; Undue delays ; Intimidation in the justice sector. - States with administrative or legal guidelines for abortion after rape: Unduly complicated procedures ; Illegal delays ; Lack of information or biased information ; "Covert" provision of abortion services and continued stigmatization ; Intimidation in the health sector ; Need for accompaniment. - Conscientious objection by medical professionals - Consequences of limited access to abortion after rape. -- International legal standards. International law and violence against girls and women in Mexico - International law and abortion after rape or incest : U.N. Treaty body concern with legal obstacles to abortion after rape or incest ; U.N. Treaty body concern with administrative obstacles to abortion after rape or incest. -- Conclusion. -- Detailed recommendations. To the federal government of Mexico: To the president of Mexico ; To the federal congress ; To the national health ministry ; To the national ministry of the interior. - To state governments and the government of the federal district: To state governors and the head of government for the federal district ; To local congresses and the legislative assembly of the federal district ; To health ministries of the states and the federal district ; To the attorney general offices of the states and the federal district ; To the integrated family service agencies (Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia, DIF) of the states and the federal district. -- Acknowledgements.