Domestic violence a form of arbitrary execution: UN expert

Governments must do more to tackle the hugely disproportionate rates of violence suffered by women, including recognising attacks on them as human rights violations and domestic murders as a form of arbitrary execution, a United Nations expert has said, reports UNB.
"Violations of the right to life have usually been understood to be killings involving State officials," said Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, in her first report to the Human Rights Council. She said it is time to recognise that gender-related killings, such as domestic and intimate partner violence, 'honour killings', or killings of LGBTQI persons, can also amount to arbitrary executions, according to a message UNB received here from Geneva on Wednesday.
She stressed that governments must pay a greater attention to the significant role that gender plays in how likely people are to be arbitrarily deprived of their right to life.
"The fact is that gender plays an absolutely central role in predicting people's ability to enjoy their human rights in general, and their right to life in particular. It's an extraordinarily accurate predictor of people's enjoyment of the right to life. Misogyny persists at all levels of society."
Callamard said there was unmistakable evidence of women's disproportionate risk of suffering harm and violence. 

Domestic violence a form of arbitrary execution: UN expert

Governments must do more to tackle the hugely disproportionate rates of violence suffered by women, including recognising attacks on them as human rights violations and domestic murders as a form of arbitrary execution, a United Nations expert has said, reports UNB. Violations of the right to life have usually been understood to be killings involving State officials, said Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, in her first report to the Human Rights Council. She said it is time to recognise that gender-related killings, such as domestic and intimate partner violence, honour killings, or killings of LGBTQI persons, can also amount to arbitrary executions, according to a message UNB received here from Geneva on Wednesday. She stressed that governments must pay a greater attention to the significant role that gender plays in how likely people are to be arbitrarily deprived of their right to life. The fact is that gender plays an absolutely central role in predicting peoples ability to enjoy their human rights in general, and their right to life in particular. Its an extraordinarily accurate predictor of peoples enjoyment of the right to life. Misogyny persists at all levels of society. Callamard said there was unmistakable evidence of womens disproportionate risk of suffering harm and violence.