Curbing the Surge of Female Genital Mutilation (2014)
This study is a Explanatory research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Odeku Kola O
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To highlight the need to classify FGM as torture in order to strengthen the law against FGM and bring perpetrators to justice.
Study Population: None
Findings: Classifying an act as torture has significant implications,as there are well-established international legal obligations and consequences that flow from torture. These include the obligations to criminalize acts of torture,to prosecute perpetrators and provide restitution to victims. The article highlights that these obligations derive from the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984 (CAT). It is against the backdrop of these harmful and destructive tendencies specifically targeted at women and girls that there is need to bring this act within the purview of the CAT. The article emphasizes that CAT is considered as the instrument that is most potent in dealing with this practice because it prohibits in entirety any act or acts of torture; it also strengthens women’s claims with regard to the prevention,protection and rehabilitation of torture victims.
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Not specified
Country(ies):Not specified