Colombia: "Scarred bodies, hidden crimes": Sexual Violence against women in the armed conflict

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Amnesty International
Date:
13 October 2004

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Title

Colombia: "Scarred bodies, hidden crimes": Sexual Violence against women in the armed conflict

Document source

Amnesty International

Date

13 October 2004

Document number

AMR 23/040/2004

Document type

Country Reports

Additional document information

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Collection

Research & Reports

Country

Colombia

Keywords

Abduction

Arbitrary arrest and detention

Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements

Constitutional law

Contemporary forms of slavery

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Criminal justice

Equality before the law

Extrajudicial executions

Gender discrimination

Gender-based persecution

Impunity

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)

Maternal and child health care

Public health

Right to health

Right to justice

Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness

Security forces

Security situation

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)

Women's rights

Women-at-risk

Protected persons

Internally displaced persons (IDPs)

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