Access to International Criminal Justice for Victims of Violence Against Women Under International Family Law
Mohamed Y. Mattar, 23 EMORY INT'L L. REV. 141 (2009).
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An Agenda For Change: Implementing the Platform of Action against Human Trafficking
Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe's Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, 2009.
Ollier v. Sweetwater Union High School District
Plaintiffs brought a class action lawsuit against Sweetwater Union School District (the “District”) and several individuals, alleging unequal participation opportunities for females at Castle Park High School (“CPHS”). Plaintiffs argued that Defendants violated Title IX’s provision that prohibits excluding or discriminating against anyone on the basis of sex in educational programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. The court applied a three-part test to determine whether the District complied with Title IX which included: (1) substantially proportionate at
Onesphory Materu v. The Republic
Salma Yusuf, a fourteen year old girl, alleged that the appellant police officer, Onesphory Materu, had raped her inside a police cell with a promise to release her (made in writing) after the fact. The trial court found the police officer guilty of rape and convicted him to a sentence of thirty years imprisonment, twenty four strokes of the cane and an order that he pays Shs.700,000 compensation to the complainant.
Soldiers Who Rape, Commanders Who Condone
Human Rights Watch Report documenting persistent sexual violence by the army in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the limited impact of government and donor efforts to address the problem (2009).
The Sexual Assault Counselor-Victim Privilege: Jurisdictional Delay into an Unclaimed Sanctuary
Armand Arabian, The Sexual Assault Counselor-Victim Privilege: Jurisdictional Delay into an Unclaimed Sanctuary, 37 Pepp. L. Rev. Iss. 5 (2009). Available at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/plr/vol37/iss5/6
UNIFEM: Progress of the World's Women
This UNIFEM Report focuses on the urgent need to strengthen accountability to women.
Women's control over economic resources and access to financial resources, including microfinance
UN Women 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development (2009).