The Law And You. Things You Must Know

Violence against women violates fundamental human rights. Any form of Physical, psychological, and sexual violence against women and girls is an obstacles to the achievement of equality, development and peace.

Women are the main victims of domestic violence, you can’t go online these days without seeing a badly battered face, body or even worse.

The Governments have the obligation to stop any form of violence against women and to prevent violence against women wherever it occurs.

We all have the following rights

The human right to life.
The human right to full respect for human dignity.
The human right not to be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The human right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.
The human right to freedom from discrimination and violence, public or private, due to any status, including gender, race, ethnicity or age.
The human right to full equality between women and men.
The human right to full equality between women and men in power and decision-making.
The human right to freedom from sexual abuse, physical abuse, and psychological violence.
The human right to a workplace free from violence and abuse.
The human right to freedom from dowry-related violence.
The human right to freedom from marital rape.
The human right to freedom from female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women.
The human right to freedom from all harmful customary practices.
The human right to freedom from trafficking and forced prostitution.
The human right to freedom from violence associated with armed conflict, including murder, systematic rape, sexual slavery, and forced pregnancy.
The human right to freedom from forced sterilization and forced abortion.
The human right to freedom from coercive use of contraceptives.
The human right to freedom from female infanticide.
The human right to freedom from prenatal sex selection.
The human right to equal access to justice, equal protection of the law, and effective remedies for victims of violence.
The human right to access to services, including physical and mental health services.

Whenever you feel that someone or a group of persons are depriving you of your foundamental human right, please call a lawyer or report to the relevant authorities.

Something has to be done. We can’t continue like this.