RECOMMENDATION
Criminalize female genital mutilation/cutting and provide education and information on the criminal nature and harmful effects of the practice, take proactive measures to protect women and girls from female genital mutilation/cutting, and prosecute clerics promoting the practice
Recommendation No: 2021 - 28.(c)
Recommendation Year: 2021
Recommendation Text: Criminalize female genital mutilation/cutting and provide education and information on the criminal nature and harmful effects of the practice, take proactive measures to protect women and girls from female genital mutilation/cutting, and prosecute clerics promoting the practice
Convention/Treaty Body: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 
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Related Human Rights Articles
CEDAW Article 2 - Article 2 States Parties condemn discrimination against women in all its forms, agree to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating discrimination against women and, to this end, undertake: (a) To embody the principle of the equality of men and women in their national constitutions or other appropriate legislation if not yet incorporated therein and to ensure, through law and other appropriate means, the practical realization of this principle; (b) To adopt appropriate legislative and other measures, including sanctions where appropriate, prohibiting all discrimination against women; (c) To establish legal protection of the rights of women on an equal basis with men and to ensure through competent national tribunals and other public institutions the effective protection of women against any act of discrimination; (d) To refrain from engaging in any act or practice of discrimination against women and to ensure that public authorities and institutions shall act in conformity with this obligation; (e) To take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women by any person, organization or enterprise; (f) To take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices which constitute discrimination against women; (g) To repeal all national penal provisions which constitute discrimination against women.
Stakeholders
Attorney General's Office (AGO) | People's Majlis (PM)
Relevant Articles of the Constitution
No Relevant Articles of the Constitution
Relevant Legislation Articles
14 - (a) Any violence towards women, as gender inherited, shall be considered, for the purposes of the present Act, as genderbased discrimination. (b) Gender-based violence against women, as stated in (a) of this Article shall mean the following acts against women as gender inherited. (1) Domestic violence stated in Law 3/2012 (Domestic Violence Act). (2) Acts or threats of rape or sexual assault as stated in Law 17/2014 (Sexual Offences Act). (3) Physical, sexual or psychological harm. (4) Threats to acts of nature described in (a) (3) of this Article. (5) Detention without consent. (6) Denial of dignified economic and social life. (7) Denial of opportunity to earn for self-sustenance. (8) Acts of sexual abuse and harassment as stated in Law 16/2014 (Sexual Abuse and Harassment Act). (9) Trafficking of girls and women or obtaining benefits through the trafficking of girls and women. (10) All acts against women and girls prohibited by law. (c) Execution of penalties prescribed in law for acts of the same nature as stated in (b) of this Article shall not obstruct the application for and attainment of redress afforded under this Act.
27 - (a) It is the responsibility of institutions in health services, to ensure that sufficiently adequate health services and information related to health is provided equally to both men and women. (b) It is the responsibility of institutions in health services to ensure a system whereby information on reproductive health, information on ensuring family health and information on family planning is available in places providing health services, on an equal basis for men and women.
Relevant Regulations & Policies
No Relevant Regulations & Policies
Relevant Articles of other Human Rights Conventions
CEDAW Article 12 - Article 12 1. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of health care in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, access to health care services, including those related to family planning. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I of this article, States Parties shall ensure to women appropriate services in connection with pregnancy, confinement and the post-natal period, granting free services where necessary, as well as adequate nutrition during pregnancy and lactation.
Related Recommendations of other Treaty Bodies
CRC OP- 12 - CRC-OPSC
CRC OP- 19 - CRC-OPSC
CRC-15(b) - CRC
CRC-45(d) - CRC
CRC OP- 25 - CRC-OPSC
143.64 - UPR
141.87 - UPR
141.27 - UPR
133.195 - UPR -3rd cycle
133.62 - UPR -3rd cycle
Related SDGs
GOAL 01 , GOAL 05 , GOAL 10 , GOAL 16
Categories
Gender Based Violence , Female genital mutiliation