Access to justice for women
Subtitle: India's response to sexual violence in conflict and social upheaval
Contributors: Center for Social Sector Leadership (University of California, Berkeley). Armed Conflict Resolution and People's Rights Project
Publisher: Armed Conflict Resolution and People's Rights Project, Center for Social Sector Leadership, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business; International Human Rights Law Clinic, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9781938722042
Subjects: Women; Crimes against; Social conditions; Human rights
Other titles: India's response to sexual violence in conflict and social upheaval
Description: "[This volume] examines emblematic case examples from conflict zones and incidents of mass violence to understand how the Indian State responds to sexual violence against women and girls in these contexts. The goal of this Report is to analyze the efforts of women victims of sexual violence and their allies to access justice in these contexts and to identify emblematic ways the Indian legal system succeeded or failed to provide effective redress."--Page 1.
Notes: "October 2015."

Includes bibliographical references.

Gift; Berkeley Center for Race & Gender; 2016.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Introduction. Goals; Case selection; title: International legal standards. Introduction; State obligations; title: Indian laws and institutions. Criminalization of sexual violence; Criminal procedure; Civil remedies; Non-judicial remedies; title: Case examples. Punjab; Jammu & Kashmir; Gujarat; Odisha; title: Discussion. Criminalization of sexual violence; Prevention; Contextual analysis; Reporting; Registration of complaints and arrest of suspects; Collection and preservation of evidence; Timeliness of court proceedings; State agents and legal immunity; Effective remedy; title: Conclusion and recommendations.