"No one is safe"
Subtitle: the abuse of women in Iraq's criminal justice system
By: [Erin Evers]
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [New York, NY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
ISBN-13: 9781623131012
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Women prisoners; Female offenders; Violence against; Legal status, laws; Women
Other titles: Abuse of women in Iraq's criminal justice system; Iraq :
Description: "This 105-page report documents abuses of women in detention based on interviews with women and girls, Sunni and Shia, in prison; their families and lawyers; and medical service providers in the prisons at a time of escalating violence involving security forces and armed groups. Human Rights Watch also reviewed court documents and extensive information received in meetings with Iraqi authorities including Justice, Interior, Defense, and Human Rights ministry officials, and two deputy prime ministers"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: "February 2014"--Table of contents page.

"Erin Evers ... authored this report "--Page 105.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online via the Human Rights Watch Web site.
Table of contents: title: Summary. Main findings ; Official response ; Anti-terrorism law ; Lack of accountability ; Next steps; title: Methodology; title: I. Background. Iraq's history of endemic torture ; Women's rights in Iraq; title: II. Illegal arrests and detentions of women. Mass arrests and collective punishment ; Warrantless arrests and arbitrary detentions ; Corruption and unlawful prolonged detention ; Iraqi law prohibiting arbitrary arrest and detention; title: III. Torture and sexual abuse in interrogations. Iraqi law prohibiting torture; title: IV. Substandard conditions in women's prisons. Overcrowding ; Lack of adequate health care ; Impact of executions on detainees; title: V. Government responses to allegations of abuse. Government responses to claims of illegal arrests and torture ; Prisoner releases; title: VI. Shortcomings of the legal system. Executive interference ; Legal obstacles ; Corruption and collusion between judges and security officers ; Secret informant testimony ; Coerced confessions; title: VII. International legal protections for detainees. International standards on women's detention; title: Recommendations. To the government of Iraq ; To the Justice, Interior, and Health Ministries ; To the Prime Minister's Office, Interior Ministry, Justice Ministry, and Defense Ministry ; To the Supreme Judicial Council ; To the international donor community ; To the United States Government; title: Acknowledgments.