The Human Rights Committee has commended Iceland for achieving impressive results in gender equality, while asking questions on domestic and gender-based violence and on religious affairs. The Committee´s experts today concluded the consideration of the sixth periodic report of Iceland on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
A Committee Expert said over the past decade, Iceland had made significant progress in promoting civil and political rights, including by addressing several of the Committee’s previous concluding observations. Notably, Iceland had achieved impressive results in gender equality, with significant representation of women in political leadership, both in Parliament and local governance.
Domestic and gender-based violence
Several Experts asked about domestic and gender-based violence. One Expert asked what specific measures had been taken to continue to raise awareness among the population of domestic violence, including awareness raising campaigns for migrant women? What had been the impact of these measures on improving the criminal justice response to domestic violence? Another Expert asked who investigated and prosecuted cases of gender-based violence? An Expert asked if there were any specialised bodies with personnel who had been sensitised to the issue of gender-based violence?
See a summary of the two-day review here.
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