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Third International Law Conference - Reforming Laws on Sexual Violence: International Perspectives
Type of Measure
Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns
Form of Violence
Sexual violence
Year
2008
Brief Description
On 27 June 2008, Mr Micheál Martin, Minister for Foreign Affairs delivered the opening address at the Third International Law conference on the theme ‘;Reforming Laws on Sexual Violence: International Perspectives', which was organised by University College Cork with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The conference was the first event of Ireland's Chairmanship of the Human Security Network (HSN). Ireland has chosen to focus on gender-based violence as the priority theme of its Chairmanship, which is for the period 2008-2009.
The one day international conference aimed to:
- Assess recent international criminal law developments on crimes of sexual violence
- Inform law and policy debates to strengthen responses to sexual violence
- Promote awareness of sexual violence as a human rights violation
Source of Information
Response of the Government of Ireland to the questionnaire on violence against women, February 2009
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