Republic of Moldova’s Compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Gender-Based Violence against Women
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Country: Moldova, Republic of
Partners: Centrul de Drept al Femeilor
Issues: Gender-Based Violence
Mechanism: UN Human Rights Committee
Report Type: Shadow/Parallel Report
This report delineates critical concerns regarding the Republic of Moldova's compliance with its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Limitations in the legislative framework pertaining to various forms of gender-based violence against women (GBVAW) not only fail to offer sufficient legal protection, but create compounding and ever-expanding gaps in equal access to rights under the ICCPR for women and girls in all their diversity throughout the State Party. Access to justice and support services remain particularly vulnerable to institutional weaknesses and to insufficient allocation of resources to ensure the right to substantive gender equality. Social barriers, gender stereotypes, and insufficient data collection on the part of the State Party exacerbate women's exposure to GBVAW as well as the capacity to take targeted preventative and responsive actions. Building on experience from CDF, its partners, and its beneficiaries, this report provides concrete evidence of these shortcomings and respectfully implores the Human Rights Committee ("the Committee") to issue robust and comprehensive recommendations to the Republic of Moldova to ensure victim-centered, gender-sensitive implementation of its obligations under the ICCPR.
