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Bielorussia - Contro la violenza domestica

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Destinatario Appello	President of the Republic of Belarus Alyaksandr Hryhoravich LUKASHENKA Administratsia Prezidenta Respubliki Belarus ul. Karla Marksa, 38 220016, Minsk Belarus Dear President Lukashenka, I am writing to you to on behalf of Amnesty International concerning domestic violence in Belarus. On 9 November 2006, in the context of its global campaign to combat violence against women, including domestic violence, Amnesty International published a report: Belarus: Domestic Violence more than a private scandal (AI Index: EUR 49/014/2006). I would like to draw your attention to this report and to the recommendations it contains. Violence against women is an abuse of womens basic human rights including their right to physical and mental integrity, their right to life and their right to equality with men. Belarus is a party to all major relevant international conventions, under which Belarus is required to protect, respect and fulfil the human rights of those persons in its territory and subject to its jurisdiction without discrimination, including on the grounds of sex. In addition, Article 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus recognizes the supremacy of international law. In its recent report Amnesty International calls on Belarus to comply with its obligations under international law with regard to domestic violence. Specifically, Amnesty International is calling on the government of Belarus to act now in order to improve protection for women against domestic violence, to end impunity against the perpetrators of domestic violence and to raise awareness in society about the issue of domestic violence. Following Belarus submission of its fourth, fifth and sixth reports in January 2004 to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Committee called on Belarus to place high priority on implementing comprehensive measures to address violence against women in the family and in society. With a Focus on protecting women, ending impunity and raising awareness, I urge you and your government to commit to the following steps: 1. Amend the draft law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence to exclude the concept of victim behaviour, as soon as possible 2. Establish at least five new shelters, with appropriate resources, in 5 cities before September 2007, as a first step towards honouring the Belarusian governments commitment to provide a crisis centre with possible shelter in every one of its Territorial Centres for Social Assistance; 3. Revise the articles of the Criminal Code and the Administrative Code that are most commonly used in cases of domestic violence to ensure that they offer a definition of domestic violence in line with the definition in the UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women; 4. Publicly condemn domestic violence, as a crime and, therefore, a public concern, not a private matter; Amnesty International believes that in order to put in place a system that provides protection for women and aims at eradicating domestic violence, strong political will is needed and concerted action must be taken by you and your government. Compliance with Belarus international obligations relating to domestic violence should be a government priority in the area of human rights. Yours sincerely,
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RICHIESTE DI AMNESTY

AI ritiene che per mettere in atto un sistema che protegga le donne e miri a sradicare la violenza domestica sia necessaria una forte volontà politica e un’azione concertata da parte delle autorità.

Per questo AI chiede di:

- emendare il più presto possibile il disegno di legge sulla prevenzione della violenza domestica perché escluda la nozione di “comportamento della vittima”;
- realizzare almeno cinque nuove case rifugio con adeguate risorse in 5 città prima del settembre 2007 come primo passo per onorare l’impegno preso dal governo bielorusso di dotare ognuno dei Centri territoriali per l’assistenza sociale di ripari per le vittime di violenza;
- rivedere gli articoli del Codice penale e del Codice amministrativo per fare in modo che prevedano una definizione di violenza domestica in linea con la definizione della Dichiarazione ONU sull’eliminazione della violenza contro le donne;
- condannare la violenza domestica in quanto reato, come una preoccupazione di ordine pubblico e non una questione privata.

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