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32^nd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Item 3

Clustered ID with the Special Rapporteur on

Violence against women, its causes and consequences and the Working Group on discrimination against women

Oral Statement
Korea Center for UN Human Rights Policy (KOCUN) and Korean Women’s Associations United
 

Friday 17 June 2016

 (Joint statement by the Korea Center for United Nations Human Rights Policy and Korean Women’s Associations United on behalf of 28 organizations^[1] )

Thank you Mr. President,

The Korea Center for United Nations Human Rights Policy and Korean Women’s Associations United welcome the report of the Special rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences (A/HRC/32/42) and particularly noted the establishment of a“Femicide Watch”, which compliments national protective systems, proper danger assessment, and quantitative and qualitative data for the prevention of femicide. We believe the new report will be helpful in holding states accountable for condoning socially and culturally widespread misogyny and gender related killings.

On May 17, a woman was brutally killed by an unknown man inside a unisex toilet in a main commercial district (Gangnam) in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The perpetrator, aged in his 30s, stated during the police investigation that he killed the woman because women have always looked down on him. Growing numbers of women are calling on the authorities to make changes to the society, in which misogyny and violence against women remain pervasive and tolerated.

However, the police and authorities concluded that the case is not a misogynist crime but rather a random killing by a person with "mental illness", and announced a set of preventive measures, which includes the identification and isolation of people in the early stages of mental illness. Ignoring the fact that structural discrimination and violence against women are deeply rooted in society, the government has not only attempted to distort the nature of the incident, but also done so in a way that promotes hate and discrimination towards another group of social minorities, namely persons with psychosocial disabilities. Also of deep concern is the exclusive focus of the preventive measures on strengthening punishment, such as through ‘maximum sentencing for gender-based crimes’ and‘strengthening parole review for gender related crimes’. An overarching problem is the absence of a legal definition of violence against women. Also problematic is a lack of reliable and holistic data to analyze all forms of violence against women. Still, we find hope in the many people, including young students and office workers, showing strong solidarity in the fight against violence against women instead of remaining in fear and horror.

We would like to ask Madame Special Rapporteur:

●         What kind of indicators must be included in national statistics with regards to gender based killings?

●           Could the mandate holder and OHCHR provide technical assistance in developing a capacity building programs on gender and human rights for law enforcement officials, including the police, the judiciary and prosecutors, and in establishing a monitoring and assessment system? Are there any good practices?

And we would like to recommend the Republic of Korea:

●         To immediately legislate a comprehensive anti-discrimination act to regulate hate crimes and discrimination against minorities;

●         To abolish the ‘conditional suspension of indictment upon completion of counseling’, which has been  abused by perpetrators of domestic violence;

●         To introduce systematic regulations against the act of stalking to punish perpetrators and protect victims; and

●         To amend relevant laws to ensure timely legal intervention of hidden camera blackmailing and the punishment of online mediums of dissemination.

Thank you.

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