Criminal policy to protect women from violence under CEDAW

Abstract

Penal and punitive laws protect the rights, existence and freedoms of individuals by imposing rules, procedures and penalties to ensure this protection and address any breach of these rights by any person, by imposing a deterrent punishment against him in a manner that is appropriate to the gravity of the crime and the act committed. By referring to the penal code and penal procedures in force in Palestine, we find that it has added greater protection to some groups that are more deserving of protection and care, such as women, who are the subject of this research, in a manner consistent with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Which stressed the necessity of guaranteeing women's rights, since women are the school in which every generation is raised, and that addressing the issue of violence and assault against them falls on the legislator and the competent authorities to establish ways and means that eliminate the factors, circumstances and causes that perpetuate the chain of violence against women, through developing comprehensive and comprehensive services, as well as ensuring sound procedures that take into account the circumstances of women when they are one of the parties to the criminal case in order to ensure women's access to justice, whether in the early stages of the criminal case and/or in the stages of the criminal case and/or in the stages of implementing the ruling and penalties, through allocating public prosecutions, courts and reform centers specialized for women, since the practice of violence and discrimination against women constitutes a serious violation of human rights in general and women's rights according to what is stated in international agreements and laws in particular