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to information about their right to justice (Chapter VII).
Chapter VIII deals with women’s experience of the criminal
justice system, ensuring that victims and witnesses can give
their evidence in safety and dignity. The substantive and
procedural criminal laws must also reflect the rights of victims,
and are applied in such a way that impunity is addressed
effectively.
These chapters also contain a summary of some leading
academic literature and civil society organization commentary
and research, particularly references and signposting to
existing resources that take an in-depth look at relevant issues,
for example, guides on protection of the safety of women
human rights defenders and access to asylum for women facing
persecution in the form of gender-based violence.
Woven into these accounts is commentary and reflection from
legal advocates and women human rights defenders on their
experience of seeking justice for women, and their
recommendations to legal advocates doing this work.