Domestic Violence In Pakistan Essay

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According to the United Nations, Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible (1). United Nations site also states, that universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law. It is expressed in the forms of treaties, international law, general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law lays down obligations of governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts. These obligations are set in order to protect …show more content…

In Pakistan, domestic violence is a widespread social problem. In 2009 Human Rights Watch’s studied, estimated that between 70 and 90 percent of girls and women have underwent some form of abuse. It is estimated that 5000 women, from domestic violence, are killed very year. Also, thousands of other women are disabled or injured. In many developing countries, like Pakistan, majority of victims of violence have to legal resort. Most crime that are committed are not reported by the woman. The reasons women don’t report abuse is because the authorities do not consider domestic violence as a crime and will refuse to list all the cases brought to them. Even though rape, killings, attacks, domestic violence, and many other crimes are severe problems, the parliament hasn’t tried to implement law to protect the women in Pakistan. In Pakistan, rape came to international attention after the politically sanctioned rape of Mukhtaran Bibi. In 2002, Mukhtaran Bibi was ganged raped. She was raped on the orders of a tribal council and marched naked in front of cheering crowds of over 300 people. In Pakistan it is normal for rape victim to commit suicide but Bibi did not. She instead attempted to seek justice. Mukhtaran’s courage to seek justice lead to her being subjected to house arrest, harassment, and detention from the police and the

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