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UN investigator to research domestic violence in UK (7 April 2014)

Date: 07/04/2014
Duncan Lewis, Crime Solicitors, UN investigator to research domestic violence in UK

The United Nations (UN) has announced that it is to launch an investigation into domestic violence against women in the UK.

South African researcher Professor Rashida Manjoo will spend two weeks in Britain acting as the UN’s special rapporteur to investigate “manifestations of violence perpetrated in the family and in the community”.

Prof Manjoo arrives on Monday (07/04/14) and intends to visit women’s shelters which act as a safe refuge for victims of domestic violence. Prof Manjoo will also conduct research among migrant groups in the UK.

The response of the British government will also be investigated – a move which has angered some ministers, who fear that the UN will demand that the government introduce radical new laws to protect women in the UK from domestic violence.

An unnamed government source said the UN investigation into domestic violence in Britain could result in “a fiesta of politically correct nonsense about a serious issue”.

Prof Manjoo said that violence towards women continues to be “one of the most pervasive human rights violations globally”.

Conservative ministers reacted angrily to a report into the bedroom tax last year, after the UN’s special rapporteur Raquel Rolnik investigated adequate housing in the UK and demanded an end to the bedroom tax as a result.

Duncan Lewis Domestic Violence Solicitors

Duncan Lewis is a leading firm of domestic violence solicitors and can advise women and men who are victims of domestic violence on their rights under the law.

Duncan Lewis domestic violence solicitors can also advise on child abuse within the family – including domestic violence towards children, as well as domestic violence towards a parent or elderly or vulnerable relative.

For expert and confidential help with domestic violence issues, contact the Duncan Lewis Domestic Violence Emergency Helpline on 07920 077054


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