{"id":60009,"date":"2023-03-15T10:16:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T09:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dignity.dk\/?p=60009"},"modified":"2023-03-15T10:26:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T09:26:59","slug":"gender-is-a-tool-for-torturers-to-increase-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/gender-is-a-tool-for-torturers-to-increase-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender is a tool for torturers to increase suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"60009\" class=\"elementor elementor-60009\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-452a252 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"452a252\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c980b3\" data-id=\"7c980b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229af23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"229af23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>DIGNITY\u2019s contribution to UN torture debate focuses on gender discrimination<\/h4><p>On Tuesday, DIGNITY contributed to a debate on torture at the United Nations Human Rights Council.<\/p><p>In our video, DIGNITY\u2019s legal advisor Grant Shubin explains why it is important to highlight gender discrimination in the discussion about torture.<\/p><p>\u00bbFor states to uphold their duty to investigate and prevent torture, they must not only criminalize certain sexualized acts, but they must have a full understanding of the ways in which gender is a logic and a tool for tortures to increase the suffering of their victims\u00ab, says Grant Shubin.<\/p><p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7184f05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7184f05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dignity.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/grant-video-gender-discrimination.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIGNITY\u2019s contribution to UN torture debate focuses on gender discrimination On Tuesday, DIGNITY contributed to a debate on torture at the United Nations Human Rights Council. 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