47. The Committee recommends that the State party implement the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), guarantee the separation of detained women from convicts, ensure their access to adequate nutrition, drinking water, sanitation and healthcare and strengthen support programmes for their integration upon release.
Year | 2017 |
Topic | Food policy |
Document Type | Country Recommendations |
Country | Burkina Faso |
Policy Area | Food and nutrition security Access to water |
Human Rights Comiteee | CEDAW |
Human Rights | Right to health Right to water Right to adequate food and nutrition |
Groups Affected | Women and/or girls |
Comittee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Burkina Faso, CEDAW/C/BFA/CO/7 (2017). Par. 47. Available at: https://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2FPPRiCAqhKb7yhsmPYo5NfAsNvhO7uZb6iXOTK9%2BfRfBgdIv4CdOamQuoNZsUK25z%2FemxHsUsjW7wjt4OTFVpfTbGehyQmAqHGelGz1NVv2K29UH%2B0vvoMUTvC