Independent Opinion of CEDAW
III. Gender-based Violence and
Access to Justice
CEDAW Articles 2, 11, 15 ∣ SDGs 5, 8, 10, 16
Response to the 2022 CEDAW Report 2.26, 2.36, 2.42-43, 2.45-2.51, 11.11-11.12, 15.1015.12, 15.14, and 15.18-15.19
8. Women’s right to justice for gender-based violence is still not fully
protected in terms of justiciability, availability, accessibility, quality,
remedies for victims, and accountability of the justice system.
Digital Gender-based Violence
9. The current fragmentation of digital-based gender violence prevention
measures among multiple agencies and the lack of official statistics
and research make it difficult to assess the situation and develop
countermeasures.9 Government agencies have different views on the
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Control Yuan, Suspected Online Sexual Harassment of Nursing Staff investigative report,
approved on February 23, 2022. Background of the case: In 2017, a Youtuber made a video
denigrating and humiliating nursing staff and posted it online. After seeing it on Facebook,
a nurse filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Taipei City Police Department, which
determined that the Youtuber had committed sexual harassment. The Youtuber objected and
appealed, after which the Taipei City Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee resolved to
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