The crime of "unlawful abortion" may be committed by the pregnant woman herself, by the person performing the abortion, or by anyone who assists. ... In each state and territory where abortion remains an illegal act, the crime is punishable with lengthy periods of imprisonment. ... In New South Wales the punishment is ten years for both the woman and the abortionist, with five years imprisonment for supplying or procuring. ... In addition to this, a woman in Western Australia is no longer subject to legal punishment. ... It is also interesting to note that no prosecutions have been mad...

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Many revolutionaries made note of the atrocities of governments as evidence that their ideology was necessary to bring an end to the government's abuses. ... Over seventy-five countries have now abolished capital punishment for all crimes after Amnesty International convened an International Conference on the Death Penalty in Stockholm, Sweden in 1977. ... Since 1997, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights passes a resolution calling on countries that have not abolished capital punishment to establish a moratorium on executions every year. ...

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" The United Nations, similarly, does not approve of torture, claiming in Article Five of their Human Rights declaration that: "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.... " A third international statute, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, even classifies torture as a "crime against humanity," punishable by trial at the international court of The Hague. ... Lastly, it is important to note that torture need not create permanent damage to an individual. ...

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" The United Nations, similarly, does not approve of torture, claiming in Article Five of their Human Rights declaration that: "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.... " A third international statute, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, even classifies torture as a "crime against humanity," punishable by trial at the international court of The Hague. ... Lastly, it is important to note that torture need not create permanent damage to an individual. ...

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Defining gender violence as a violation of human rights is a relatively new approach to the problem. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global feminist social movement worked to introduce this idea to the human rights community and by the early years of the 21st century, succeeded in establishing the right to protection from gender violence as a core dimension of women's human rights. This is another example of the process described in Chapter 2, in which a social movement defines a problem and generates support from legal institutions and states. After describing how gender viol...

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