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SH v Bosnia and Herzegovina, Admissibility and merits, UN Doc CEDAW/C/76/D/116/2017, IHRL 3984 (CEDAW 2020), 9th July 2020, United Nations [UN]; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women [CEDAW]

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Whether the lack of timely and effective investigation into conflict-related sexual violence and the failure to inform the victim constituted violations of Articles 2(b), 2(c), 2(e), 2(f), and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (‘CEDAW’).

Whether the failure of Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide a victim of sexual violence adequate and timely compensation violated Article 15(1) read in conjunction with Articles 2(c) and 2(e) of the CEDAW.

Whether the non-recognition of the author as a civilian victim of armed conflict and the failure of Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide her necessary social support breached Article 1 read in conjunction with Articles 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d), 2(e), 2(f), 3, 12, 13(a), and 13(b) of the CEDAW.

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