Turkmenistan - Committee Against Torture - Women's Rights - March 2025
Country: Turkmenistan
Partners: Progres Foundation
Issues: Gender-Based Violence, Women's Rights
Mechanism: UN Committee against Torture
Report Type: Shadow/Parallel Report
This report addresses Turkmenistan’s compliance with its obligations under the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) with
respect to the absence of adequate legislation to prevent and protect women from gender-based
violence, especially domestic violence. This report also highlights Turkmenistan’s failing on
its obligation to facilitate women’s exercise to their sexual and reproductive rights. This report
recommends that Turkmenistan adopts a number of key recommendations to better align its
practices with its obligations under the Convention. These steps, among other things, include:
(1) adopting comprehensive legislation to address gender-based violence (GBV) against
women, and especially domestic violence (DV); (2) developing and implementing programs
to prevent gender-based violence, domestic violence and discrimination against women; (3)
guaranteeing avenues of protection for victims, (4) ensuring accurate data is collected and
divulgated; and (5) improving women’s access to sexual and reproductive health care,
particularly abortion services.
