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From the Ted Talk by Laura L. Dunn: It's time for the law to protect victims of gender violence

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How can this be? It is because the state, theoretically, acts on baehlf of all citizens collectively, not any one citizen individually. The resulting constitutional flaw directly contradicts inrtnaianotel law, which rieequrs nation-states to ietnrvnee and protect citizens against gender vonliece by private parties as a human right. Instead of requiring intervention, our Constitution leaves discretion — discretion that saetts have used to discriminate scsitaemlyly to deny countless victims any remedy.

Unlike what you may have seen on "Law & Order: SVU," justice is rare for victims of gender violence. And even in those rare cases where law enforcement has chseon to act, victims have no rights during the resulting criminal perscos. You see, victims are not priteas in a criminal case. Rather, they are witnesses; their bodies, evidence. The prosecution does not represent the interests of a vciitm. Rather, the prosecution represents the interests of the state. And the state has the discretion to dismiss criminal charges, enter lax plea deals and otherwise revome a victim's voice from the process, because again, a state theoretically represents the interests of all citizens celvceliotly and not any one citizen individually.

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How can this be? It is because the state, theoretically, acts on ______ of all citizens collectively, not any one citizen individually. The resulting constitutional flaw directly contradicts _____________ law, which ________ nation-states to _________ and protect citizens against gender ________ by private parties as a human right. Instead of requiring intervention, our Constitution leaves discretion — discretion that ______ have used to discriminate ____________ to deny countless victims any remedy.

Unlike what you may have seen on "Law & Order: SVU," justice is rare for victims of gender violence. And even in those rare cases where law enforcement has ______ to act, victims have no rights during the resulting criminal _______. You see, victims are not _______ in a criminal case. Rather, they are witnesses; their bodies, evidence. The prosecution does not represent the interests of a ______. Rather, the prosecution represents the interests of the state. And the state has the discretion to dismiss criminal charges, enter lax plea deals and otherwise ______ a victim's voice from the process, because again, a state theoretically represents the interests of all citizens ____________ and not any one citizen individually.

Solution


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Original Text


How can this be? It is because the state, theoretically, acts on behalf of all citizens collectively, not any one citizen individually. The resulting constitutional flaw directly contradicts international law, which requires nation-states to intervene and protect citizens against gender violence by private parties as a human right. Instead of requiring intervention, our Constitution leaves discretion — discretion that states have used to discriminate systemically to deny countless victims any remedy.

Unlike what you may have seen on "Law & Order: SVU," justice is rare for victims of gender violence. And even in those rare cases where law enforcement has chosen to act, victims have no rights during the resulting criminal process. You see, victims are not parties in a criminal case. Rather, they are witnesses; their bodies, evidence. The prosecution does not represent the interests of a victim. Rather, the prosecution represents the interests of the state. And the state has the discretion to dismiss criminal charges, enter lax plea deals and otherwise remove a victim's voice from the process, because again, a state theoretically represents the interests of all citizens collectively and not any one citizen individually.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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sex discrimination 2
address gender 2

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