Summary

Femicide is a tragedy of pandemic proportions: every year, tens of thousands of women and girls are killed worldwide because of their gender. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, focuses on an investigation of femicide as a means of identifying, seeking accountability for and helping to prevent this global scourge. The use of a gendered lens and specialized protocols in investigating gender-based killings of women and girls enables these deaths to be identified, documented and counted as femicides to help to ensure truth, justice and reparations for victims and their families, and ensures more accurate data collection and analysis to inform investigations and strengthen prevention.