l(iH~~)AC H P R \",' . African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our Collective Responsibility 67. The Complainant also submitted that this obligation also extends to raising public awareness about the issue of gender-based violence'? and taking steps to transform social and cultural norms regulating the relations of power between women and men.23 68. Submitting on the obligation to non-discrimination based on political opinion, the Complainants submitted that it is a negative obligation. i.e., the States must not discriminate based on a person's political belief. 69. They armed this position by citing the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and association." submitting that -the ability to hold peaceful assemblies is a fundamental and integral component of the multifaceted right to freedom of peaceful assembly, which must be enjoyed by everyone, and more relevant for groups most at risk of violations and discrimination, such as "Yomen.Hence, states must ensure that those who violate and/ or abuse the rights of individuals to reedom of association and peaceful assembly are held fully accountable by an independent and democratic oversight body and by the courts of law.25 70. Associating with the facts, the Complainants stated that on 10 March 2011, along with 15 other female detainees and 157 male, they were transported to a military prison where the State agents segregated them based on sex. The female detainees were further segregated based on marital status and, following identification of the seven unmarried female detainees in the group, they were later subjected to beating, electroshocks, and forced genital examinations by a male military doctor, one at a time. 71. The Complainants accounted for verbal and physical coercion through electroshocks, while naked and completely in view of the male military doctor, a female prison guard, 22Citing,Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, 1999, para 25; Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Cameroon, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/3 (2009), para 27; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Spain, U.N. Doc. A/59/38 (SUPP) paras. 323-355 (2004),para 335. 2.3CitingSpecial Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, 1999, para 25; Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Cameroon, U.N. Doc.CEDAW/C/CMR/CO/3 (2009), para 27; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Spain, U.N. Doc. A/59/38 (SUPP) paras. 323-355 (2004),para 335 24Citing the Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of assembly and association, 43, del' red to the Human Rights Council, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/23/39 (24 April 2013). ~ 01'1 HUM4,... <1", 25 Ibid, 81. Citing also the additional recommendations in Report of the UN Special Rapporiei "q,t°tlfecftkhi~1h)- 0~ freedom of assembly and association, 84, delivered to the Human Rights Council, U.N. Doc. A/H _0/ 1 012012). ~ 14 I P a I! C AfrICan Union' ) 'I