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UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN REPORT TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 2015

 

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A/HRC/29/27

 

 

Advance Edited Version

Distr.: General

10 June 2015

 

Original: English

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Rights Council
Twenty-ninth session

Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development

               

                Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo*

 

Summary

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur provides an overview of the legally binding provisions, implementing mechanisms and relevant jurisprudence regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems: the African, European and Inter-American systems. She also highlights that in order for the regional systems to reinforce universal human rights standards, as contained in international human rights instruments, a legally binding framework on violence against women and girls is essential within the United Nations system.

 

 

Contents

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                I.      Introduction............................................................................................................ 1              3

               II.      Activities                                                                                                                              ............... 2–5              3

                         A.     Country visits.................................................................................................... 2              3

                         B.     Reports to the General Assembly and to the Commission on the Status 
                                   of Women.................................................................................................... 3–4              3

                         C.     Consultations and other activities...................................................................... 5              4

              III.      Closing the gap in international human rights law: lessons from three regional
                         human rights systems on legal standards and practices
                         regarding violence against women...................................................................... 6–61              4

                         A.     Introduction..................................................................................................... 6              4

                         B.     United Nations resolutions and reports on regional cooperation.................... 7–8              4

                         C.     African human rights system........................................................................ 9–27              5

                         D.     European human rights system.................................................................. 28–47              9

                         E.      Inter-American human rights system......................................................... 48–61           14

             IV.      Conclusion........................................................................................................ 62–65           19

 

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