Report on the adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women

Summary

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences provides an account of her activities since her previous reports. Following a discussion on the adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women, the mandate holder reports on the answers she received from women’s rights regional mechanisms and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. She presents responses received from civil society following her call for input on the issue. She then analyses the adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women, addressing the debate on the merits of a new legal instrument.

Inputs received

• ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC)
• ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
• Council of Europe Group of action against violence against women and domestic violence (GREVIO)
• Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Addendum
• Special Rapporteur on the rights of Women in Africa
• Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice
• 51-10
• 51-10 b
• AARP Stakeholder Group on Ageing
• American University of Afghanistan
• Assistant professor, University of Connecticut 13-108, VAWg UN recommendations
• Center for Transitional Progress – Metamorphosis
• Center for Rehabilitation of Survivors of Acid and burns Violence
• Coalition on Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana
• Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism to the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI)
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• District Alliance for Safe Housing, Inc. (DASH)
• Federation Pour la Promotion Feminine et Enfantine (FPFE)
• Feminist Legal Clinic
• FIDA
• Global Fund for Widows, President
• Haldane society of socialist lawyers
• IWRAW-Asia Pacifc Response to SRVAW
• IWRAW-Asia Pacific Discussion Paper on Option for International Mechnisms
• Global rights for women
• M. Human Rights 11-6, Moonyah.org
• Law Offices of Laurie Tannous
• NAWO connecting women
• Past President Woman Inc
• Partners for Law in Development
• Population Council
• Reader in Criminal Law and Justice
• Reader in Law, Law Department, Queen Mary, University of London
• The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel
• UCT
• UWE Bristol
• Wales Assembly of Women
• Women for Afghan Women
• Women´s Global Network for Reproductive Rights