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http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/SRWomen/Pages/SRWomenIndex.aspx
FULL 21-PAGE REPORT OF THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 2017, IS ATTACHED.
A/HRC/35/30
Advance unedited version
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fifth session
6-23 June 2017
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*
Note by the Secretariat
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences considers key elements of a human-rights based approach to integrated services and protection measures on violence against women with a focus on shelters and protection orders
Contents Page
I. Introduction........................................................................................................................ 3
II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur...................................................................................... 3
A. Reporting..................................................................................................................... 3
B. Cooperation with regional organizations and independent global regional mechanisms 3
C. Participation in conferences and other activities............................................................. 4
D. Country visits and communications................................................................................ 5
III. Human-rights based approach to integrated services and protection measures on violence
against women: a focus on shelters and protection orders..................................................... 5
A. International and regional human rights frameworks on shelters and protection orders 5
B. Protection of women’s human rghts to live free from violence........................................ 8
C. States’ human rights obligations to provide for shelters and protection orders................ 9
D. Shelters and protection orders: gaps, challenges and good practices.............................. 10
IV. Conclusions and recommendations..................................................................................... 18
Извор: WUNRN – 03.06.2017
