Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
On 4 March 1994 the Human Rights Council passed Resolution 1994/45 on the question of integrating the rights of women into the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations and the elimination of violence against women. This Resolution established the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women its causes and consequences" . The initial appointment was for a three-year period.[1] The current special rapporteur is Dubravka Šimonovic.
Mandate
The Special Rapporteur is mandated to seek and receive information on violence against women, recommend ways to eliminate violence against women at national, regional and intersectionality levels, and work collaboratively with the other United Nations human rights mechanisms.[2]
Country visits
The Special Rapporteur is mandated to carry out country visits, often in conjunction with other special rapporteurs, independent experts or working groups. [3]
Reports to the Human Rights Council
Each year the Special Rapporteur provides a written report to the Human Rights Council outlining the activities undertaken and themes analyzed.[4]
See also
References
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- Adequate Housing (Raquel Rolnik)
- Contemporary Forms of Slavery (Gulnara Shahinian)
- Cultural Rights (Farida Shaheed)
- Democratic and Equitable International Order (Alfred-Maurice de Zayas)
- Education (Kishore Singh)
- Effects of Economic Reform Policies and Foreign Debt on Human Rights (Cephas Lumina)
- Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (Christof Heyns)
- Right to Food (Olivier De Schutter)
- Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association (Maina Kiai)
- Freedom of Opinion and Expression (David Kaye)
- Freedom of Religion or Belief (Heiner Bielefeldt)
- Human Rights Defenders (Margaret Sekaggya)
- Independence of Judges and Lawyers (Gabriela Carina Knaul de Albuquerque e Silva)
- Minority Issues (Rita Izsak)
- Physical and Mental Health (Anand Grover)
- Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism (Ben Emmerson)
- Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Githu Muigai)
- Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (Najat M’jid Maala)
- Torture (Juan E. Méndez)
- Trafficking in Persons (Joy Ngozi Ezeilo)
- Violence against Women (Rashida Manjoo)
- Human Rights and Access to Safe Drinking water and Sanitation (Catarina de Albuquerque)
- Human Rights and International Solidarity (Rudi Muhammad Rizki)
- Human Rights and the Illicit Movement of Toxic Waste (Calin Georgescu)
- Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises (John Ruggie)
- Human Rights of Indigenous People (James Anaya)
- Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (Chaloka Beyani)
- Human Rights of Migrants (François Crépeau)
- Human Rights and the Environment
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| United Nations Special Rapporteurs bear mandates from the United Nations Human Rights Council and may hold the titles Special Rapporteur, Independent Expert or Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and are also referred to simply as mandate-holders |
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