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Human Rights Council


Year
Document number
Title
2020
44th session HRC
A/HRC/44/52
A C E F R S
Violence against women journalists
A/HRC/44/52/Add.1
A C E F R S
Addendum – Mission to Bulgaria
A/HRC/44/52/Add.2
A C E F R S
Addendum – Mission to Ecuador
2019
41st session HRC
A/HRC/41/42
A C E F R S
Twenty-five years of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences: an analysis of its evolution, current challenges and the way forward
A/HRC/41/42/Corr.1
A C E F R S
Corrigendum
A/HRC/41/42/Add.1
A C E F R S
Addendum - Mission to Canada
A/HRC/41/42/Add.2
A C E F R S
Addendum - Mission to Nepal
A/HRC/41/42/Add.3
E
Addendum - Mission to Canada: comments by the State
2018
38th session HRC
A/HRC/38/47
A C E F R S
 Online violence against women and girls
A/HRC/38/47/Add.1
A C E F R S
Addendum - Mission to Australia
A/HRC/38/47/Add.2
A C E F R S
Addendum - Mission to Bahamas
2017
35th session HRC
A/HRC/35/30
A C E F R S
 A human rights-based approach to integrated services and protection measures on violence against women, with a focus on shelters and protection orders
A/HRC/35/30/Add.1
E
Advance Unedited Version
 Addendum - Mission to Israel
A/HRC/35/30/Add.2
E
Advance Unedited Version
 Addendum - Mission to the Occupied Palestinian Territory/State of Palestine
A/HRC/35/30/Add.3
A C E F R S
 Addendum - Mission to Argentina
2016
32nd session HRC
A/HRC/32/42
A C E F R S
 Vision-setting report
A/HRC/32/42/Corr.1
E
 Corrigendum
A/HRC/32/42/Add.1
A C E F R S
 Addendum - Mission to Sudan
A/HRC/32/42/Add.2
A C E F R S
 Addendum - Mission to South Africa
A/HRC/32/42/Add.3
A C E F R S
 Addendum - Mission to Georgia
A/HRC/32/42/Add.4
E
 Addendum - Mission to Sudan: comments by the State
A/HRC/32/42/Add.5
E
 Addendum - Mission to South Africa: comments by the State
2015
29th session HRC
A/HRC/29/27
E
 Existing legal standards and practices regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems and activities being undertaken by civil society regarding the normative gap in international human rights law
A/HRC/29/27/Add.1
A CE FRS
 Addendum - Mission to Honduras
A/HRC/29/27/Add.2
A CE F R S
 Addendum - Mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
A/HRC/29/27/Add.3
A CE FRS
 Addendum - Mission to Afghanistan
A/HRC/29/27/Add.5
A C E F R S
 Addendum to the thematic report A/HRC/29/27
2014
26th session HRC
A/HRC/26/38
EFSACR
 Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women
A/HRC/26/38/Add.1
A C E F R S
 Addendum - Mission to India
A/HRC/26/38/Add.2
A C E F R S
 Addendum - Mission to Bangladesh
A/HRC/26/38/Add.3
A C E F S
 Addendum - Mission to Azerbaijan
A/HRC/26/38/Add.4
E
 Addendum - Mission to India: comments by the State
2013
23rd session HRC 
A/HRC/23/49
EFSACR
 State responsibility for eliminating violence against women
A/HRC/23/49/Add.1
A C E F R S
 Addendum - Mission to the Solomon Islands
A/HRC/23/49/Add.2
A C E F R S
 Addendum - Mission to Papua New Guinea
A/HRC/23/49/Add.3
E
 Addendum - Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
A/HRC/23/49/Add.4
CE R
 Addendum - Mission to Croatia
A/HRC/23/49/Add.5
CE R
 Addendum - Summary report of the regional consultations on State responsibility and violence against women (2011 to 2013)
2012
20th session HRC 
A/HRC/20/16
EFSACR
 Gender-related killings of women
A/HRC/20/16/Add.1
ERA
 Addendum - Mission to Jordan
A/HRC/20/16/Add.2
E
 Addendum - Mission to Italy
A/HRC/20/16/Add.3
ER
 Addendum - Mission to Somalia
A/HRC/20/16/Add.4
E
 Addendum - Summary report on the expert meeting on gender-motivated killings of women
2011
17th session HRC 
A/HRC/17/26
EFSACR
 Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women
A/HRC/17/26/Add.1
EFS
 Addendum – Report on Communications  sent to States and replies received
A/HRC/17/26/Add.2
EFSACR
 Addendum - Mission to El Salvador
A/HRC/17/26/Add.3
EF
 Addendum - Mission to Algeria
A/HRC/17/26/Add.4
EFSACR
 Addendum - Mission to Zambia
A/HRC/17/26/Add.5
ESA
 Addendum - Mission to the United States of America
2010
14th session 
HRC
A/HRC/14/22
EFSACR
 Reparations to women who have been subjected to violence
Addendum – Report on Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to Kyrgyzstan
2009
11th session 
HRC
 Political economy of women's human rights
Addendum – Report on Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to Tajikistan
Addendum - Mission to Saudi Arabia
Addendum - Mission to the Republic of Moldova
Addendum - 15 years of the mandate on violence against women, its causes and consequences (1994-2009): A critical review
Addendum - Political economy and violence against women
2008
7th session 
HRC
 Indicators on violence against women and State response
Addendum - Report on Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to Algeria
Addendum - Mission to Ghana
Addendum - Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo
Addendum - The Next Step: Developing Transnational Indicators on Violence Against Women
2007
4Th session HRC
 Intersections between culture and violence against women
Addendum - Report on Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to Turkey
Addendum - Mission to Sweden
Addendum - Mission to the Netherlands

Commission on Human Rights


Year
Document number
Title
2006
62nd session CHR
 The due diligence standard as a tool for the elimination of violence against women
Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to the Russian Federation 
Addendum - Mission to the Islamic Republic of Iran 
Addendum - Mission to Mexico 
Addendum - Mission to Afghanistan 
2005
61st session CHR
 Intersections of violence against women and HIV/AIDS 
Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to el Salvador 
Addendum - Mission to Guatemala 
Addendum - Mission to Occupied Palestinian Territory 
Addendum - Visit to the Darfur region of the Sudan 
2004 
60th session CHR
 Towards an effective implementation of international norms to end violence against women
Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Preliminary note on visit to El Salvador and Guatemala
2003 
59th session CHR
 Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective
Addendum - International, regional and national developments in the area of violence against women
Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received
The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan 
2002 
58th session CHR
 Cultural practices in the family that constitute violence towards women
Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to Colombia
Addendum - Mission to Sierra Leone 
2001
57th session CHR
 Violence against women perpetrated and/or condoned by the State during times of armed conflict (1997-2000) 
Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to Bangladesh , Nepal and India
Race, gender and violence against women. 
2000 
56th session CHR
 Trafficking in women, women’s migration and violence against women.
Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to Cuba
Addendum - Mission to Haiti
Addendum - Mission to Pakistan and Afghanistan
The situation of human rights in East Timor
1999 
55th session CHR
 Violence against women in the family
Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received
Addendum - Mission to Liechtenstein
Addendum - Mission to the United States of America
Addendum - Mission to Indonesia and East Timor
  Addendum - Policies and practices that impact women's reproductive rights and contribute to, cause or constitute violence against women
1998 
54th session CHR
 Violence perpetrated and/or condoned by the State, including violence in times of armed conflict
Addendum - Mission to Rwanda
1997 
53rd session CHR
 Violence in the Community, sexual violence, trafficking in women and women migrant workers 
Addendum - Mission to Poland
Addendum - Mission to Brazil
Addendum - Mission to South Africa
Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received
1996 
52nd session CHR
 Violence in the family and domestic violence 
Addendum - Mission to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , Republic of Korea & Japan (July 1995)
1995
51st session CHR
 Preliminary report

General Assembly


        
Year
Document number
Title
2020
75th session GA
A/75/144
E F S R A C
Intersection between the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the pandemic of gender-based violence against women, with a focus on domestic violence and the “peace in the home” initiative
2019
74th session GA
A/74/137
E F S R A C
Italian		A human rights-based approach to mistreatment and violence against women in reproductive health services with a focus on childbirth and obstetric violence
2018
73rd session GA
A/73/301
E F S R A C		Violence against women in politics
2017
72nd session GA
A/72/134
E F S R A C		Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women
2016
71st session GA
A/71/398
E F S R A C		Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch
2015
70th session GA
A/70/209
E F S R A C		Closing the gap in international human rights law: lessons from three regional human rights systems on legal standards and practices regarding violence against women
2014
69th session GA
A/69/368
E F S R A C		Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights
2013
68th session GA
A/68/340
E F S R A C		Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women
2012
67th session GA
A/67/227
E F S R A C		Violence against women with disabilities

2011
66th session GA

 A/66/215
E F S R A C

Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress

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