Annual thematic reports of the Special Rapporteur
In accordance with the mandate's founding resolution (1994/45) the Special Rapporteur submits thematic reports annually to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) session in June (formerly, the Commission on Human Rights), and to the UN General Assembly (GA) in October (resolution 7/24).
As of 2007, the Special Rapporteur also reports orally to the Commission on the Status of Women (resolution 7/24). Since 2017, the Special Rapporteur has the possibility to hold consultations or participate in the work of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (resolution 32/19).
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Human Rights Council
Year and session |
Document symbol and link |
Title and link |
2021
47th session HRC |
A/HRC/47/26 | Rape as a grave, systematic and widespread human rights violation, a crime and a manifestation of gender-based violence against women and girls, and its prevention
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2020
44th session HRC |
A/HRC/44/52 | Violence against women journalists
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2019
41st session HRC |
A/HRC/41/42 | 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
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A/HRC/41/42/Corr.1 | Corrigendum |
2018
38th session HRC |
A/HRC/38/47 | Online violence against women and girls
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2017
35th session HRC |
A/HRC/35/30 | A human rights-based approach to integrated services and protection measures on violence against women, with a focus on shelters and protection orders
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2016
32nd session HRC |
A/HRC/32/42 | Vision-setting report |
A/HRC/32/42/Corr.1 | Corrigendum |
2015
29th session HRC |
A/HRC/29/27 | 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.5 | Addendum to the thematic report A/HRC/29/27 |
2014
26th session HRC |
A/HRC/26/38 | Violence against women: Twenty years of developments to combat violence against women |
2013
23rd session HRC |
A/HRC/23/49 | State responsibility for eliminating violence against women |
A/HRC/23/49/Add.5 | 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 | Gender-related killings of women |
A/HRC/20/16/Add.4 | Addendum - Summary report on the expert meeting on gender-motivated killings of women |
2011
17th session HRC |
A/HRC/17/26 | Multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence against women |
A/HRC/17/26/Add.1 | Addendum – Report on Communications sent to States and replies received |
2010
14th session
HRC |
A/HRC/14/22 | Reparations to women who have been subjected to violence |
A/HRC/14/22/Add.1 | Addendum – Report on Communications sent to States and replies received |
2009
11th session
HRC |
A/HRC/11/6 | Political economy of women's human rights |
A/HRC/11/6/Add.1 | Addendum - Report on Communications sent to States and replies received |
A/HRC/11/6/Add.5 | Addendum - 15 years of the mandate on violence against women, its causes and consequences (1994-2009): A critical review |
A/HRC/11/6/Add.6 | Addendum - Political economy and violence against women |
2008
7th session
HRC |
A/HRC/7/6 | Indicators on violence against women and State response |
A/HRC/7/6/Add.1 | Addendum - Report on Communications sent to States and replies received |
A/HRC/7/6/Add.5 | Addendum - The Next Step: Developing Transnational Indicators on Violence Against Women |
2007
4th session HRC |
A/HRC/4/34 | Intersections between culture and violence against women |
A/HRC/4/34/Add.1 | Addendum - Report on Communications sent to States and replies received |
Commission on Human Rights (replaced by the UN Human Rights Council in 2007)
Year and session |
Document symbol and link |
Title and link |
2006
62nd session CHR |
E/CN.4/2006/61 | The due diligence standard as a tool for the elimination of violence against women |
E/CN.4/2006/61/Add.1 | Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received |
2005
61st session CHR |
E/CN.4/2005/72 | Intersections of violence against women and HIV/AIDS |
E/CN.4/2005/72/Add.1 | Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received |
2004
60th session CHR |
E/CN.4/2004/66 | Towards an effective implementation of international norms to end violence against women |
E/CN.4/2004/66/Add.1 | Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received |
2003
59th session CHR |
E/CN.4/2003/75 and Corr.1 | Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective |
E/CN.4/2003/75/Add.1 | Addendum - International, regional and national developments in the area of violence against women |
E/CN.4/2003/75/Add.2 | Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received |
A/58/421 | The situation of women and girls in Afghanistan |
2002
58th session CHR |
E/CN.4/2002/83 | Cultural practices in the family that constitute violence towards women |
E/CN.4/2002/83/Add.1 | Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received |
2001
57th session CHR |
E/CN.4/2001/73 | Violence against women perpetrated and/or condoned by the State during times of armed conflict (1997-2000) |
E/CN.4/2001/73/Add.1 | Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received |
E/CN.4/2001/73/Add.2 | Addendum - Mission to Bangladesh, Nepal and India |
A/CONF.189/PC.3/5 | Race, gender and violence against women |
2000
56th session CHR |
E/CN.4/2000/68 | Trafficking in women, women’s migration and violence against women. |
E/CN.4/2000/68/Add.1 | Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received |
E/CN.4/2000/115 | The situation of human rights in East Timor |
1999
55th session CHR |
E/CN.4/1999/68 | Violence against women in the family |
E/CN.4/1999/68/Add.1 | Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received |
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E/CN.4/1999/68/Add.4 | Addendum - Policies and practices that impact women's reproductive rights and contribute to, cause or constitute violence against women |
1998
54th session CHR |
E/CN.4/1998/54 | Violence perpetrated and/or condoned by the State, including violence in times of armed conflict |
1997
53rd session CHR |
E/CN.4/1997/47 | Violence in the Community, sexual violence, trafficking in women and women migrant workers |
E/CN.4/1997/47/Add.4 | Addendum - Communications sent to States and replies received |
1996
52nd session CHR |
E/CN.4/1996/53 | Violence in the family and domestic violence |
1995
51st session CHR |
E/CN.4/1995/42 | Preliminary report |
General Assembly
Year and session |
Document symbol and link |
Title and link |
2020
75th session GA |
A/75/144 | 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
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2019
74th session GA |
A/74/137
Italian | A human rights-based approach to mistreatment and violence against women in reproductive health services with a focus on childbirth and obstetric violence
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2018
73rd session GA |
A/73/301 | Violence against women in politics
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2017
72nd session GA |
A/72/134 | Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women
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2016
71st session GA |
A/71/398 | Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch
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2015
70th session GA |
A/70/209 | 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 | Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights |
2013
68th session GA |
A/68/340 | Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women |
2012
67th session GA |
A/67/227 | Violence against women with disabilities |
2011
66th session GA |
A/66/215 | Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress |
Commission on the Status of Women (oral report)
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (CCPCJ) - oral report
