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In-Depth Study on All Forms of Violence Against Women

A/RES/58/185No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 117bHuman rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2004–2006
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/60/136
  • 2006A/RES/60/136In-depth study on all forms of violence against womenLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2004A/RES/58/185In-depth study on all forms of violence against women

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 topics
Budget ContributionsCoordination Within UN SystemData CollectionGender-Based ViolenceInformation DisseminationLaws and RegulationsReport PreparationSocial PolicySpecial RapporteursViolence ResearchWomenWomen's RightsWomen's Status

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2004.

  • 2004A/59/281Violence against women report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

11 operative paragraphs
Requests the Secretary-General:
a
To conduct an in-depth study, from existing available resources and, if necessary, supplemented by voluntary contributions, on all forms and manifestations of violence against women, as identified in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, and relevant documents, disaggregated by type of violence, and based on research undertaken and data collected at the national, regional and international levels, in particular in the following fields:
i
A statistical overview on all forms of violence against women, in order to better evaluate the scale of such violence, while identifying gaps in data collection and formulating proposals for assessing the extent of the problem;
ii
The causes of violence against women, including its root causes and other contributing factors;
iii
The medium and long-term consequences of violence against women;
iv
The health, social and economic costs of violence against women;
v
The identification of best practice examples in areas including legislation, policies, programmes and effective remedies, and the efficiency of such mechanisms to the end of combating and eliminating violence against women;
b
To cooperate closely with all relevant United Nations bodies, as well as with the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence against women, its causes and consequences, when preparing the study;
c
To solicit information, including on strategies, policies, programmes and best practices, from Member States as well as relevant non-governmental organizations in the preparation of the study;
d
To make the study available to all Member States and observers, as well as other United Nations stakeholders, and, on the basis of the study, to submit a report, with the study as an annex, to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session, under the item entitled “Advancement of women”, including action-oriented recommendations, for consideration by States, encompassing, inter alia, effective remedies and prevention and rehabilitation measures;
e
To submit a progress report on the study to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session under the item entitled “Advancement of women”.

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