Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The role of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences was first created by the UN Commission on Human Rights in 1994. The Special Rapporteur receives and responds to information on violence against women, its causes and consequences; recommends strategies to end violence against women on national, regional and international levels; and works closely and cooperates with other representatives, experts and bodies to share information on violence against women.

The website of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing provides access to annual reports and relevant documentation under the Special Rapporteur's mandate. The site contains links to excerpts of international law relating to the right to housing. A sub-page of the site on women and housing outlines the particular concerns facing women and highlights relevant UN resolutions and reports, some of which are annotated separately on the WHRR database.

This page from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights web site provides convenient links to a variety of essential information on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the "Women's Convention"), including a fact sheet on the Convention and the Committee, sessions of the Committee (state party reports and concluding observations), individual complaints procedure, press releases, and the Treaty Body Database.