Ulrich, Jennifer

Confronting Gender-Based Violence With International Instruments: Is a Solution to the Pandemic Within Reach?

This note discusses violence against women on a global scale. In order to determine the potential of international instruments to eliminate gender-based violence, the author compares the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women.