Reference:
U.N. Doc A/HRC/11/6/Add5 (May 27, 2009) (Delivered at the 11th Session of the Human Rights
Annotation:
This Human Rights Council (Council) report
provides a critical analysis of the
efforts of the Special Rapporteur on
violence against women. There are four
main spheres that are recognized (the
family, the community, violence
perpetrated or condoned by the State, and
the transnational arena), and within these
spheres, the report specifically focuses
on domestic violence, harmful and
culturally justified practices that are
violent to or subordinate women, and
health rights of women and how they relate
to violence against women. The report
also addresses States' compliance,
implementation and accountability with
respect to their legal obligations in
addressing violence against women. It
discusses various conceptual shifts that
have occurred with respect to the adoption
of the due diligence standards by States,
as well as a shift in focus towards
empowerment initiatives, such as
education, health and gender equality
requirements. The report also looks at the
Special Rapporteurs work in the area of
preventing cultural practices, such as
female genital mutilation, that persist in
societies despite their illegality. It
then describes the intersectional
framework adopted with regard to
discrimination and the continuum of
violence.