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Mandate
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The
mandate of the Special Rapporteur requires her to report on an annual
basis to the UN Human Rights Commission. She is required to seek and
receive information from governments, inter-governmental bodies and
women's organisations on violence against women, respond effectively
to such information, and undertake missions. The Special Rapporteur
has to recommend measures at international, regional and national
level to eliminate violence against women and its causes, and to remedy
its consequences. The Secretary General was requested to provide the
Special Rapporteur with the required staff and resources to effectively
carry out her mandate.
The mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, which
is global in focus, substantively separates her work into three areas:
- Violence
against women in the family (including domestic violence, traditional
practice, infanticide etc)
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Violence against women in the community (including rape, sexual
assault, sexual harassment, trafficking in women etc)
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Violence against women perpetrated or condoned by the state, (including
violence against women in detention and custodial violence, as
well as violence against women in situations of armed conflict.
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