Special Rapporteur on VAW: Violence against women in the family

UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

Thematic Report

The present report focuses on States’ compliance with their international obligations with respect to domestic violence, specifically in terms of the 1996 report of the Special Rapporteur on violence in the family (E/CN.4/1996/53). In that report, the Special Rapporteur set forth 10 general and 23 specific recommendations to guide State action with respect to violence against women in the family.