| mandate |
Violence against women, its causes and consequences:
- ·in the family – including battering, sexual abuse of female children in the household, dowry-related violence, marital rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women
- ·in the community – including rape, sexual abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women and forced prostitution
- ·as perpetrated or condoned by the state – including during times of armed conflict.
|
| mandate created |
1994 |
| mandate expires/ is due for renewal |
2003 |
| type of mandate |
thematic/reporting |
| reports to |
Commission on Human Rights |
| current post holder |
Ms Radhika Coomaraswamy (Sri Lanka) |
| un address |
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais des Nations United Nations 8 -14 Avenue de la Paix 1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland |
| submissions by |
October |
| assistant’s name |
Ms Christina SAUNDERS |
| ROOM NUMBER |
3-042 |
| telephone |
00 41 22 917 9150 |
| fax |
00 41 22 917 9006 |
| e-mail |
csaunders.hchr@unog.ch |
| relevant un leaflet(s) |
Discrimination against Women: the Convention and the Committee Fact Sheet No. 22 Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children Fact Sheet No.23 |
| further reading |
The following reports: E/CN.4/1995/42 E/CN.4/1996/53 and Add.1 and Add.2 E/CN.4/1999/54 E/CN.4/1999/68 and Add.4 E/CN.4/2001/68 and Add. 1 – 5 E/CN.4/2001/73 and Add. 1 – 2 Also, reports by the Special Rapporteur on Systematic Rape, Sexual Slavery and Slavery-like Practices during Armed Conflict and the Special Rapporteur on the Situation regarding the Elimination of Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and the Girl Child |
| other remarks |
See also committee on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women commission on the status of women |
