References for introduction and guiding principles

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African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol), 2003.

http://www.achpr.org/english/_info/women_en.html

 

Albania, Albanian Constitution, 1998. http://www.president.al/english/pub/doc/Albanian%20Constitution.pdf

 

ASEAN, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the ASEAN Region, 2004. http://www.aseansec.org/16189.htm

 

Belarus, Civil Code, 1999. http://www.newsby.org/documents/kodeks/kod26/index.htm

 

Belarus, Housing Code, 1999. http://www.newsby.org/documents/kodeks/kod22/index.htm

 

Belarus, Labour Code, 1999. http://www.newsby.org/documents/kodeks/kod18/index.htm

 

Belarus, Marriage and Family Code, 2008. http://www.newsby.org/documents/kodeks/kod20/index.htm

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina,Gender Equality Act 2003.

http://www.arsbih.gov.ba/Upload/SC/Zakon_o_ravnopravnosti_spolova_bih%5b1%5d.pdf

 

Buglaria, Protection Against Domestic Violence Act, 2005.

http://www.stopvaw.org/sites/3f6d15f4-c12d-4515-8544-26b7a3a5a41e/uploads/Protection_Against_Domestic_Violence_Act_BG.doc

 

Council of Europe, European Convention on Human Rights,1950. http://www.hri.org/docs/ECHR50.html

 

European Court of Human Rights, Opuz v. Turkey, 2009.

http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&documentId=851046&portal=hbkm&source=externalbydocnumber&table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649

 

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy, Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice : Resource Manual (1999). http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca/Publications/Reports/VAWMANUA.PDF

 

International Conference of American States, American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man, 1948.

http://www.escr-net.org/resources_more/resources_more_show.htm?doc_id=425903&parent_id=425906

 

International Criminal Court, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 2002.

http://untreaty.un.org/cod/icc/statute/romefra.htm

 

Organization of American States, Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women, 1994.

http://www.oas.org/cim/english/convention%20violence%20against%20women.htm

 

StopVAW, http://www.stopvaw.org/, retrieved 2010.

 

United Kingdom, Equality Act, 2010. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2010/pdf/ukpga_20100015_en.pdf

 

United Nations, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,1984.

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/h2catoc.htm

 

United Nations, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/text/econvention.htm

 

United Nations, Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1990. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm

 

United Nations, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 1994.

http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/(symbol)/a.res.48.104.en

 

United Nations, General Assembly Resolution 61/143, 2007.

http://www.iccnow.org/documents/GA61_ViolenceAgainstWomen_19Dec06.pdf

 

United Nations, General Assembly Resolution 62/133, 2008.

http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/471/75/PDF/N0747175.pdf?OpenElement

 

United Nations, General Assembly Resolution 63/155, 2009.

http://www.iom.int/jahia/webdav/shared/shared/mainsite/policy_and_research/un/63/A_RES_63_155_EN.pdf


United Nations, Geneva Declaration on the Rights of the Child, 1948. http://www.un-documents.net/gdrc1924.htm

 

United Nations, Human Rights Committee, General Comment 28, 2000.

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/gencomm/hrcom28.htm


United Nations, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1976.

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/b3ccpr.htm

 

United Nations, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1976.

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm

 

United Nations, Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (1997).

http://www.un.org/ga/documents/gares52/res5286.htm

 

United Nations, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 2000.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/protocol/

 

United Nations, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (2000).

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc-sale.htm

 

United Nations, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 2000.

http://www.uncjin.org/Documents/Conventions/dcatoc/final_documents_2/convention_%20traff_eng.pdf

 

United Nations, Security Council Resolution 1325, 2000.

http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N00/720/18/PDF/N0072018.pdf?OpenElement

 

United Nations, Security Council Resolution 1820, 2008.

http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N08/391/44/PDF/N0839144.pdf?OpenElement

 

United Nations, Security Council Resolution 1888, 2009.

http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/534/46/PDF/N0953446.pdf?OpenElement

 

United Nations, Security Council Resolution 1889, 2009.

http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/542/55/PDF/N0954255.pdf?OpenElement

 

United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948.  http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/

 

United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Report of the Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting to Review and Update the Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, March 2009. http://www.unodc.org/documents/eastasiaandpacific/2009/03/IGE/IEGM_report.pdf

 

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, A.T. v. Hungary, 2003.

 

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation No. 12, 1989.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/protocol/decisions-views/CEDAW%20Decision%20on%20AT%20vs%20Hungary%20English.pdf

 

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation No. 19, 1992.

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/recommendations/recomm.htm

 

United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Report on Mexico produced by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women under article 8 of the Optional Protocol of the Convention, and reply from the Government of Mexico (2005).

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/cedaw32/CEDAW-C-2005-OP.8-MEXICO-E.pdf

 

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for the Advancement of Women, Handbook for legislation on violence against women, 2009. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/handbook/Handbook%20for%20legislation%20on%20violence%20against%20women.pdf

 

United Nations Development Program, A Compendium of International Standards, from Drafting Gender-Aware Legislation:  How to Promote and Protect Gender Equality in Central and Eastern Europe and in the Commonwealth of Independent States, (2003). http://europeandcis.undp.org/gender/show/67CA99C8-F203-1EE9-B3D3B9C542E18404

 

United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Good practices in legislation on “harmful practices” against women, (2010).

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/egm/vaw_legislation_2009/Report%20EGM%20harmful%20practices.pdf

 

United Nations Secretary-General, In-Depth Study on All Forms of Violence against Women, 2006. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/SGstudyvaw.htm

 

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, 15 Years of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Its Causes and Consequences, 2009. http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/women/rapporteur/docs/15YearReviewofVAWMandate.pdf.

 

United States National Advisory Council on Ending Violence Against Women and the Violence Against Women Office, The Toolkit to End Violence Against Women (2001). http://www.ncjrs.gov/app/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=206041