Violence against women
The recognition and respect throughout Europe for the equal dignity and
integrity of both women and men are major objectives of the Council of
Europe. Practices which may be qualified as torture or inhuman or degrading
treatment and to which women are preponderantly exposed by virtue of their
sex, such as physical violence, rape, genital and sexual mutilation, traffic
in women and girls are still common and have dramatically increased in some
areas, both in quantity and intensity.
Violence against women is a serious obstacle to equality between women
and men, and perpetuates inequality.
Since 1993, the Council of Europe has made the combat against violence
one of its priorities.
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against
women and domestic violence
Convention
Explanatory memorandum
The Council of Europe is currently preparing a convention on preventing
and combating violence against women and domestic violence, which will set
legally binding standards in this field.
Link to website Ad hoc Committee on preventing and combatting violence
against and domestic violence (CAHVIO)
Information brochure: Working
towards a convention on preventing and combating violence against women and
domestic violence
From 2006-2008, the Council of Europe ran a Campaign to combat
violence against women, including domestic violence
Link to the website Council of Europe Campaign to combat violence against
women, including domestic violence
Resulting document : EG-TFV (2008) 5 rev
1
Final Activity Report
Proposals for future action of the Council of Europe and its member States
to prevent and combat violence against women
Factsheet on combating violence against women
Recommendation (2002) 5
Recommendation Rec(2002)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member States
on the protection of women against violence adopted on 30 April 2002 and
Explanatory Memorandum
Non-official translations
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CDEG (2010) 12
Protecting women against violence
Analytical study of the results of the third round of monitoring the
implementation of Recommendation Rec (2002)5 on the protection of women
against violence in Council of Europe member states
CDEG (2008) 2 rev
Protecting women against violence Analytical study on the effective implementation of Recommendation of the
second round of monitoring Rec (2002) 5 on the protection of women against
violence in Council of Europe member states
CDEG (2007) 3
Protecting women against violence Analytical study on the effective implementation of Recommendation Rec(2002) 5 on the protection of women against women violence in Council
of Europe member states
CDEG (2006) 3
Combating violence against women
Stocktaking study on the measures and actions taken in the Council of
Europe member states
EG (2009) 3
Vol
I (Armenia to Lithuania) / Vol II
(Moldova to United-Kingdom) / French
only (Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland)
Legislation in the member States of the Council of Europe in the field of
violence against women
European Court of Human Rights Chamber judgment - Opuz v. Turkey
EG-VAW-DC (2008) Study
Administrative data collection on domestic violence in Council of Europe
member states
EG-VAW-CONF (2007) Study rev
Combatting violence against women : Minimum standards for support services
CDEG (2005) 1
Forced marriages in Council of Europe member states
EG-SEM-MV (2005) Proceedings
Violence within the family: the place and role of men
EG-S-MV (2004) RAP FIN rev
Implementation of and Follow-up to Recommendation Rec(2002)5 on the
Protection of Women against Violence
EG (2004) 5
Violence against women Compilation of the main texts of the Council of Europe since 1995
EG-SEM-MV (2004) Proceedings
Therapeutic treatment of men perpetrators of violence within the family
Seminar proceedings
EG-SEM-MV (2003) Proceedings
Measures dealing with men perpetrators of domestic violence
EG-SEM-VIO (1999) 21
Seminar men and violence against women
Proceedings
EG-BUC (1999) 1
Ending domestic violence : action and mesures
Proceedings of the Forum
EG-S-VL (1998) 1
Summary of the Plan of Action to combat violence against women
EG-S-VL (97) 1
Final report of activities of the Group of specialists for combating
violence against women (EG-S-VL), including a Plan of Action for combating
violence against women
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