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Ad Hoc Committee on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (CAHVIO)
   
Convention  
NEW: Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence  
NEW: Explanatory Memorandum to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence  
   

Working documents

  
• Draft Explanatory Memorandum to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - CAHVIO (2011) 7 FIN  
• Draft Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - CAHVIO (2011) 5  
• Meeting report 9th meeting - CAHVIO (2011) 8  
• Meeting report 8th meeting - CAHVIO (2010) 27 rev.  
• Meeting report 7th meeting - CAHVIO (2010) 21 rev. bis  
• Meeting report 6th meeting - CAHVIO (2010) 18  
• Meeting report 5th meeting - CAHVIO (2010) 11  
• Corrigendum to the meeting report - CAHVIO (2010) 3  
• Meeting report 4th meeting - CAHVIO (2010) 1 rev.  
•  Meeting report 3rd meeting - CAHVIO (2009) 34 rev.  
•  Draft Convention on preventing and combating violence against women including domestic violence - CAHVIO (2009) 32 prov.  
•  Interim report - CAHVIO (2009) 4 FIN  
•  Meeting report 2nd meeting - CAHVIO (2009) 31  
• Meeting report 1st meeting - CAHVIO (2009) 5  
• Case law ECHR - CAHVIO (2009) 10  
• Typology protection of women - CAHVIO (2009) 11  
• Sexual violence and armed conflict - CAHVIO (2009) 12  
• Typology of domestic violence laws in Council of Europe member states - a preliminary overview  - CAHVIO (2009) 13  
   

• Elements for discussion - CAVHIO (2009) 3

  
• Synopsis of main decisions - CAHVIO (2009) 6  
• Monitoring mechanisams within the Council of Europe - CAHVIO (2009) 7  

• Compilation of international legal instruments (this 160 page document is the only document which will be available for participants on the day of the first meeting)

  
• Addendum to Compilation of international legal instruments  
   
 Contributions  
• Women’s NGOs call on the Council of Europe to move towards a strong instrument on Violence against Women - European Policy Action Centre on Violence Against Women (EPACVAW)  
• UNHCR comments to the first Meeting of the Ad hoc Committee on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (6 – 8 April 2009)  
• Drafting of a Council of Europe convention : PACE contribution  
• The European Union's main instruments and actions to combat violence against women  
• Submission to the Council of Europe Ad Hoc Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence: The need to ensure that the Convention on violence against women addresses effectively the obligation of member states to prevent and combat violence against lesbian, bisexual and transgender women (ILGA - Europe, 8 September 2009)  
• Amnesty International, Council of Europe Don't Waste this Opportunity: Make the Right Choices on the Convention on Violence Against Women. AI Index IOR 61/014/2010 3 August 2010  
   
Background documents  
• United Nations good practices in legislation on violence against women  
• Other background documents  
   
Case law  
• Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights - Opuz v. Turkey