International Legal Instruments

Council of Europe

· Council of Europe Recommendation Rec (2002) 5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the protection of violence against women

· Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [ETS No. 005] (4 November 1950)

· Protocol No.12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [ETS No. 177] (4 November 2000)

· European Social Charter [ETS No. 35] (18 October)

· Revised European Social Charter [ETS No. 163] (3 May 1996)

· Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings [ETS No. 197] (16 May 2005)

· Recommendation No.R (2000) 11 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on action against trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation

· 3^rd European Ministerial Conference on equality between women and men
Strategies for the elimination of violence against women in society: the media and other means, declarations and resolutions, Rome, 21-22 October 1993

· Final Declaration and Action Plan adopted during the Third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe (Warsaw, 16-17 May 2005)

· 6^th European Ministerial Conference on equality between women and men: human rights and economic challenges in Europe – Gender equality, Stockholm, 8-9 June 2006

United Nations

· Secretary-General’s in-depth study on violence against women

· The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (18 December 1979)

· CEDAW Committee General Recommendation No.19 on Violence against Women

· Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 4-15 September 1995)

· Vienna Declaration and Programme for Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna, 14-25 June 1993)

· Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women

· Human Rights Commission Resolution 2005/41 of 19 April 2005