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
· 3rd 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)
· 6th 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