Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls, Its Causes and Consequences

A/HRC/RES/50/7View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2022.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Crime Prevention Gender Equality Gender-Based Violence Girls Special Rapporteurs Women

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences;²

²See A/HRC/50/26.

Decides to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period of three years under the title of Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, on the same terms provided for by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 41/17 of 12 July 2019, and to additionally request the Special Rapporteur to examine the specific ways that girls are impacted by violence, taking care to avoid duplication, and to continue to collaborate with relevant United Nations mechanisms and special procedure mandate holders;

Calls upon all States to cooperate fully with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of the Special Rapporteur’s tasks, to provide all necessary information requested by the Special Rapporteur, and to consider favourably the Special Rapporteur’s requests for visits and for implementing recommendations;

Encourages relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, in particular the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations trust fund in support of actions to eliminate violence against women, the Commission on the Status of Women, the treaty bodies and the special procedure mandate holders, within their respective mandates, and civil society actors, including non-governmental organizations, as well as the private sector, to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the fulfilment of the mandate;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the assistance necessary to fulfil the mandate effectively, including through country visits, in particular by placing adequate human, financial and material resources at the Special Rapporteur’s disposal;

Reaffirms its decision to continue its consideration of the issue of the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls as a matter of high priority, in conformity with its programme of work, at its fifty-third session.

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