Domestic Violence

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98 Crime prevention and criminal justice, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1985–1991

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/45/114

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/45/114	Domestic violence	—	—
1985	A/RES/40/36	Domestic violence	851	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Administration of Justice Agenda Child Abuse Crime Victims Data Collection Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter Gender-Based Violence Information Dissemination Laws and Regulations Legal Remedies Research Right to Privacy Social Policy Social Welfare Technical Training

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

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Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of women as victims of crime;80 2.

Invites Member States concerned to take specific action urgently in order to prevent domestic violence and to render the appropriate assistance to the victims thereof;

Requests the Secretary-General to intensify research on domestic violence from a criminological perspective to formulate distinct action-oriented strategies that could serve as a basis for policy formulation and to report thereon to the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders;

Requests the Economic and Social Council to invite the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control to examine the problem of domestic violence;

Urges all relevant United Nations bodies, agencies and institutes to collaborate with the Secretary-General in ensuring a concerted and sustained effort to combat this problem;

Invites the Eighth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders to consider the problem of domestic violence under a separate agenda item dealing with domestic violence;

Invites Member States to adopt specific measures with a view to making the criminal and civil justice system more sensitive in its response to domestic violence, including the following:

To introduce, if not already in existence, civil and criminal legislation in order to deal with particular problems of domestic violence, and to enact and enforce such laws in order to protect battered family members and punish the offender and to offer alternative ways of treatment for offenders, according to the type of violence;

To respect, in all instances of the criminal proceeding, starting with the police investigation, the special and sometimes delicate position of the victim, in particular in the manner in which the victim is treated;

To initiate preventive measures, such as providing support and counselling to families, in order to improve their ability to create a non-violent environment, emphasizing principles of education, equality of rights and equality of responsibilities between women and men, their pannership and the peaceful resolution of conflicts;

To inform the public, as necessary, through all available channels, about serious acts of violence perpetrated against children, in order to create public awareness of this problem;

To deliver appropriate, specialized assistance to victims of domestic violence, as an integral part of social policy;

(I) To provide, as a temporary solution, shelters and other facilities and services for the safety of victims of domestic violence:

To provide specialized training and units for those who deal in some capacity with victims of domestic violence;

To initiate or intensify research and collect data on the background, extent and types of domestic violence;

To make legal remedies to domestic violence more accessible and, in view of the criminogenic effects of the phenomenon, in particular on young victims, to give due consideration to the interests of society by maintaining a balance between intervention and the protection of pnvacy;

To ensure that social welfare and health administration systems are engaged more intensely in providing assistance to victims of familial violence and abuses, and to make all efforts to co-ordinate social welfare and criminal justice measures.

96th plenar)' meeting

29 November 1985

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States should consider incorporating into the national law norms proscribing abuses of power and providing remedies to victims of such abuses. In particular, such remedies should include restitution and/or compensation, and necessary material, medical, psychological and social assistance and support.

States should consider negotiating multilateral international treaties relating to victims, as defined in paragraph 18.

States should periodically review existing legislation and practices to ensure their responsiveness to changing circumstances, should enact and enforce, if necessary, legislation proscribing acts that constitute serious abuses of political or economic power, as well as promoting policies and mechanisms for the prevention of such acts, and should develop and make readily available appropriate rights and remedies for victims of such acts.

76 Resolution 40/33, annex.

79 See Report oft he World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achieve- 77 NCONF.12117.

ments of the United Natwns Decade for Women: Equality, Development and 78NCONF.121/IPM/l, sect. II.

Peace, Nairohi, 15-26 July /98.' (United Nations publication. Sales No E.85.IV. I0). chap. I. sect. A.

80 NC'ONF 121/lh 81 A/401707, anon

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