Good practices in legislation on violence against women
- Document number
- 2158
- Date
- 2008
- Title
- Good practices in legislation on violence against women
- Author/publisher
- United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations (UN)
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
- Keywords
- Sex tourism, Pornography, Domestic violence, Prostitution, Rape, Sexual harassment, Women's rights; Women; Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution,
- Summary
- "...Members of the expert group meeting emphasized that at the beginning of any legislative process a clear legislative goal must be defined. The goal of legislation on violence against women should be to prevent violence against women, to ensure investigation, prosecution and punishment of perpetrators, and to provide protection and support for complainants/survivors of violence..."
- Related documents