title: Overview of international human rights standards and other agreements and responses of the judicial system to violence against women.
abstract: This paper describes how violence against women has become part of the United Nations agenda. It focuses on violence as a human rights issue, analyzing the mechanisms and agreements relevant to addressing it. It also looks at implementation at a national level, focusing on national legislation and responses of the judicial system.
authors.affiliation: UNIFEM, New York, NY, USA. roxanna.carillo@undp.org
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carrillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017579:Domestic Violence; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006806:Human Rights / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D014480:United Nations; D014754:Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016387:Women's Health