A/HRC/41/42 Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur .......................................................................... 3 III. Twenty-five years of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences: an analysis of its evolution, current challenges and the way forward – contribution to the 25-year review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ................................................................................................................. 5 A. Reflection on the new and persisting challenges the global women’s rights movement faces and its impact on the work of the Special Rapporteur ............................... 5 International framework on women’s human rights and violence against women and the expanding role of the mandate ........................................................................................ 6 Evolution of the mandate: from standard-setting to consolidation and implementation strategies ............................................................................................................................... 12 D. Response by the mandate holder to the need to develop strategies for implementation ....... 14 E. Ending violence against women: a call for a system-wide approach .................................... 16 Conclusion and recommendations ................................................................................................. 18 B. C. IV. 2