A/HRC/32/42 Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences Contents Page I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4 II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur ................................................................................................ 4 A. Reporting ................................................................................................................................. 4 B. Participation in conferences and consultations ........................................................................ 5 C. Other activities ......................................................................................................................... 8 D. Country visits ........................................................................................................................... 8 General context ................................................................................................................................ 9 III. A. Legal and policy framework: gaps in implementing the international and regional standards relating to violence against women............................................................ 9 Violence against women before conflict, in times of conflict and in postconflict situations ..................................................................................................................... 11 Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals on the elimination of violence against women and girls ..................................................................... 12 Regional human rights mechanisms ........................................................................................ 12 Thematic priorities ........................................................................................................................... 13 A. Establishment of a “femicide watch” ....................................................................................... 13 B. Protection of and services for women survivors of violence ................................................... 15 C. Code of conduct for security and police forces dealing with violence against women............ 16 D. Protecting women and girls in the context of forced displacement and refugee flows ............ 17 E. Fundamentalism, extremism and violence against women ...................................................... 18 F. Capacity-building for legal professionals and law enforcement officials on violence against women ...................................................................................................... 18 G. Online violence against women: a new challenge ................................................................... 18 H. Focus on prevention and elimination of discriminatory laws and their negative impact in perpetuating or contributing to violence against women ......................................................... 18 Working methods ............................................................................................................................. 19 A. Cooperation with other special procedures addressing violence against women..................... 19 B. Cooperation with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and other treaty bodies ................................................................................... 20 C. Cooperation within the United Nations system ....................................................................... 20 D. Cooperation with regional and national mechanisms dealing with violence against women .. 21 Conclusion and recommendations.................................................................................................... 21 B. C. D. IV. V. VI. 3