A/HRC/35/30/Add.3 Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, on her mission to Argentina* Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. General context ............................................................................................................................. 3 III. Manifestations of violence against women, its causes and consequences ..................................... 4 A. Femicides or gender-related killings of women .................................................................... 4 B. Violence against women, including domestic violence ........................................................ 5 C. Sexual violence, including rape ............................................................................................ 6 D. Sexual harassment ................................................................................................................ 6 E. Sexual education, legal abortion, early pregnancy and maternal mortality .......................... 7 F. Specific groups at risk .......................................................................................................... 8 Incorporation and implementation of international and regional frameworks on violence against women ........................................................................................................... 11 A. International framework on violence against women and human rights ............................... 11 B. Regional framework on violence and human rights ............................................................. 12 C. United Nations monitoring mechanisms ............................................................................... 12 State responsibility and measures to address violence against women ......................................... 13 A. Legislative framework .......................................................................................................... 13 B. Policy framework.................................................................................................................. 16 C. Institutional framework: national machinery and independent institutions .......................... 16 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 17 IV. V. VI. * Circulated in language of submission and in Spanish only. 2