A/HRC/30/70 I. Introduction 1. On 19 June 2015, the Human Rights Council convened its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women, pursuant to resolutions 6/30, 23/25, 26/15 and 29/14. The discussion consisted of two panels. The first focused on eliminating and preventing domestic violence against women and girls. The second addressed women’s human rights and participation in power and decision-making. 2. The current report summarizes the discussion under those two themes. It sets out the main issues raised, together with the conclusions and recommendations. II. Panel one: eliminating and preventing domestic violence against women and girls 3. The panel on eliminating and preventing domestic violence against women and girls was moderated by the General Secretary of the World Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) and African Union Goodwill Ambassador for Ending Child Marriage, Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda. It was composed of the Minister on the Status of Women and Women’s Rights of Haiti, Marie Yves Rose Morquette Myrtil; representative of the Government of Spain for issues related to gender-based violence Blanca Hernández Oliver; founder and head of Aliansi Laki-Laki Baru, Indonesia, and Member of the Secretary-General’s UNiTE Network of Men Leaders to End Violence against Women, Nur Hasyim; Director ad interim of the Policy Division, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), Begoña Lasagabaster; professor and researcher at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte university, Tijuana, Mexico, Julia Estela Monárrez Fragoso; and Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Sven Pfeiffer. A. Statement by the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights 4. In her opening remarks, the Deputy High Commissioner said that it had taken years of struggle to frame domestic violence as a human rights violation. She noted that gender and ideological stereotypes that require women’s obedience to their husbands and fathers had sustained the idea that domestic violence was a private matter in which the State could not interfere. She said that at the heart of violence lay the belief that men—fathers, husbands, brothers—had an entitlement over women and a right, or even a responsibility, to control their behaviour or protect their “honour”. 5. She welcomed the considerable normative developments at the international, regional and national levels that had been developed around the issue. Nonetheless, one in three women in the world would experience violence during the course of her life and in 2012 alone, half of all female murder victims had been killed by family members or intimate partners, compared with only 6 per cent of male murder victims. 6. The Deputy High Commissioner called for comprehensive interventions that addressed both the causes and the impact of domestic violence. She highlighted four areas where State action was crucial. First, in addressing discriminatory legislation; including constitutionally recognizing equality between men and women in all spheres of life and prohibiting marital rape. Second, the need for effective prosecution of perpetrators and measures for strengthened prosecution not only to ensure accountability but also as a way to challenge the social acceptance of domestic violence. She said that effective access to 3