A/HRC/17/23 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 14/12, in which the Council requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to “prepare a compilation of good practices in efforts aimed at preventing violence against women, in consultation with the Special Rapporteur [on violence against women, its causes and consequences], States, civil society and other relevant stakeholders, and to present a report thereon” at its seventeenth session. Two notes verbales were sent to States, United Nations agencies, national human rights institutions and civil society organizations on 28 June 2010 and 11 August 2010 respectively, soliciting input to inform the report. Written contributions were received from 42 States1, one observer2, seven United Nations agencies and entities3, two national human rights institutions4 and 36 civil society organizations and other institutions, groups or individuals5. Submissions can be viewed under “documentation” on the main page for women’s rights and gender of the OHCHR website (see www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/ListOfIssues.aspx). 2. The report is structured as follows: in section II, the High Commissioner provides a comprehensive summary analysis of the replies received from stakeholders, drawing upon and referring to the many examples of good practices. The examples cited are not exhaustive but are aimed at providing a good overview of the practices reported. The section is organized around three categories: legal measures, policy measures and operational measures. In section III the High Commissioner identifies some of the major 1 2 3 4 5 Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Panama, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. European Union. Division for the Advancement of Women (now part of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNFPA-Armenia, UNFPA-Tajikistan, UN-Women-Georgia, UN-Women-Tajikistan, World Food Programme. Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Malawi Human Rights Commission. Aboriginal Women’s Support Center (Canada), Against Violence and Abuse (United Kingdom), Associação de Mulheres Contra a Violencia (Portugal), Association Filactions (France), Cambridge Education @ Islington (United Kingdom), Campagne “Nous pouvons” (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Canadian Federation of University Women, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Bangladesh), Federación de Mujeres Cubanas, Femmes Solidaires (France), Fondation SURGIR (Switzerland), Fondazione Pangea Onlus (Italy), Fundación para el Desarrollo Integral de la Mujer y la Familia (Panama), Garance ASBL (Belgium), Global Action on Widowhood, Human Rights Watch, Gulrukhsor Women’s Center (Tajikistan), Independent Commission for People’s Rights and Development (India), Instituto Mora (Mexico), Interfaith Center of New York, Jeanne Sarson and Linda MacDonald, Lois Moorcroft (Advisory Committee member representing Yukon women’s groups), Oxfam Solidarity (Belgium), Podrugi Crisis Center (Kazakhstan), Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children (South Africa), Sin by Silence documentary movement (United States of America), SWAYAM (India), Teatro Cabaret Reinas Chulas (Mexico), Terah Against Terror (Kenya), Tiye International (Netherlands), Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (Australia), White Ribbon Campaign (Ecuador), White Ribbon Campaign (United Kingdom), Women Prisoners Welfare Society (Pakistan), Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council. 3