A/HRC/17/22 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 9 March 2011 Original: English Human Rights Council Seventeenth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report on the expert workshop: “The elimination of all forms of violence against women – challenges, good practices and opportunities” (Geneva, 24–25 November 2010) Summary The present report contains a summary of discussions of the expert workshop entitled “The elimination of all forms of violence against women – challenges, good practices and opportunities”, which was held in Geneva on 24 and 25 November 2010, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 11/2 on “Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women”. The programme of work and list of panellists at the workshop can be found in annexes I and II. GE.11-11681