A/HRC/44/52/Add.1 Annex Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and its consequences, on her visit to Bulgaria Contents Page 2 I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. General context ............................................................................................................................. 3 III. Incorporation of the international and regional framework on violence against women .............. 5 IV. State response and measures to address violence against women ................................................. 6 V. National machinery and independent human rights institutions.................................................... 9 VI. Manifestations of violence against women, its causes and consequences ..................................... 12 VII. Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 16