This article provides a brief synopsis of the international legal framework addressing violence against women.
It is not intended to be exhaustive but will address some of the key legal documents and instruments and consider their current force and application in English law.
There are now several international legal instruments that are binding or persuasive in our jurisdiction. That said, the journey toward recognition in law of the issue of violence against women at the international level and efforts to establish legal instruments to tackle it has been long and arduous and, is not yet ended.
Starting in the aftermath of World War II and as prodigious efforts to establish and codify human rights were underway the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was established in 1946, ...
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