UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

The Report of the special reporter was on Violence Against Women, its causes and consequences, Mrs Radhika Commaraswamy, presented under resolution 2001/49 of the Human Rights Commission, additional admission to Colombia (1-7 November, 2001), 58th Period of Sessions (E/CN.4/2002/83/Add.3). Click to read file

* Final report of Radhika Coomaraswamy as as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, presented to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights at Session 59 on April 9, 2003.  Analysis of developments in the area of Violence Against Women at international, regional and national level (E/CN.4/2003/75/Add.1). Click to read file Click to read file

* Access to other reports by the Special Rapporteur (in Spanish, English and French)
click to read file:

Click to read file. Link 1

Click to read file. Link 2

INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Report on the Inter-american Human Rights Commission, women in the context of violence and discrimination derived from the armed conflict in Colombia, based on observations made during an  on-the-spot visit to Colombia by the then Rapporteur on women's rights Susana Villarán. Click to read file.

UNIFEM www.unifem.org

Women, War and Peace, The Independent Experts Assessment On The Impact Of Armed Conflict On Women And Women's Role In Peace-Building. Click to read file

* Gateway on women, peace and security (in English) created by Unifem, to promote a systematic flow of accurate and updated information on the impact of armed conflict on women, the role of women in peace building and the local and international actors working in these areas".  LIMPAL has formed part of this project, and contribute to the Gateway with updated information on these issues. Click to read file.

BRIDGE

Material on gender and armed conflict produced by the development studies Institute of University of Sussex, UK (in Spanish, English and French)

General report on gender and armed conflict (Amani El Jack 2003)
Supporting Resources Collection (Emma Bell and Lata Narayanaswamy)

Bulletin "En Breve" on gender and armed conflict

Click to read file.

WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM  – LIMPAL

www.peacewomen.org/

www.peacewomen.org/resources/Colombia/colombiaindex.html

WOMEN IN BLACK  http://wib.matriz.net/

PNUD: INFORME NACIONAL DE DESARROLLO HUMANO 2003 “CALLEJÓN CON SALIDA”. Click to read file.

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: WOMEN AND ARMED CONFLICT; INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE. Click to read file.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Colombia, bodies branded, crimes silenced.  Sexual violence against women in the framework of armed conflict. Click to read file.

* “Stop Violence Against Women”

SAVE THE CHILDREN:
* “Wars against women and children. The ones you know about and the ones you don´t”

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS:

* Women and Warm. Click to read file.

OBSERVATORIO DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS DE LAS MUJERES EN COLOMBIA: (In Spanish)www.observatoriomujeresyderechos.org/

OFFICE IN COLOMBIA OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: www.hchr.org.co