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Council of Europe Campaign to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence Proceedings

Launching Conference

Madrid, 27 November 2006

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Council of Europe Campaign to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence

Launching conference Madrid, 27 November 2006 Proceedings

Campagne du Conseil de l’Europe pour combattre la violence à l’égard des femmes, y compris la violence domestique

Conférence de lancement Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 Actes

Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs, Council of Europe June 2007 Gender Equality and Anti-Trafficking Division Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs Council of Europe F-67075 Strasbourg

Printed at the Council of Europe Contents

INTRODUCTION Council of Europe Campaign to Combat Violence against Campagne du Conseil de l’Europe pour combattre la Women, including Domestic Violence … p. 9 violence à l’égard des femmes, y compris la violence domestique … p. 10

PROGRAMME OF THE LAUNCHING CONFERENCE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Programme … p. 12

PROGRAMME DE LA CONFÉRENCE DE LANCEMENT CAMPAGNE DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE POUR COMBATTRE LA VIOLENCE À L’ÉGARD DES FEMMES, Y COMPRIS LA VIOLENCE DOMESTIQUE Programme … p. 16

OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE Words of welcome by Mr Juan José Lucas, Second Vice- Opening of the conference by Mr Terry Davis, Secretary President of the Senate, Spain … p. 23 General, Council of Europe … p. 25

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: SITUATION IN COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER STATES Keynote speech: Ms Carol Hagemann-White, Professor, Faculty of General Pedagogy and Gender Studies, University of Osnabrück, Germany … p. 29

SUPPORT AND PROTECTION OF VICTIMS Address: Ms Rosemarie Zapfl-Helbling, Vice-Chairperson Speech: Ms Nimet Çubukçu, State Minister for Women of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and and Family Affairs, Turkey … p. 38 Men of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Speech: Ms Darinka Stantcheva, Member of the Europe … p. 35 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe … p. 40 Keynote speech: Mr Thomas Hammarberg, Speech: Ms Sandra Barnes, Member of the Congress of Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe … p. 42 … p. 36

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INNOVATIVE LEGAL AND POLICY MEASURES TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – DATA COLLECTION AS A PREREQUISITE FOR EFFECTIVE POLICIES Address: Ms Dubravka Šimonović, Chairperson of the Speech: Ms Soledad Murillo, Secretary General on Equal Council of Europe Task Force to Combat Violence against Opportunities, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Women, including Domestic Violence … p. 47 Spain … p. 55 Keynote speech: Ms Tuula Haatainen, Minister for Social Allocution : M. Jean-Guy Branger, Membre de l’Assemblée Affairs and Health, Finland … p. 49 parlementaire, Conseil de l’Europe … p. 57 Speech: Ms Donatella Linguiti, Secretary of State, Speech: Ms Genoveva Tisheva, Managing Director, Ministry for Rights and Equal Opportunities, Italy … p. 51 Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, Bulgaria … p. 59 Speech: Ms Meg Munn, Deputy Minister for Women and Speech: Ms Sylvia Walby, Professor, Sociology Equality, United Kingdom … p. 53 Department, Lancaster University, United Kingdom … p. 61

SOLEMN LAUNCHING CEREMONY Welcoming address by Mr Francisco Javier Rojo García, Allocution : M. Fiorenzo Stolfi, Président du Comité des President of the Senate, Spain … p. 65 Ministres, Conseil de l’Europe … p. 71 Address by Mr René van der Linden, President of the Address by Mr Terry Davis, Secretary General, Council of Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe … p. 67 Europe … p. 73 Address by Mr Ian Micallef, President of the Chamber of Allocution : M. Terry Davis, Secrétaire Général, Conseil Local Authorities of the Congress of Local and Regional de l’Europe … p. 75 Authorities, Council of Europe … p. 69 Address by Mr José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister, Spain … p. 77

CHANGING ATTITUDES TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Address: Mr Pēteris Elferts, Ambassador Extraordinary Speech: Ms Jadranka Kosor, Deputy Prime Minister and and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Latvia to Minister of Family, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergenerational the Council of Europe, Thematic Co-ordinator on Gender Solidarity, Croatia … p. 87 Equality of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Speech: Ms Susana Camarero Benítez, Member of the Europe … p. 83 Congress of Deputies, Spain … p. 89 Keynote speech: Ms Yakin Etürk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and Speech: Ms Isabel Llinàs, Director of the Women’s consequences … p. 84 Institute of the Balearic Islands, Spain … p. 91 Speech: Ms Karine Henrotte-Forsberg, Representative of the Conference of INGOs enjoying participatory status with the Council of Europe … p. 93

UNITED IN COMBATING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Keynote speech: Ms Widney Brown, Senior Director, Speech: Ms María Antonia Martínez García, Member of International Law, Policy and Campaigns, Amnesty the Senate, Co-rapporteur of the Inter-Parliamentary International … p. 97 Union on “How parliaments can and must promote Allocution : Mme Catherine Vautrin, Ministre déléguée à la effective ways of combating violence against women in all cohésion sociale et à la parité, France … p. 100 fields”, Spain … p. 102

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Speech: Mr Ramón Ropero Mancera, Member of the Speech: Ms Hijran Huseynova, Chairperson of the State Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues, Europe … p. 105 Azerbaijan … p. 107

CLOSING SESSION Allocution de clôture : M. Philippe Boillat, Directeur Allocution de clôture : Mme Minodora Cliveti, Présidente général des droits de l’homme, Conseil de l’Europe de la Commission sur l’égalité des chances pour les femmes … p. 111 et les hommes de l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de p. 115 Closing speech: Mr Philippe Boillat, Director General of l’Europe … Human Rights, Council of Europe … p. 113 Closing speech: Mr Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Spain … p. 117

PARTICIPANTS List of participants/Liste des participant(e)s … p. 119

BLUEPRINT OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CAMPAIGN Blueprint of the Campaign to Combat Violence against Programme de la Campagne pour combattre la violence à Women, including Domestic Violence, prepared by the l’égard des femmes, y compris la violence domestique, Task Force to Combat Violence against Women, including préparé par la Task Force pour combattre la violence à domestic violence (EG-TFV) and adopted by the l’égard des femmes, y compris la violence domestique (EG- Committee of Ministers on 21 June 2006 … p. 133 TFV) et adopté par le Comité des Ministres le 21 juin 2006 … p. 139

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Introduction blank Page The Launching Conference of the experts in the field of preventing and Council of Council of Europe Campaign to combating violence against women Combat Violence against Women, in- developed the Blueprint for the Cam- Europe cluding Domestic Violence, was held paign, which was subsequently ap- on 27 November 2006 in the Spanish proved by the Committee of Ministers Campaign Senate in Madrid. All Council of of the Council of Europe on 21 June Europe member states, except Arme- 2006. This document serves as a to Combat nia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herze- roadmap for implementation of the govina, Liechtenstein, Poland and Campaign and contains a definition of Violence against Switzerland were represented. The violence against women, as well as following states attended as observ- Campaign aims, objectives, messages Women, ers: Canada, Holy See and Mexico. and activities to implement the Cam- including In all, over 400 participants at- paign. tended the conference, including The Campaign consists of three di- Domestic deputy prime ministers, ministers, mensions: intergovernmental, parlia- deputy ministers, state secretaries and mentary and local and regional. It is Violence high-level civil servants, parliamen- carried out by the Council of Europe tarians and representatives of local as well as its member states, in part- and regional authorities dealing with nership with intergovernmental or- gender equality matters as well as rep- ganisations and NGOs involved in the resentatives of international intergov- protection of women against violence. ernmental and non-governmental organisations and Council of Europe Throughout the duration of the organs and bodies. Campaign and beyond, member The Campaign was officially states are requested to implement all launched during a solemn ceremony, measures contained in Council of in which the high-level participants Europe Recommendation (2002) 5 of expressed their support for its imple- the Committee of Ministers to member mentation. The Council of Europe states on the protection of women from decided to launch this Campaign violence, as well as to launch national during the Third Summit of the or- campaigns in parallel or as a follow-up ganisation in May 2005, during which to the Council of Europe Campaign. Heads of State and Government of The Campaign will come to an end member states reaffirmed their com- during a closing conference to be held mitment to eradicating violence in the first half of 2008. On this occa- against women, including domestic sion, the Council of Europe Task Force violence, and defined the future activ- to Combat Violence against Women, ities of the Council of Europe in this including Domestic Violence, will field in the Action Plan which they present its conclusions and assess- adopted. In addition to their decision ment of measures and actions taken at to implement a campaign on this national level to combat violence issue, they decided to set up a Task against women, including domestic Force to Combat Violence against violence as well as its recommenda- Women, including domestic violence. tions to the Council of Europe for This group of eight international future action in this field.

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 9 La Conférence de lancement de la matière de prévention et de lutte contre Campagne du Campagne du Conseil de l’Europe pour la violence à l’égard des femmes a combattre la violence à l’égard des élaboré le programme de la campagne, Conseil de femmes, y compris la violence domes- qui a été approuvé par la suite par le tique, s’est tenue au Sénat espagnol de Comité des Ministres du Conseil de l’Europe Madrid le 27 novembre 2006. Tous les l’Europe le 21 juin 2006. Ce document États membres du Conseil de l’Europe y sert de feuille de route pour la mise en pour combattre étaient représentés, à l’exception de l’Ar- œuvre de la campagne et contient une ménie, la Belgique, la Bosnie-Herzégo- définition de la violence à l’égard des la violence à vine, le Liechtenstein, la Pologne et la femmes, ainsi que toutes les informa- Suisse. Les États suivants ont assisté à la tions relatives aux buts, objectifs, mes- l’égard des conférence en qualité d’observateurs : le sages et activités pour mettre en œuvre Canada, le Saint-Siège et le Mexique. la campagne. femmes, y Plus de 400 personnes ont participé à La campagne comporte trois cette conférence, y compris des vice- dimensions : intergouvernementale, compris la premiers ministres, ministres, vice-mi- parlementaire et locale/régionale. Elle nistres, secrétaires d’État, hauts fonc- est menée par le Conseil de l’Europe violence tionnaires, parlementaires, représen- ainsi que par ses Etats membres, en par- tants des autorités locales et régionales tenariat avec des organisations inter- domestique traitant des questions d’égalité entre les gouvernementales et des ONG impli- femmes et les hommes ainsi que des re- quées dans la protection des femmes présentant(e)s d’organisations interna- contre la violence. tionales intergouvernementales et non Pendant toute la durée de la campa- gouvernementales et d’organes et ins- gne et au-delà, il a été demandé aux tances du Conseil de l’Europe. Etats membres de mettre en œuvre La campagne a été lancée officielle- toutes les mesures contenues dans la Re- ment lors d’une cérémonie solennelle, commandation (2002) 5 du Comité des au cours de laquelle les participant(e)s Ministres aux États membres sur la pro- de haut niveau ont exprimé leur soutien tection des femmes contre la violence, à sa mise en œuvre. Le Conseil de l’Eu- ainsi que de lancer des campagnes rope a décidé de lancer cette campagne nationales en parallèle ou dans le cadre au cours du 3e Sommet de l’Organisa- du suivi de la campagne du Conseil de tion, qui s’est tenu en mai 2005, durant l’Europe. lequel les chefs d’État et de gouverne- La campagne s’achèvera lors d’une ment ont réaffirmé leur engagement à conférence de clôture qui se tiendra éradiquer la violence à l’égard des durant le premier semestre 2008. A femmes, y compris la violence domesti- cette occasion, la Task Force du Conseil que, et ont défini les activités futures du de l’Europe pour combattre la violence à Conseil de l’Europe dans ce domaine l’égard des femmes, y compris la violence dans le Plan d’action qu’ils ont adopté. domestique, présentera ses conclusions En plus de leur décision de mettre en et son évaluation des mesures et actions œuvre une campagne dans ce domaine, prises au niveau national pour combat- ils ont décidé de mettre en place une tre la violence à l’égard des femmes, y Task Force pour combattre la violence à compris la violence domestique, ainsi l’égard des femmes, y compris la vio- que des recommandations au Conseil lence domestique. Ce groupe de huit de l’Europe sur les actions futures dans experts internationaux compétents en ce matière.

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Council of Europe Campaign to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence Stop domestic violence Programme of the Launching conference against women

Programme

Launching conference

Organised by the Council of Europe in co-operation with the Spanish authorities

Senate, Madrid, Spain, 27 November 2006

Sunday, 26 November 2006 Welcoming dinner

8-11 pm Dinner-buffet hosted by Mr Terry Davis, Secretary General, Council of Europe, for all participants

Monday, 27 November 2006 Launching conference

8 am Registration of participants

9 am Words of welcome by Mr Juan José Lucas, Second Vice-President of the Senate, Spain Opening of the conference by Mr Terry Davis, Secretary General, Council of Europe

9.10 am Violence against Women: Situation in Council of Europe member states Keynote speaker: Ms Carol Hagemann-White, Professor, Faculty of General Ped- agogy and Gender Studies, University of Osnabrück, Germany Questions and discussion

9.30 am Support and protection of victims Chair: Ms Rosemarie Zapfl-Helbling, Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Keynote speaker: Mr Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights , Council of Europe

Panel discussion Ms Enriqueta Chicano, Chair of the Federation of Progressive Women and Vice- Chair of the State Observatory on Violence against Women, Spain Ms Nimet Çubukçu, State Minister for Women and Family Affairs, Turkey Ms Darinka Stantcheva, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Ms Sandra Barnes, Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe Questions and discussion

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10.30 am Innovative legal and policy measures to combat violence against women – data collection as a prerequisite for effective policies

Chair: Ms Dubravka Šimonović, Chairperson of the Council of Europe Task Force to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence Keynote speaker: Ms Tuula Haatainen, Minister for Social Affairs and Health, Finland

Panel discussion Ms Donatella Linguiti, Secretary of State, Ministry for Rights and Equal Oppor- tunities, Italy Ms Meg Munn, Deputy Minister for Women and Equality, United Kingdom Ms Soledad Murillo, Secretary General on Equal Opportunities, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Spain Mr Jean-Guy Branger, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe Ms Genoveva Tisheva, Managing Director, Bulgarian Gender Research Founda- tion, Bulgaria Ms Sylvia Walby, Professor, Sociology Department, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Questions and discussion

11.40 am Break

12.10 pm Solemn launching ceremony

Musical performance by Ms Esperanza Fernández Welcoming address by Mr Francisco Javier Rojo García, President of the Senate, Spain Address by Mr René van der Linden, President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe Address by Mr Ian Micallef, President of the Chamber of Local Authorities of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe Address by Mr Fiorenzo Stolfi, Chair of the Committee of Ministers, Council of Europe Mr Heliodoro Gallego Cuesta, President of the Spanish Federation of Municipal- ities and Provinces, Spain Mr Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Spain Mr Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Minister of Justice, Spain Mr Miguel Angel Moratinos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain Mr Manuel Marín González, President of the Congress of Deputies, Spain Address by Mr Terry Davis, Secretary General, Council of Europe Address by Mr José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister, Spain

1.30 pm Lunch-buffet hosted by “Las Cortes Generales” for all participants

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3 pm Changing attitudes to combat violence against women Chair: Mr Pēteris Elferts, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Per- manent Representative of Latvia to the Council of Europe, Thematic Co-ordinator on Gender Equality of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe Keynote speaker: Ms Yakin Etürk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences

Panel discussion Ms Jadranka Kosor, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Family, Veterans’ Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity, Croatia Ms Carmen Alborch Bataller, Member of the Congress of Deputies and Chair of the Joint Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities, Spain Ms Susana Camarero Benítez, Member of the Congress of Deputies, Spain Ms Isabel Llinàs, Director of the Women’s Institute of the Balearic Islands, Spain Ms Karine Henrotte-Forsberg, Representative of the Conference of INGOs enjoying participatory status with the Council of Europe Questions and discussion

4.30 pm Break

5 pm United in combating domestic violence against women Chair: Mr Valerio Prignachi, Chair of the Committee on Social Cohesion of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Keynote speech: Ms Widney Brown, Senior Director, International Law, Policy and Campaigns, Amnesty International

Panel discussion Ms Catherine Vautrin, Minister Delegate for Social Cohesion and Parity, France Ms María Antonia Martínez García, Member of the Senate, Co-rapporteur of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on “How parliaments can and must promote effective ways of combating violence against women in all fields”, Spain Ms Anna Záborská, Chairperson of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament Mr Ramón Ropero Mancera, Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Au- thorities, Council of Europe Ms Hijran Huseynova, Chairperson of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues, Azerbaijan Questions and discussion

6 pm Closing session Mr Philippe Boillat, Director General of Human Rights, Council of Europe Ms Minodora Cliveti, Chairperson of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Spain

6.30 pm End of conference

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Campagne du Conseil de l’Europe pour combattre la violence à l’égard des femmes, y compris la violence domestique Stop domestic violence Programme de la Conférence de lancement against women

Programme

Conférence de lancement

organisée par le Conseil de l’Europe en coopération avec les autorités espagnoles

Sénat, Madrid, Espagne, 27 novembre 2006

Dimanche, 26 novembre 2006 Dîner de bienvenue

20h-23h Dîner-buffet offert par M. Terry Davis, Secrétaire Général, Conseil de l’Europe à tous/toutes les participant(e)s

Lundi, 27 novembre 2006 Conférence de lancement

8h Enregistrement des participant(e)s

9h Paroles de bienvenue de M. Juan José Lucas, second Vice-Président du Sénat, Espagne Ouverture de la Conférence par M. Terry Davis, Secrétaire Général, Conseil de l’Europe

9h10 Violence à l’égard des femmes : situation dans les États membres du Conseil de l’Europe Rapporteuse : Mme Carol Hagemann-White, Professeur, Faculté de pédagogie gé- nérale et d’études de genre, Université d’Osnabrück, Allemagne Questions et discussion

9h30 Soutien et protection des victimes Présidence : Mme Rosemarie Zapfl-Helbling, Vice-présidente de la Commission sur l’égalité des chances pour les femmes et les hommes de l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Europe Rapporteur : M. Thomas Hammarberg, Commissaire aux Droits de l’Homme, Conseil de l’Europe

Table ronde Mme Enriqueta Chicano, Présidente de la Fédération des femmes progressistes et Vice-présidente de l’Observatoire national de la violence à l’égard des femmes, Espagne Mme Nimet Çubukçu, Ministre d’État des Affaires relatives aux femmes et à la famille, Turquie Mme Darinka Stantcheva, Membre de l’Assemblée parlementaire, Conseil de l’Eu- rope

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Mme Sandra Barnes, Membre du Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux, Conseil de l’Europe Questions et discussion

10h30 Mesures juridiques et politiques novatrices pour combattre la violence à l’égard des femmes – Collecte de données, condition préalable de politiques efficaces Chair: Mme Dubravka Šimonović, Présidente de la Task Force du Conseil de l’Eu- rope pour combattre la violence à l’égard des femmes, y compris la violence domestique Rapporteuse : Mme Tuula Haatainen, Ministre des Affaires sociales et de la Santé, Finlande

Table ronde Mme Donatella Linguiti, Secrétaire d’État, Ministère des Droits et de l’Égalité des chances, Italie Mme Meg Munn, Vice-Ministre pour les femmes et l’égalité, Royaume-Uni Mme Soledad Murillo, Secrétaire générale de l’Égalité des chances, Ministère du Travail et des Affaires sociales, Espagne M. Jean-Guy Branger, Membre de l’Assemblée parlementaire, Conseil de l’Eu- rope Mme Genoveva Tisheva, Directrice exécutive, Fondation bulgare des recherches de genre, Bulgarie Mme Sylvia Walby, Professeur, Département de sociologie, Université de Lan- caster, Royaume-Uni Questions et discussion

11h40 Pause

12h10 Cérémonie solennelle de lancement Intermède musical par Mme Esperanza Fernández Allocution de bienvenue de M. Francisco Javier Rojo García, Président du Sénat, Espagne Allocution de M. René van der Linden, Président de l’Assemblée parlementaire, Conseil de l’Europe Allocution de M. Ian Micallef, Président de la Chambre des pouvoirs locaux du Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux, Conseil de l’Europe Allocution de M. Fiorenzo Stolfi, Président du Comité des Ministres, Conseil de l’Europe M. Heliodoro Gallego Cuesta, Président de la Fédération espagnole des munici- palités et provinces, Espagne M. Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán, Ministre du Travail et des Affaires sociales, Espagne M. Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Ministre de la Justice, Espagne M. Miguel Angel Moratinos, Ministre des Affaires étrangères, Espagne M. Manuel Marín González, Président du Congrès des députés, Espagne Allocution de M. Terry Davis, Secrétaire Général, Conseil de l’Europe

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Allocution de M. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Premier Ministre, Espagne

13h30 Déjeuner-buffet offert par « Las Cortes Generales » à tous/toutes les participant(e)s

15h Changer les attitudes pour combattre la violence à l’égard des femmes Présidence : M. Pēteris Elferts, Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire, Représentant Permanent de la Lettonie auprès du Conseil de l’Europe, Coordi- nateur thématique du Comité des Ministres sur l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes, Conseil de l’Europe Rapporteuse : Mme Yakin Etürk, Rapporteuse spéciale des Nations Unies chargée de la question de la violence contre les femmes, ses causes et ses conséquences

Table ronde Mme Jadranka Kosor, Vice-Première Ministre et Ministre de la Famille, des Af- faires des anciens combattants et de la Solidarité entre générations, Croatie Mme Carmen Alborch Bataller, Membre du Congrès des députés et Présidente de la Commission Mixte des droits des femmes et de l’égalité des chances, Espagne Mme Susana Camarero Benítez, Membre du Congrès des députés, Espagne Mme Isabel Llinàs, Directrice de l’Institut des femmes des Iles Baléares, Espagne Mme Karine Henrotte-Forsberg, Représentante de la Conférence des OING dotées du statut participatif auprès du Conseil de l’Europe Questions et discussion

16h30 Pause

17h Uni(e)s pour combattre la violence domestique à l’égard des femmes Présidence : M. Valerio Prignachi, Président de la Commission de la Cohésion sociale du Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régionaux, Conseil de l’Europe Rapporteuse : Mme Widney Brown, Directrice principale de la Division de droit international, des politiques et campagnes, Amnesty International

Table ronde Mme Catherine Vautrin, Ministre déléguée à la cohésion sociale et à la parité, France Mme María Antonia Martínez García, Membre du Sénat, Co-rapporteuse de l’Union interparlementaire sur « Comment les parlements peuvent-ils et doivent-ils promouvoir une lutte efficace contre la violence à l’égard des femmes dans tous les domaines », Espagne Mme Anna Záborská, Présidente de la Commission des droits des femmes et de l’égalité de genre du Parlement européen M. Ramón Ropero Mancera, Membre du Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et régio- naux, Conseil de l’Europe Mme Hijran Huseynova, Présidente du Comité national pour les affaires de la famille, des femmes et des enfants, Azerbaïdjan Questions et discussion

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18h Session de clôture M. Philippe Boillat, Directeur général des droits de l’homme, Conseil de l’Europe Mme Minodora Cliveti, Présidente de la Commission sur l’égalité des chances pour les femmes et les hommes de l’Assemblée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Eu- rope M. Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán, Ministre du Travail et des Affaires sociales, Espagne

18h30 Fin de la conférence

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Opening of the Conference blank Page ` Every 18 seconds a woman is ill- adies and gentlemen, Words of L treated somewhere in the world. It is always a great satisfaction for ` One in every five European women welcome by the Spanish Senate to host here in this is regularly maltreated and 95% of historic setting, conferences dedi- such violence takes place in the Mr Juan José cated to discussing the concerns, home. needs and interests of our fellow citi- Lucas zens, in this historic setting. ` As the World Health Organisation This is the House of Freedom and quite rightly points out, gender vio- as such the home of all the women and lence is the main cause of death for Second Vice-President all the men of our country. I therefore women between 15 and 45 years of wish to begin by welcoming the age throughout the world: more of the Senate, Spain Council of Europe conference to women die in this way than in road launch the Campaign to Combat Vio- accidents or of cancer. lence against Women, including Do- These figures continue to weigh on mestic Violence. the conscience and the peace of mind A conference devoted to this social of every one of us. It is impossible to issue is always, and above all, a confer- stand back and do nothing. Anyone ence about life, about what it is that who does so or who turns away from a makes us the unique and irreplaceable woman close to them who is suffering human beings that we are in reality. violence from the mere fact of being a Violence against women is not an woman not only has a heart of stone isolated or random problem but one but is also a coward. that is to be found in all spheres of If we are to face up to gender vio- society and which has deep structural lence, we must not turn a blind eye to and cultural roots. It is therefore a the victims. As long as we ignore the problem that cannot be solved victims there will be violence and that without the untiring efforts of the will mean that we are losing the battle whole of society. against violence. It is through conferences like this Another distinctive characteristic that we can help make the public of a society that has a sense of civic re- aware that we must continue our sus- sponsibility is not only the refusal to tained efforts to eradicate this scourge give way to violence but an increasing on society and give more and better tendency to adopt an attitude of zero support to victims. tolerance. Behind every case of gender vio- We must all put an end to violent lence there is a personal story – the behaviour within our families and in story of a woman’s suffering – and a our surroundings and strive with en- more general problem: the break- thusiasm and energy to eradicate this down of our model of society. Such scourge on society. violence is not a question of race, age, Governments must be untiring in social rank, culture, religion or natio- their efforts to combat violence and nality. It is a universal problem. promote the required measures. Statistics bear this out: The drafting of policies which ` In Spain 62 women have already grant equal opportunities to women died this year – more than in the and men, thus making equality a whole of 2005. reality, is the basis of the educational

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 23 Stop domestic violence Opening of the Conference against women model that is required to eradicate at the measures, laws and policies showing not only their sense of duty gender violence. applied in combating violence, and and dedication to the common good We also need public awareness- will discuss how to change attitudes but also their human sensitivity, in raising policies. and how to join forces in preventing other words their love of their neigh- Each victim is not only an irretriev- domestic violence. bour. And our society needs such able loss but also an unforgivable I believe that the conference pro- demonstrations of civic duty, dedica- shame, which weighs on the con- gramme, which will begin with an tion and sensitivity. science of society as a whole and of the address by Mr Terry Davis, the Secre- Finally, I would like to express my public authorities. tary General of the Council of Europe solidarity and my support for the We never demonstrate greater and be closed by the Minister of women suffering from violence and dignity or humanity than when we Labour and Social Affairs of Spain, my admiration for those who defend tackle the evils that beset us with the Mr Caldera, could not be more inter- them, thereby setting an example to courage and vigour that has charac- esting, more appropriate or more nec- the entire community. They show terised the human race since its crea- essary. courage and integrity, for which we tion. But I also believe that my final public servants can only express the Throughout the intense day of words this morning should be words deepest gratitude. work that lies ahead of us, we will look of gratitude and of official encourage- It is a real privilege for the Spanish at both the situation in Council of ment to all those who work every day Senate to host events such as this. All Europe member states and at the to rid society of this scourge. that remains is for me to wish you support and protection afforded to To those who help through their much success in your work. the victims of domestic violence, and efforts to avoid gender violence, Thank you very much.

24 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 contains testimonies of the victims adies and gentlemen, Opening of the L speaking about their experience and I welcome you to the Conference their expectations from us. We cannot launching the Council of Europe conference by – and we do not need to – reveal their Campaign “Stop domestic violence names and their countries of origin: against women”. I would like to thank Mr Terry Davis these women could come from any most warmly the Spanish authorities background in any country in Europe. and especially our hosts today, the For far too many women in Europe Spanish Senate, for the hospitality and Secretary General, home is a very dangerous place. This is support in organising this event. the reason for our Campaign. Council of Europe I was asked to officially open the Conference, but I think that the first to The video can be seen on the Internet speak should be those most directly at http://www.coe.int/stopviolence/ concerned by our Campaign – the intergov/. victims of domestic violence. The short video which you are about to see

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Situation in Council of Europe member states blank Page Along with the undeniable value of t is a pleasure and a great honour for Keynote speech: I privacy for many human needs, it is me to speak at the opening of this very also a space in which the abuse of important campaign. Although the Ms Carol power cannot easily be checked. In Council of Europe has recognised vio- addition, everything seen as sexual is lence against women as an infringe- Hagemann- treated as a private matter, wherever it ment of human rights since 1993, and happens at work, on the streets, in or- member states have implemented a White ganisations such as sports clubs or po- variety of measures to address it, be- litical parties. We have not reached ginning as early as the 1970s, this cam- that level of civilisation where it paign is very necessary. It is a precious Professor, Faculty of becomes self-evident that sexual inti- opportunity to establish a sustainable macy requires willing consent. Not General Pedagogy and shared strategy based on a coherent only have we centuries of laws permit- and comprehensive approach to over- Gender Studies, ting a man to use his wife sexually as come this very serious problem. University of he pleases; perversely, when a man as- Despite the increased attention to saults a woman sexually, bystanders or Osnabrück, Germany gender-based violence and many pos- agents of justice often assume an inti- itive developments in policy and in mate relationship based on consent. practice, violence against women in European societies still find it easier to its various forms is widespread in all restrict smoking or drinking than to European countries. forbid sexual assault in any effective Violence against women is so per- way. sistent and prevalent because it has There is, however, a third impor- multiple roots. It grows from, ex- tant root of gender-based violence. It presses, and sustains cultural, social must be said that there is widespread and legal traditions that define women respect for violence itself, as a means as subordinate to men, not full and of winning a struggle, establishing equal citizens. Many institutions of status or even as an expression of self, modern society are organised on the in our mainstream majority cultures. unexamined premise that women take The media play to the sympathy for on supporting roles in both work and violence daily. Respect for violence family, and for low rewards, care for persists (and resurges) whenever indi- others while receiving little care for viduals or groups are not competent themselves; and that men have the or secure enough to solve conflicts right to expect these services and constructively. In addition, violence support as measured by their own feeds on violence: it can become a needs. Gender-based violence grows need, a habit, or even a day’s work. from the idea that men have the right, Gender-based violence against and it is exercised in the service of mas- women is thus complex, and in each culine dominance. It is one of the clear- concrete case, different aspects – est indicators of gender inequality, dominance, defence of privacy, and The modern private sphere holds conflict tactics – may come to the fore within itself a second major root of or be the primary determinants of acts gender-based (as well as inter-genera- that cause harm to women, to children tional) violence. The family has been and to society. Nonetheless, as the considered a sphere in which society body of research shows, we must be and the state ought not to intervene. careful not to confuse them

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Since 1995, many European Domestic abuse is a more specific lives. Thus, when the society fails to member states have commissioned problem; it is best defined as a pattern protect women from violence, children population-based surveys to measure of coercive control including repeated will not thrive, and a pattern of violence the extent of violence against women; physical, emotional and sexual attacks is likely to continue. at least 23 such studies are currently that may cause fear, distress, and Gender-based violence has conse- 1 available. In addition, victimisation health damage. In-depth data analyses quences for both the wider society and has been studied within the health in several countries support an esti- the individual victim. It causes pain, care system, where the percentage of mate that 12% to 15% of all ever-part- fear and distress, reduces the capacity women with a background of violence nered women have been in a relation- of victimised women to contribute is usually higher than in the general ship of domestic abuse. In all studies, productively to the family, the population, regardless of their reason physical and sexual violence by former economy and public life, and drains for seeking health care. A European partners are at least twice as frequent the resources of social services, the research network, the Co-ordination as abuse by current partners, indicat- justice system, health care agencies Action on Human Rights Violations ing that women are not secure when and of employers – costs that must be (CAHRV), has examined the available they leave a relationship. seen both in terms of human suffering data more closely over the past three The health impact of violence and of economic loss. Most studies years.2 reaches far beyond immediate inju- arrive at estimates in a range of about More than one woman in ten has ries. Common health consequences 20 to 60 euros for every person in the suffered sexual coercion or rape include: psychosomatic problems, population per year. Thus, a country during her adult life. For women – but chronic pain syndromes, eating disor- with a population of 10 million could not for men – all kinds of attacks, in- ders, depression and anxiety. Women be facing a financial burden of inter- cluding sexual assault and rape, are who have been physically, sexually or vention, policing, health care and most often carried out by partners and emotionally abused are at signifi- services of some 400 million euros ex-partners. Across countries, cantly higher risk for the excessive use each year from violence against between 20% and 40% of women who of nicotine, alcohol, and psychophar- women in the home. For the entire have ever had have a partner have ex- macological medication. Their sexual Council of Europe, the cost of domes- perienced at least one act of physical and reproductive health is affected as tic violence could be reckoned at an or sexual partner violence (or both) in well: Women suffer an increased risk annual total of at least 33 billion euros. their lives. Emotional violence is even of unwanted pregnancy, foetal inju- In a broader view, domestic vio- more frequent and can do serious ries, complications during pregnancy lence lowers the overall educational harm to women’s general health and miscarriage, a higher risk of sexu- attainment, mobility and innovative status. It should not be under-esti- ally transmitted infections, and other potential of a significant proportion of mated; some studies have found that gynaecological disorders, infertility, the population: the women who are emotional violence, especially when it and sexual dysfunction. Thus, it is not victimised, the children growing up is repeated and takes a variety of surprising that when women seek witnessing the violence, and even the forms, does even greater damage to help beyond the circle of family and perpetrators who resort to destructive the health and well-being of the victim friends, they turn to the health care acts are restricted in their potential. A than do physical attacks. system even more often than to the society that tolerates what it sees as police. Regrettably, health profession- “private” violence will be a crippled 1. National representative surveys have als are often not trained to recognise competitor in the knowledge- and been published in Belgium, Denmark, Esto- the effects of violence or to respond. creativity-based economy of the nia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, future. The high costs of violence Research finds that witnessing do- Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, confirm that gender-based violence is Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United King- mestic violence and growing up in a a social, a public and no longer a dom (England and Wales, Scotland). Data violent environment has a harmful private problem, and that it urgently have also been collected on a national level in effect on the child’s emotional, behav- Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Re- needs to be addressed, as society as a ioural and mental health, and increases public, Iceland, Slovakia and Turkey, but whole, governments, individuals, or- the risk for children to suffer traumatic publications do not exist or are not available ganisations and businesses pay for it. in a widely-read language. Serbia/Monte- stress symptoms, psychosomatic ill- negro was included in the WHO multi-coun- nesses, deficit attention disorder, and In April 2002, the Committee of try study. For an overview see Martinez, M., low educational achievement. Further, Ministers of the Council of Europe Schröttle, M. et al., Report on the state of Euro- adopted Recommendation Rec (2002) pean research on the prevalence of interpersonal boys who witness violence against their violence and its impact on health and human mother are more likely to become 5 on the protection of women against rights, 2005, http://www.cahrv.uni- violent against their partner them- violence. This was the first interna- osnabrueck.de/. selves in adult life; girls with this back- tional legal document to frame a com- 2. Research overviews both on the data ground are more than twice as likely as prehensive approach including all comparison and on evaluation of measures forms of violence against women. to address violence are to be found on the others to be victims of domestic vio- Web site http://www.cahrv.uni- lence, and four times as likely to en- It covers services, legislation, po- osnabrueck.de./ counter sexual violence in their adult licing, intervention with perpetrators,

30 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Keynote speech: Ms Carol Hagemann-White domestique faite aux femmes awareness-raising, education and mestic violence, but it is not certain Kingdom). Such legislation is usually training and data collection as well as that the laws are being implemented. separate from laws aimed at criminal specific additional measures. Central In assessing progress, it is useful to prosecution. to the Recommendation is the call for distinguish between: In most countries, it has taken a co-ordinated national strategy in ` measures to protect victims from many years of imaginative and persist- each country, based on maximum further harm, and ent awareness-raising and patient co- safety, protection and empowerment ` measures to deter and punish vio- alition-building to reach a point at of victimised women. lence against women. which a coherent strategy of address- A Group of Specialists on imple- These two types of measures often ing violence against women can mentation and follow-up drafted a do not work together easily. For exam- emerge. Since conditions and struc- monitoring framework based on indi- ple, policy-makers and legislators fre- tures differ, there is no one best solu- cators, sent to all member states by the quently focus on punishing perpetration, no method of choice, but on the CDEG in June 2005. The replies to this tors. Yet violence to a woman is whole, the work of civil society organ- survey, in combination with multi- usually perpetrated by a man who isations has been vital to the process. country research assessments of the knows her, or even lives with her. In each country, region or community, effective functioning of different Before the case comes to court, weeks those who care about ending violence measures compiled within a broad- or months may pass, during which the against women must study their envi- based European research network, woman may be in even more danger. ronments, assess the existing re- allowed us to take stock of where the On the other hand, measures that sources and try to identify the Council of Europe and the member offer only safety from further attacks common interest in bringing about states stand in combating violence fail to confront the perpetrators with change. Member states need to show against women. their wrong-doing. Women have clearly that they value these efforts by We found that an increasing often spent years of their lives in recognising the work of NGOs. number of member states are devel- hiding, afraid that an abusive man But if the pathway forward winds oping an overall strategy in the shape would hunt them down or even kill differently to fit the local landscape, of National Action Plans, but there are them. Protection without sanctions or we can also now speak with assurance still significant gaps in the protection deterrence makes women dependent of standards for good practice. These afforded to women. On average, the on their protectors. are developments and achievements action plans address only four of the There is a trend towards specific that have been put to the test in prac- nine forms of violence mentioned in laws that penalise domestic violence tice and that have proved their practi- the Recommendation; in particular, more strongly than in the past, expect- cal value across different countries sexual violence is not being addressed ing the public prosecutor to initiate and over time. To attain sustainable in many countries. Correspondingly, proceedings ex officio. There is, how- change, there must be possibilities for less than half of the member states ever, little monitoring of the actual pro- securing protection and imposing report having rape crisis centres with portion of cases prosecuted, and too sanctions in all areas of the law and specifically trained staff. Most coun- little mention of protective measures with respect to all forms of gender- tries do, however, recognise the need for the victim. The data at present based violence. A clear legal founda- for shelters where women can escape suggest that, for all forms of gender vio- tion and the political will to overcome, domestic abuse, although the number lence, including rape and sexual as- not to disregard gendered interper- of places varies greatly, and many sault, there has been little success in sonal violence is essential. At the same women do not, in fact, have access to bringing perpetrators to court. Even time, all measures must be tailored to them when in need. Protection from heavy penalties do not deter the vio- ensuring the safety of the victims; this further violence, a clear priority of the lence if they only exist on paper, as may is especially true of domestic violence, Recommendation, is often left to the well be the case if the victim is not where any action must be examined in efforts of NGOs. offered safety and support. It is essen- the light of whether it increases the Good laws are the foundation for tial to link safety for the victims with safety of victims and their children. setting limits to violence. Legal and deterrence for the perpetrators. For the future, progress towards police systems differ, however: Divi- To this end, legal measures have overcoming violence against women sions between civil, criminal, public/ been developed to protect women by will depend on policies and public police and procedural law, levels of re- from further violence by a partner or awareness that go beyond protection sponsibility (national, state/district, ex-partner. These aim to secure an and deterrence and address the multi- municipal) and jurisdictions differ immediate physical distance between ple roots of the problem. We must among the states, as do the roles of the perpetrator and the victim, for overcome notions of legitimate male statutory agencies and the voluntary example by police action on the spot, dominance, cease to shield the private sector. Thus laws are not easily com- removing him from the home (as in sphere from the obligation to respect pared transnationally. We can see a Austria and Germany), or by court- human rights, and educate adults and very dynamic process of legislative issued restraining orders at the children to transform conflict pro- reform and elaboration to address do- request of the victim (as in the United ductively without violence.

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Support and protection of victims blank Page We at the Parliamentary Assembly adies and gentlemen, Address: L of the Council of Europe regard do- Ms Rosemarie I am most honoured to chair the mestic violence as a violation of session on victim protection and human rights. We must make sure Zapfl-Helbling support at this conference today. that human rights apply in the home, Before going any further, I should like which means we must put an end to to introduce myself briefly: my name domestic violence against women. As is Rosemarie Zapfl-Helbling and I am parliamentarians we have a right and a Vice-Chairperson of a member of the Swiss National duty to make sure that women who the Committee on Council and Vice-Chair of the Parlia- suffer domestic violence are able to mentary Assembly of the Council of turn to people or officials they can Equal Opportunities Europe’s Committee on Equal Oppor- trust so that the doors to a new life free for Women and Men of tunities for Women and Men. of violence and fear of violence are opened up for them. As one of the sur- the Parliamentary We just heard an interesting con- vivors said on the video, it is essential Assembly of the tribution by Professor Hagemann- that not just one door but ten doors White about the situation in Europe. I open up. We parliamentarians cannot Council of Europe should now like to take you further succeed here on our own: we need ef- back and turn to the people we heard fective co-operation between parlia- on video at the opening session this mentarians, governments, NGOs, the morning: the victims or survivors of courts, the police and welfare serv- domestic violence against women. For ices. That is why the Council of all the best laws and the most impres- Europe Campaign we are launching sive campaigns will be in vain unless here today is so terribly important. we succeed in protecting the victims I am delighted to hand over to the of such violence and helping them in Council of Europe Commissioner for the actual situation they face. This Human Rights, Mr Thomas Ham- also means helping them escape from marberg, keynote speaker on this par- their role as victims. ticular theme.

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 35 It has to be said at the outset that vio- time. The host country of this confer- Keynote speech: lence against women is a manifesta- ence has been one of those that have tion of unequal status between men taken the issue very seriously and Mr Thomas and women in society. Therefore, vio- progress is being made. This is largely lence against women must be ad- thanks to the efforts of the women’s Hammarberg dressed in the context of seeking to moment and the good co-operation end all forms of discrimination, to ad- between the government and the vance gender equality and to em- women’s groups. Commissioner for power women. This Conference should clearly Human Rights, Council Women are still grossly under- send the message across Europe that represented in almost all political as- combating violence against women is of Europe semblies and decision-making bodies a very high priority and something to at all levels in Europe – also within the be taken seriously. The support dem- Council of Europe. This in turn is re- onstrated here in statements must be flected in the priorities selected and, turned into serious action at the na- very importantly, on budgets and de- tional and local levels, where it really cisions on funding. matters. In spite of the numerous women’s The video testimonies of survivors rights conferences, agreed norms that we saw this morning underlined against discrimination and political the importance of a victim-centred pledges about gender equity, the gap approach when combating violence between rhetoric and the daily reality against women. Another important remains. This is the main message in principle is the need to empower the the UN Study on Violence Against victim. Victims of violence must be Women which was published just a able to regain and take control of their few days ago. lives and they should not be re-victim- The UN Study points out that ised by unprofessional or insensitive though strong laws have been adopted approaches by social, health-care, in many countries, most national- judicial and other authorities. level responses have been inadequate One of the consequences of the and have not eradicated the impunity recognition of violence against perpetrators too often enjoy. women as a human rights issue is that The Study confirms previous not only the individual perpetrators reports indicating that the level of vio- but also the authorities carry respon- lence against women, including do- sibility. The authorities must do mestic violence, remains very high. everything they possibly can to Though precise data are lacking, we prevent the violence, to protect vic- know that such abuses are widespread tims, to award compensation and to and a serious problem also across prosecute and punish the perpetra- Europe – affecting the lives of a large tors. number of women, as well as their However, when it comes to meas- children. ures to protect and support the victim, We also know that where combat- they cannot do it alone. The involve- ing violence against women has ment of women’s groups and net- indeed been made a priority by the works is crucial. government, we have seen tangible There is a vast amount of knowl- improvements in a relatively short edge and experience accumulated

36 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Keynote speech: Mr Thomas Hammarberg domestique faite aux femmes over the years to guide the work of the The rights of the victims to privacy, temporary safe housing, and if authorities on how to protect and dignity and full autonomy should needed, to the police. support victims of violence against be met at all stages and by all auth- ` Essential services also include the women. They are listed in an impor- orities. provision of information about the tant Recommendation adopted in We should give special attention to rights of victims and access to legal 2002 by the Committee of Ministers those most at risk. A sensitive analysis aid. within the Council of Europe but also would, for instance, detect the partic- ` Hotlines and telephone help serv- in a number of UN documents, in- ular vulnerability of migrant women. ices must be set up to provide infor- cluding the reports by the Special A migrant woman who is subjected to mation free of charge. Rapporteur Yakin Ertürk. These are domestic violence is unlikely to report ` Ensuring that women have access some of the messages: to the police for fear of losing her res- to shelters to protect them from ` The legal framework is important idence status, if it is dependant on her further violence is important. and must provide for a wide defini- husband’s status. Some countries have Good shelters also provide a range tion of violence against women, in- addressed this concern by allowing of other services. Often, shelters cluding psychological forms. It victims of domestic violence to apply are run by NGOs, but authorities must cover preventive and educa- for permanent residence status irre- do have a responsibility to assist tional measures, as well as protec- spective of their spouses support for and co-operate with these organi- tion and assistance for victims and the application. This is a responsible sations. Shelters should be seen as measures against perpetrators. approach. an emergency, short-term solution ` A good law is the result of a broad and of course not justify that the consultative process involving Sensitivity to the needs of the victim is the one who has to move. women’s groups and experts, in- victims also calls for comprehensive Providing services is essential but cluding victims, and taking into and accessible services. The victim they cannot eliminate the need to es- account the opinions of civil soci- must be able to overcome all the tablish an ethical consensus that vio- ety. various difficulties and consequences lence against women is an absolute ` The laws must be effectively en- that violence has caused. Support taboo. The threshold must be made as forced. Detailed guidelines or pro- services must take into account and high as ever possible. This is why it is tocols to establish clear standards, respond to both immediate and long- particularly important that leading for example for the police to follow term needs of the victim. politicians, male and female, do dem- when dealing with violence against ` Health clinics are often first among onstrate that this is a priority issue. women, are necessary. services to come into contact with ` They should listen to the women’s ` Education of police, social workers, victims of violence. It is important movement. health workers, teachers and the that health personnel are well ` They should do their share of edu- judiciary must include training on trained, gender sensitive and have cating the public. how to recognise and deal with vio- clear referral systems in place to ` They should explain the para- lence against women. It is crucial link to other support sectors. mount importance of zero toler- that the response to such abuses is Health care providers must be able ance towards domestic vio- professional and gender sensitive. to refer the victim to counselling or lence.

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 37 Esteemed participants, distin- number and improve the quality of Speech: guished press members, related institutions. It is a great pleasure for me to be It is not only knowledge and capital Ms Nimet here with you in this conference or- that are globalised in our time, but ganised by the Council of Europe in also problems related to human Çubukçu co-operation with the Spanish auth- beings. orities. I greet you with respect. It needs all of us to expand our ef- Enhancing gender equality in forts, in global co-operation at both State Minister for society and promoting women’s national and international levels, to Women and Family human rights have been regarded in combat violence against women. all international documents as the re- I believe that this launching confer- Affairs, Turkey sponsibility of the State. ence is of great significance in this However, despite the considerable effort and I hope that it will contribute progress made in guaranteeing the full to our attempts to combat violence rights of women and ending violence against women in the next two years. against women both at international Violence against women is also a and national level, women all around widespread social problem through- the world continue to fall victim to out Turkey. violence. Turkey has undertaken legislative We all appreciate the fact that the reforms with the stated aim of en- Council of Europe has made the fight hancing gender equality and promot- against domestic violence a priority ing women’s human rights and has activity in 2006-08, and call on all made the necessary progress in legal member states to launch national aspects. Yet there are still steps to be campaigns beginning in November. taken for the implementation of these Violence against women and chil- laws. dren by men, which is harmful and de- The most significant step to be structive in its very nature, knows no taken, in this regard, is to change the economic, social or geographic traditional practices which violate the boundaries. existing laws and to enhance aware- Therefore, it is really a global ness of social gender equality. problem that has to be addressed. On the one hand, it reflects social gender Dear participants, inequality. On the other, it supports One of the most serious violations this inequality. of human rights which specifically Social gender-based violence in- targets women is crimes committed in cludes domestic violence, rape and the name of honour. honour killings and leads to killing, In 2005 the Investigation Commis- negligence and harassment of girls sion that was constituted within the and women as a result of physical or Turkish Grand National Assembly psychological torture. completed its investigations on “The Causes of Honour Killings and Vio- Dear participants, lence against Women and Children I should like to emphasise that and Measures to Be Taken”. there is still so much to do to develop In the light of the report prepared a social awareness to combat violence by the Investigation Commission, a against women and to increase the Prime Ministerial circular on “Meas-

38 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Speech: Ms Nimet Çubukçu domestique faite aux femmes ures to Be Taken to Prevent Violence private institutions and associations a piece of cloth inside the jackets they against Women and Children and also operate 13 refuges for women. produce bearing the slogan “Stop Vio- Honour Killings” was issued and put The total capacity of those shelters lence against Women”. into effect. This circular indicates the in Turkey is 469. A total of 5 512 In order to enhance men’s involve- importance that our government at- women and 4 232 children were ment in preventing violence against taches to issues related to violence housed in these shelters since they women and make them aware of the against women. were opened and 1 059 women placed significance of the issue, educational In accordance with the above- in a job. materials, CDs and posters that point mentioned circular, the aim is to es- The Directorate General of Social out the issues regarding the impor- tablish a Monitoring Committee re- Services and Child Protection Insti- tance of education for girls, equality garding violence against women and tute provides counselling services for between women and men, women’s to prepare a Violence Action Plan for battered women through Community human rights, violence against 2006-10 under the co-ordination of Centres and Family Consultation women and the prevention of honour/ the Directorate General on the Status Centres. Those community centres virtue killings have been prepared and and Problems of Women Office of the provide psychological, legal and fi- used in civic studies classes of non- Prime Minister. nancial counselling for battered commissioned officers. I should also like to draw attention women and direct those women to the Through extensive campaigns and to: related units. educational programmes that aim at ` the Law on the Protection of the Another initiative targeting promoting men’s awareness of the Family, adopted in 1998 to prevent women is the Multipurpose Commu- issue of violence against women, domestic violence, which was a nity Centres established by the South- Turkey has proceeded at all levels and milestone; eastern Anatolia Project (GAP) Ad- continues its work with determina- ` the New Labour Law, adopted in ministration. The number of these tion. 2003, which included decrees that centres has reached 30 in 11 prov- The main aim of our government is do not allow direct or indirect dis- inces. to eliminate all forms of discrimina- criminatory treatment regarding Public institutions, local adminis- tion against women and to combat gender; trations, media and NGOs have sup- violence against women, to protect ` the New Municipality Law, ported the “Stop Violence Against women’s human rights and to prevent enacted in 2004, which authorises Women” Campaign that was honour killings. municipalities to provide services launched in 2004. I should like to thank the Council of for victims of violence. In order to expand the boundaries Europe and the Spanish Government of the campaign, with the valuable for organising this meeting, giving us Dear participants, support of our Prime Minister in the opportunity to come together for a I should also like to inform you fighting violence against women, a TV shared goal. about the institutional practices and spot has been prepared to show on na- I shall conclude my remarks with campaigns aiming at enhancing tional and local channels. Our Prime an invitation to men: For a better public awareness in Turkey. Minister in person took part in this world where we all, men and women, The Directorate General of Social spot and contributed to the campaign can live together in peace … “Stop Vio- Services and Child Protection Insti- by saying “Stop Violence against lence against women, including do- tute provides services for battered Women”. mestic violence, at once!” women through 17 refuges for In 2007 the foremost textile firms I wish you a very fruitful and suc- women. Provinces, municipalities, will support the campaign by stitching cessful meeting.

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 39 Dear Chair, dear Ministers, dear tion services, on law-enforcement Speech: fellow-parliamentarians, distinguished activities, the judicial system, etc. Ms Darinka guests, The Parliamentary Assembly has It is with great pleasure and honour always stressed that strong support Stantcheva that I address the launching confer- and protection of victims is crucial. In ence of the Council of Europe Cam- its Recommendation 1681 (2004) on a paign to Combat Violence against “Campaign to combat domestic vio- Women, including Domestic Violence. lence against women in Europe”, the Member of the I am one of the now forty contact par- Parliamentary Assembly emphasised Parliamentary liamentarians appointed by national that member states have an obligation Parliaments to implement the parlia- under international law to act with Assembly of the mentary dimension of the Council of due diligence to take effective steps to Council of Europe Europe Campaign, and I would like to end violence against women, includ- thank warmly the Spanish Senate for ing domestic violence, and to protect hosting this conference today. its victims and survivors. Violence is a word we get to hear In the same way, the Parliamentary more and more often in our daily life; Assembly put the needs of victims a word that fills anyone that has centre-stage in fighting domestic vio- respect for human rights and dignity lence in its Resolution 1512 adopted with the resolve to fight against this in June this year. phenomenon. The Parliamentary Assembly is therefore inviting the public authori- Practice shows that for the fight ties to take the necessary action to against violence to be effective, combat domestic violence effectively actions of all parts of society must be and publicly. Comprehensive action is synchronised: the executive, the legis- needed, which includes for example: lature, local authorities, the non-gov- ` the creation of refuges for victims of ernmental sector, the media, and civil domestic violence and their chil- society. The motto “This is everyone’s dren cause” is the key to success. To that ` end, it is necessary to establish an in- the setting up of domestic violence tegral, fully operational system of pro- victim support facilities in police tecting the victims (mostly women). stations ` the possibility for perpetrators of We all agree that domestic violence domestic violence to be banned is a human rights violation. But what from the home of the victim does this mean in concrete terms for ` the training of staff working in the victims and for society as a whole? health services, care, police, jus- ` Violence against women prevents tice, social and education services. women from enjoying their human It also means that women suffering rights. domestic violence must, from a legal ` Violence is one of the main reasons point of view, be recognised as vic- for the deterioration of women’s tims. It must be ensured that the com- health. plaints they lodge with the police are ` Violence against women has a high taken seriously and are adequately social price. It leads to loss of processed, that perpetrators are pros- human potential, increased ex- ecuted and victims are awarded com- penditure on social and rehabilita- pensation.

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The specific needs of the most vul- the established clear separation of with the Employment Promotion nerable women must also be consid- public and private areas. Act. ered. This is why the Parliamentary This Act was founded on the fol- The allocation of funds for reme- Assembly underlined in its most lowing principles: dies to aggrieved parties and victims recent Resolution the necessity to give ` swiftness and even urgency of the of violence, as well as steps to ensure special attention to groups of women act of defence; their economic independence for a who are particularly exposed to the ` quick isolation of the perpetrator period of time (e.g. by setting up a risks and consequences of domestic from the victim; special fund) must be among the pri- violence, in particular women in and ` special protection for the victims; orities of the national programmes. from immigrant communities, Roma ` accessibility of litigation; The protection and assurance of women, women from other ethnic ` availability of various protection the physical and mental health of vic- minority communities, pregnant measures; tims, their self-image of preserved women, disabled or vulnerable ` combination of legal defence under dignity, constitute an important women, women in precarious situa- the judicial administration proce- element in the support given to them. tions or women confronted with dures with administrative meas- A special role in such actions is played alcohol or drug problems. ures and social protection and re- by NGOs and the media, and the in- habilitation measures; teraction with these in the promotion Ladies and gentlemen, ` co-ordination between the state of public awareness about the meas- This is everyone’s responsibility, authorities and the non-govern- ures thus instituted. but first and foremost, it is our re- mental sector. A combination of greater publicity sponsibility, the responsibility of par- Preventing violence within families of the problem, educational work liamentarians. The fight against vio- was also one of the main objectives of among teenagers in schools, and pro- lence should commence with the the Act. I believe that this Act providing support for the families of legislative efforts of each individual vides a good basis for improving the victims will enable the effective appli- country, making use of the good prac- penal and legal defence mechanisms cation of the law, which is a crucial tices of the others while necessarily in cases of domestic violence, and the element of the integrated system of adapting them to the specific peculi- administrative and legal regulations victim protection. arities of the country in question. defining the competences of the By joining and supporting the I would now like to give you an il- police. The police plays a significant Council of Europe initiative, we lustration of how parliaments can role in taking swift action to protect the believe that the national parliaments improve the support and protection of victims of domestic violence: the police will become a guarantor for further victims. Allow me to speak here about should intervene in cases of direct and legislative activity in this field, by fo- the situation in my homeland, Bul- immediate danger. cusing on the three main goals: pre- garia, where, until recently, domestic It is the responsibility of the state to vention, support of victims and their violence was a hidden phenomenon provide assistance to the municipali- social inclusion. without any relevant legal regulation. ties and the non-profit legal entities in We, parliamentarians, must take all Only a few years ago, women’s the creation of, and support for, the necessary measures to ensure that our NGOs launched initiatives in order to services and centres for implementa- government is fulfilling its obligations increase public awareness. These tion of the measures for rehabilitation and ensuring effective protection of efforts led parliamentarians to take an of the victims and for the special pro- victims. initiative on the issue of “discrimina- grammes intended for the perpetra- The Bulgarian Parliament there- tion and violence against women”, tors. fore warmly welcomes the Council of which culminated in the adoption of Special attention should be paid to: Europe initiative for a pan-European the Protection from Domestic Violence ` the provision of initial social campaign. Act, which is now a new standard in support to victims in order to facil- We believe that the joint efforts of Bulgarian law. itate their social integration, by all Council of Europe member states The Protection from Domestic providing special incentives to em- will be successful in combating vio- Violence Act adopted in March 2005 ployers hiring persons who have lence against women in all its forms was a break-through in terms of patri- experienced violence; and improve the protection of victims, archal ideology characterising the ` special job placement programmes even in their most private sphere. south-east European countries and for such persons, in accordance Thank you for your attention.

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 41 Good morning, citizen which means they can be effec- Speech: I am Leader of South Northamp- tive where it matters – in targeted tonshire Council in addition to being a awareness-raising, and above all in Ms Sandra member of the Congress of Local and implementing tailored protection and Regional Authorities’ Committee on prevention measures. Barnes Social Cohesion. Many local and regional authori- Violence against women takes a ties across Europe have already intro- terrible, often fatal, toll on women and duced such initiatives, often through Member of the their families in every town and region close co-operation with NGOs in the Congress of Local and across Europe and is much more field – and today I want, very briefly, widespread than many people believe. to share a few of these initiatives with Regional Authorities, The Congress of Local and Re- you. Council of Europe gional Authorities is committed to Many local authorities have dedi- fighting this violation of human rights cated domestic violence web-sites and has already taken a strong stand which have an enormous amount of against violence and such crimes as information to help victims – or put trafficking in human beings. The Con- them in touch with NGOs offering gress has also sought to counter counselling or legal help – and to gender-based discrimination and the explain their rights to them – to make unequal balance of power between the them understand that they have a sexes, insisting on the importance of right to be safe and free from harm. women’s participation in political life Local authorities are in the process of and their individual voting rights as a setting up specialised domestic vio- means of empowerment and an affir- lence units – if they have not already mation of their equal role in society. done so. What is the one thing that victims In Germany, recognising that the of domestic violence have in problem of violence against women is common? We have heard that people a question of equality, Heidelberg has experience domestic violence regard- set up an equality office which is re- less of their social group, class, age, sponsible for the majority of its poli- race, disability, sexuality and lifestyle. cies against domestic violence – That violence can take a number of women’s safety being the priority. A forms from sexual abuse to threats, special local police unit is empowered controlling behaviour and bullying, to act immediately and remove an ag- destructive criticism, isolation and gressor from the home environment. harassment. The one thing all victims Perpetrators are provided with psy- have in common is that ultimately chological counselling at a special they live in a town, a municipality or a centre. Victims can be helped either region with specific municipal or re- through home visits or a shelter. Both gional authorities who are responsible centres are financed by the municipal- for their welfare and to whom they ity. Furthermore, the town hall pro- should be able to turn for help. vides women with free taxis at night, So, I am here to speak about the distribution of mobile phones, self- support and protection of victims at defence classes and information. local level. The strength of elected Shelters remain one of the most representatives at local and regional important ways in which local author- level lies in their closeness to the ities can provide immediate protec-

42 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Speech: Ms Sandra Barnes domestique faite aux femmes tion for victims. However, there are tion for a victim and their family either ing success. Their aim is to provide a still many places in Europe – and, as in a local guesthouse or refuge, give forum for sharing information and Amnesty International’s 2006 report long-term advice and information on taking actions that will reduce future outlines, some of them are important all the housing options available, in- harm to very high-risk victims and capital cities – which don’t have a cluding applying for housing benefit, their children, as identified through single refuge for women. So I was very finding accommodation with a private the police risk assessment process. pleased to read that early next year the landlord, or making an approach to You will see from several of my ex- first women’s shelter in Vukovar is the City Council’s Homeless Unit. amples that I emphasise the impor- being opened as a partnership In Croydon, the local authority will tance of concertation – how critical it between an NGO and the Vuko- install new doors as well as a camera is that all those responsible for the varsko-Srijemska county. This shelter entry system to help victims feel safer. protection and support of victims is the first one to be opened in this A number of local authorities in the work together, because a decisive rural area of Croatia which suffered United Kingdom also provide money factor in the success of many local the most war damage and has the for travel: if a victim needs help with campaigns and initiatives is whether highest rate of people who were travel to a safe place for them and their they have effective multi-agency re- exposed to a cluster of war stressors. children, Social Services might be able sponse from key players. In the United Kingdom the impor- to provide them with a travel warrant. tance of local authorities’ role in fight- Otherwise, they can apply to the local We hope that by sharing our good ing domestic violence has been Department of Social Security for a practices and promoting this cam- acknowledged and indeed key per- crisis loan. paign as widely as possible we can formance indicators have been estab- In Germany a Domestic Violence inspire as many municipalities, towns, lished (“Best Value Performance Round Table has been set up in Glad- cities and regions to join us and bring Indicators”, http://www.lga.gov.uk) and beck. This round table, which meets about a sea-change in attitudes to this published across the country to help four times a year, brings together the crime which destroys lives and fami- those authorities know how to imple- city administration, social welfare de- lies. ment relevant measures. There are partment, youth welfare department, Domestic violence may speak eleven key questions that authorities migration office, court clerks, the many languages, have many colours must answer and which will enable NGO Caritas and the head of the local and live in many different communi- them to assess their state of readiness. medical doctors’ association amongst ties, but we, as elected representatives Short-term housing is often just a others to co-ordinate and co-operate at local or regional level, have a duty to stop-gap measure and long-term and reflect on new ways to combat do- say “domestic violence concerns us – planning is required to help victims mestic violence, with the focus being it is a public, not a private matter”. really find their feet. Many women on what really works. seeking help because of domestic vio- Back in my country, the United To finish, I should like to share with lence approach local authority Kingdom, we have a similar new ap- you my conviction that as elected rep- housing services; so cities such as Ply- proach to tackling domestic violence resentatives we must not only “think mouth City Council have a Housing – the multi-agency risk assessment right” – but we must above all DO Advice Centre which, in addition to conferences or MARACs. These have right. helping with immediate accommoda- been piloted in Cardiff with outstand- Thank you.

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Innovative legal and policy measures to combat violence against women

– Data collection as a prerequisite for effective policies blank Page Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, against women, ideally through na- Address: Before introducing the topic of this tional campaigns that should include session and its panellists, I, as Chair- measures for stronger implementa- Ms Dubravka person of the Task Force, would like to tion of Recommendation Rec (2002) 5 say a few words about the Task Force on the protection of women against Šimonović and its mandate. violence. At last year’s Summit, the Council This Campaign has three different of Europe member states decided to dimensions: intergovernmental, par- Chairperson of the place more emphasis on the eradica- liamentary and local and regional, Council of Europe Task tion of violence against women. They who are all present today to launch the decided to set up a Task Force to Campaign. While this may seem com- Force to Combat Combat Violence against Women, in- plicated at first, it is important to unite Violence against cluding Domestic Violence, and en- these key actors to achieve real trusted it to develop the Blueprint for change. From our experience we Women, including this Campaign which we are here to know that violence against women Domestic Violence launch today. cannot really be stopped if it is only Eight international experts in the decision-makers and institutions who field of preventing and combating vio- are active. Instead, we need to join lence against women, who are also all hands and unite civil society, particu- here today, were appointed to this larly NGOs that are working very hard Task Force by the Secretary General of at the grass-roots level, and public the Council of Europe. We have held actors as well as all others capable and two meetings this year and will con- willing to contribute to this campaign. tinue our work throughout the Cam- Joint public action and a multi-agency paign period. approach is what is needed. The Task Force was mandated to During this campaign, active par- evaluate progress at the national level ticipation of men in all activities and establish instruments for quanti- aimed at combating violence against fying developments at European level women should be encouraged. One of with a view to drawing up proposals the expected results of the Task Force for action. With this objective in is to further identify other possible mind, we developed the Blueprint for roles of men in the context of family this Campaign. It spells out the aims, violence including their role in both objectives and messages of the Cam- preventing such violence and protect- paign and describes the activities dif- ing victims. ferent actors are invited to pursue. The Task Force is mandated to This Blueprint clearly recognises monitor and assess any improvements that violence against women is a at national level and to evaluate the ef- human rights violation corresponding fective functioning of the measures to the responsibility of a state to act for preventing and combating vio- with due diligence to prevent violence against women adopted at na- lence, to protect women victims of tional and international level. It is also such violence and to punish perpetra- entrusted to make proposals for revis- tors. It also calls on member states to ing these measures or adopting new demonstrate strong political will and measures including those to assist provide adequate resources to make member states to monitor progress real progress in eradicating violence achieved.

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The main question in front of us is: Turning to the topic of this session, lenges that we face in this respect is Do we need a stronger European legal let me just say that legal and policy the collection of comparable data. instrument on the prevention of vio- measures and data collection are two Only if we know how many women are lence against women or stronger im- of the four objectives of the Campaign victims of intimate partner violence plementation mechanisms or both? Blueprint. These objectives spell out including the number of murdered I hope that with strong inputs from specific measures which Member women, or how many women are all member states, from their reports states are invited to implement. In the seeking shelters or how many protec- on activities and results achieved we field of legal and policy measures for tion orders are used or perpetrators will be able to make proposals in ac- example, they are invited to criminal- punished we will have data or indica- cordance with our mandate. ise marital rape – a necessary pre- tors of the effectiveness of adopted or As the Chairperson of the Task requisite to eradicate domestic vio- needed legal and policy instruments. Force, I strongly encourage everybody lence which does not yet exist in all I hope this session will shed more assembled here today to make use of Council of Europe member states. light on the legal and policy measures the unique framework of this Cam- In addition to legal and policy and the comparable data needed for paign to renew their commitment, measures, we need improvements in the effective eradication of violence concert their efforts and apply un- data collection to monitor the imple- against women. precedented vigour to eradicate vio- mentation of adopted legal and policy lence against women. measures. One of the greatest chal-

48 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Honourable Chairperson, dear the problem and its underlying fac- Keynote speech: Seminar participants, tors. I am very pleased for this opportu- As we know, the first specific study Ms Tuula nity to speak at this launching confer- of women’s experiences of violence ence. I want to thank the Spanish Gov- was made in Canada in 1993. Since Haatainen ernment for hosting this event. We are then, comparable studies have been here dealing with a very important made in other countries, too. They issue. Violence against women is a have shown that when violence Minister for Social common phenomenon, but it is still a against women is investigated in detail Affairs and Health, largely underestimated problem in and by a study specifically planned to many countries. examine this disguised, sensitive phe- Finland I myself remember very well how nomenon, we can get more compre- the discussion about violence against hensive information than by general women was started in Finland in the victim studies. end of the 1980s. The active gender The first study in Finland on men’s equality actors and representatives of violence against women was made in women’s organisations were the ones 1998. It was called “Faith, Hope and who started the discussion in Finland. Battering”. It was of great importance At first the gender dimension and the to us. It made us aware of the phenom- extent of the problem were not under- enon and showed the large extent of stood in public discussion. By refer- women’s experiences of violence. The ring to studies made in Canada, the study gave good information material USA and by the United Nations we and arguments for the debate about could, however, indicate that it is a violence. It also supported the gender serious and extensive phenomenon equality authorities’ belief that it is a that remained hidden until now. I serious issue which must be tackled. It know that phase very well in my gave additional information on the country since I was myself involved in victims’ access to the services they starting it. were in need of and on how these serv- Many of us had the opportunity to ices should be developed. participate in the Beijing United Economic considerations are often Nations Women’s Conference in 1995. of major importance in decision- In the declaration of the UN’s Fifth making. Therefore we in Finland felt it World Conference on Women the important to obtain information Government of Finland, among many about the economic impact of vio- other countries, committed itself to lence experienced by women. carrying out a programme to reduce The assessment of economic violence against women. In the impacts proved to be a very complex process of developing measures to and also a challenging task. There combat violence we noticed that what were no adequate statistics in health we needed was more and better data care and social services on this issue. about the problem. Access to reliable For example, in some cases the real information is a very important tool in reasons for visits to a health care unit reducing violence against women. It is are not recorded in the statistics. Our difficult to justify and plan measures study estimated the costs incurred by to reduce violence against women if the municipal judicial system, social there is no basic information about welfare and health care. It showed that

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 49 Stop domestic violence Innovative legal and policy measures to combat violence against women against women the violence experienced by women there is a clear demand for such a violence. Reduction of violence causes very significant financial costs study, for instance covering the whole against women has been a central aim to both society and the individual. of Europe. of the Government Action Plan for Speaking about the costs of violence Gender Equality. We aim to integrate Violence against women is still a naturally does not mean that we the campaign with other work that we largely unspoken, hidden secret in would underestimate the great human are doing to combat violence against women’s lives. Silence is covered by suffering caused by violence against women. The Action Plan of our Gov- shame. Making the problem visible is women. ernment is comprehensive, target ori- an important element in reducing vio- ented and concrete. Reducing vio- Violence against women also lence against women. At the begin- lence against women is an essential causes other costs in the form of im- ning it was of particularly great im- component of it. paired well-being and health, sick portance in breaking the silence, the leaves, lost lives and loss of output in taboo of violence against women. But Reduction and prevention of vio- production. The impaired well-being what is essentially important is legis- lence against women has been im- is further reflected in other family lation that criminalises the different proved by developing the service members, especially in children. forms of violence against women. system. We have emphasised the de- Legislation reflects the attitudes of a Prevention of violence against velopment of co-operation between society. It must show that violence women is crucial. Effective preventive various actors, such as ministries, dif- against women is a serious crime. Acts work will increase the well-being and ferent administrative sectors, regional of violence cannot be justified by security of all citizens. Tackling this actors and professional groups. Ac- ethnic or religious reasons. Neither problem is very profitable from the cording to our experience, reduction does marriage involve a right to point of view of the national economy of violence against women demands violate the physical integrity of too. Research-based information and development of cross-sectoral co-op- another person. Intimate partner vio- raising the violence experienced by eration. Therefore, I have proposed to lence is often a difficult problem as a women for discussion and general the Government that a cross-sectoral mutual emotional relationship is in- awareness also encourages women to working group should be set up. It volved. Therefore, various methods speak about the problem more openly would co-ordinate the reduction of are needed to address it, for instance and also to seek help. Then the phe- violence against women, and will also restraining orders regarding violent nomenon is no longer considered as a consult non-governmental organisa- family members. Orders that secure personal problem. However, it has tions. the victim’s physical integrity and been estimated that in Finland only enable the planning of further meas- Violence against women is a multi- about 10% of even the most serious ures. faceted and extensive phenomenon. acts of violence come to the knowl- Its reduction demands long-term edge of the police. So we have much work, political commitment and co- work in this field to do. Ladies and gentlemen, operation with different agencies, or- The Government has commis- Finally, I want to tell you how ganisations, civil servants, politicians sioned a follow-up study. With this Finland has started the Council of and professional groups. In order to study we are going to obtain new Europe Campaign to Combat Vio- be successful it also demands financial follow-up information on the devel- lence against Women. The previous resources specifically allocated to it. opment of violence against women in extensive campaign was carried out in Co-operation and exchange of experi- the last ten years. Its general outcome Finland at the end of the 1990s. It ences between different countries is that violence against women still is showed that when a campaign is effec- within the framework of the Council regrettably common. We must still tive, those who have experienced vio- of Europe campaign serves as an op- pay attention to tackling it. lence are encouraged to contact auth- portunity to learn about each other’s orities. The service system must be good practices and experiences. The In the future it would be most im- prepared for that, so that we can campaign also provides support to the portant to obtain comparable and respond to the demand. There should debate conducted in member states comprehensive information about the be, for instance, a sufficient supply of on reducing violence against women. prevalence of violence against women telephone help-lines. in different countries. Unfortunately, at the moment it is difficult to At the moment we are planning to Ladies and gentlemen, compare the results of individual carry out the new campaign together All of us – you and me – have the studies made in different countries. with non-governmental organisa- right to live without fear of violence. And on the other hand, not even all tions. Next year we are going to organ- That is why we need awareness- the European countries have been in- ise a regional seminar for the Baltic raising and courage to speak about volved in international comparisons. countries, the Nordic countries and this hidden shame. That is the reason So far, there has not been any exten- Russia, together with the Council of why we need this campaign. sive international investigation of vio- Europe. The theme of the seminar will lence against women in particular, but be provision of services for victims of Thank you.

50 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 In Italy, as in all European countries, A few days ago, during the day ded- Speech: violence against and towards women icated to violence against women in continues, by way of molestation, at parliament, l’Istat – the National In- Ms Donatella times grave molestation leading to stitute of Statistics – presented the rape and assassination. It is therefore results of a study carried out on data Linguiti still a serious problem, even though covering 1997 to 2002, using specific there was a decrease in sexual moles- research methods, on the emergence tation and attempted rape from 1997 of this phenomenon. It painted an Secretary of State, to 2002, especially thanks to profound alarming picture: ten million women Ministry for Rights and legislative changes, a lifting of the si- between 14 and 59 years of age had ex- lence surrounding this issue and to the perienced sexual molestation or Equal Opportunities, intense activity of anti-violence cen- sexual blackmail during their lifetime Italy tres and shelters. with 500 000 cases of rape or at- 1996 was an important year for tempted rape. Italy. After twenty years of debate in For women, the most insecure parliament and among women, a Law places are neither dark streets nor a against sexual violence was passed, park at night time, rather their home currently in force, according to which and the workplace: in 97% of cases the violence is no longer considered an violence was carried out in the home offence against public decency, but by partners, fathers or other relatives; against the person. Before this, vio- 900 000 women have been sexually lence was considered a crime only in blackmailed in order to be recruited the case of permanent damage and or to obtain a promotion. Targeted was considered, in any case, a minor among these are unemployed women offence. Even if there was a conviction, over employed, freelance workers it could be reversed by matrimony, over fixed contract workers and white which was the only socially accepted collar workers over blue collars. way; if a woman wanted to reclaim her Moreover, one-third of women do dignity and honour in the eyes of the not tell anyone of the violence experi- community she had to accept the enced; of that sexual violence which is terms of the marriage. often repeated and never reported. In With the Law of 1996, the terms of 90% of cases, women do not report it the process finally changed: it was no because they are ashamed or fear longer up to the victim to prove rape being judged or because of a lack of but up to the aggressor to prove his in- trust in the police forces. nocence. Prevailing and even more insidious The Law regarding sexual violence violence is therefore that which is in Italy therefore marked a turning family-related. It makes no noise, point in customs and rights, compen- often occurs in silence behind closed sating for a historical delay in our doors and leaves little room for country. women to resolve. It can come up at Today, violence against women is a any moment in the relationship. recognised phenomenon, but the fact Sometimes it presents itself straight that it is no longer shrouded in secrecy away, sometimes it may arise with the does not mean that there is little left to birth of a child or even after many be done. years of matrimony.

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Risks of this violence on women’s places of research and identification constitute themselves as plaintiffs in physical and psychological health of intervention models that consider legal proceedings with the victim’s have been defined, as have been the violence against women a result of a consent. consequences on minors – learning patriarchal culture that still to this day This new law is intended to inter- violent cultural and relational models determines a social, economical and vene in all forms of media and com- (for boys) or being subject to repeti- political model in our country, munication to eliminate sexist stereo- tion (for girls). amongst others. types and false representations of The image projected externally of a For this reason we consider all women’s true knowledge and value. woman who is a victim, generally of women at risk of violence, no one ex- We want to invest in cultural family-related violence, is that of a cluded. Violence strikes everyone, in- change and therefore in prevention, weak one, with no energy, afraid, with dependent of age, social, economic, with intervention guidelines that no alternative life plan. religious or ethnic status. include shared support principles This way of being, which is an The experience acquired by anti- among regions, local entities and effect of the violence, is often mis- violence centres and by the women’s private social services. It is known that taken for subjective incapacity, movement that worked profoundly an increase in punishment alone will absence of the will to escape the vio- for a radical change in dealing with the not lead to a new culture and to lence, weakness in character, etc. phenomenon in all spheres, having change in relationship between the These women are often not sup- given concrete psychological and legal sexes; and therefore the Ministry for ported by actions that would aid in the support to women, having contrib- Equal Opportunity has a plan of removal of the effects of the violence uted to changing culture by offering action that also includes the constitu- they have endured but they are rather training in schools, courts, hospitals tion of a national observatory on vio- negatively judged and penalised by and among police officers, has been lence that will be one of the principle decisions that deprive them of ulterior precious to us in launching a plan of motors of elaboration of politics and rights (for example the right to the action where the synergy between in- positive actions to diffuse a new house that they married into, custody stitution and volunteers can deter- culture that targets feminine liberty of their children, etc.). mine the conditions for increased effi- and the building of a civil cohabitation With the arrival of the new govern- ciency of the actions undertaken. among sexes. This will help break the ment (centre-left wing), even before A round table has in the meantime silence surrounding violence against final results were official, the Ministry been formed among various minis- women, give strength to the network for Equal Opportunity and Rights tries that, having recognised the phe- and to the protection which is indis- identified structural actions (against nomenon as a social problem that pensable if women are to be allowed to the phenomenon of male violence concerns all, is working on a struc- express their hardship and report the against women) among their priori- tured and transversal legislative violence; and it will help create insti- ties through a participatory path with answer; a new law that concerns tutions to give the types of answers women’s thoughts and political prac- women but also transvestites, includ- that do not penalise women and that tice in mind. ing cases of mistreatment and stalk- do not send them back into isolation, One fundamental passage was the ing, which also provides for training as well as being places capable of sup- meeting held on 19 September, called for all persons operating in the sector, porting male efforts to carry out an in- by Minister Barbara Pollastrini, with statistics regarding violence and mis- depth search on the dynamics of their antiviolence centres and shelters dis- treatment, the right to integrated own sexuality and on the nature of re- persed over the Italian territory; social assistance for the victim, the in- lationships with women and with places which have experience and pre- troduction of new offences for acts of other men. vention strategies having directly con- stalking, the institution of a register of trasted violence against women, anti-violence centres so that they can

52 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Thank you for inviting me to speak seek support or redress when they ex- Speech: Ms Meg today. I am delighted to join you in my perience domestic violence. capacity as Deputy Minister for I know many of you will be familiar Munn Women and Equality. with the shocking domestic violence During the course of my work statistics that our society is facing, but during the last year, I have heard of I always think it is worth reminding Deputy Minister for some of the devastating stories from ourselves of the extent of the problem Women and Equality, victims of domestic violence. But they we face: are not the only victims. I have also ` In the United Kingdom, domestic United Kingdom met those who have been sexually as- violence accounts for 17% of saulted, and I have heard first hand, violent crime; the harrowing stories of some women ` For 30% of victims, domestic vio- who have been trafficked into the lence starts or escalates in preg- United Kingdom illegally as sex slaves. nancy; These are terrible crimes, predomi- ` and every year around 120 women nantly carried out against women. are murdered by a current or This is why I am delighted to be former partner. That’s more than able to attend the launch of the two women every week. Council of Europe Campaign to tackle So what has the British Govern- violence against women, to ensure ment done? that we, as ministers and representatives from our countries, raise aware- In terms of legislation, the United ness about these crimes and send a Kingdom Government passed the Do- strong and unified message that we mestic Violence, Crime and Victims are not willing to tolerate this behav- Act (2004). iour within our communities. The Act gives greater protection to We have a broad body of work victims and children and encourages being undertaken within the United them to stand up for their right to live Kingdom, which spans many govern- without fear of violence. ment departments. In my role, I sit on The measures held within the Act three inter-ministerial groups cover- have been rolling out in stages since ing human trafficking, prostitution, March last year. sexual offending, domestic violence, Building on the new legislation, our forced marriages, female genital muti- National Delivery plan outlines how lation and honour killings. we will ensure that perpetrators are I am particularly proud that since brought to justice, and that we provide 1997, the British Government has the best possible help for victims, to risen to the challenge that domestic encourage then to come forward in violence poses and we are now ensur- the certainty that they will get the pro- ing through our delivery plan that this tection and support they need. pernicious crime is being tackled Furthermore, the introduction of through all of our mainstream serv- twenty-five Specialist Domestic Vio- ices. lence Courts as part of the programme Our ministers from across govern- was put in place in April this year. ment departments involved in this There is now at least one specialist do- agenda particularly want to ensure mestic violence court area in every that it becomes easier for women to region and in Wales.

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But we all have a part to play, and lence. Many government depart- victims in the workplace. This dem- adopting a zero-tolerance approach ments, as well as private companies, onstrates the vital role that corpora- within the work place is a key mecha- are members, and I have encouraged tions, businesses and employers have nism to bringing about important all those departments where I have in helping to achieve our primary ob- culture change. In March 2005 the been minister to become involved jective of reducing domestic homi- Corporate Alliance Against Domestic with the organisation because we cides. Violence was launched and has need to share this important message But in the United Kingdom, as our created a central resource for employ- and make a real difference to the lives Ministerial groups demonstrate, we ers through an interactive website of victims. are committed to dealing with all where employers and employees can The Alliance has pooled their con- crimes committed against women find out information and seek sup- siderable resources and skills to take We all need to take responsibility port. cohesive action. They are doing more for bringing about change, and for The Corporate Alliance is a group to protect victims from workplace keeping our friends, colleagues, our of companies who have come together harassment and improving workplace service users and our communities to promote Action Against Domestic safety. safe from crimes that devastate fami- Violence through the workplace. There have been recent high- lies and ruin lives. As we all know, re- Their aims is to raise awareness of an profile cases in the United Kingdom maining silent is collusion. take action to reduce the human and where perpetrators have stalked, har- economic impact of domestic vio- assed and tragically murdered their

54 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Speech: Ladies and gentlemen, ` The draft organic law on effective First of all I would like to thank the equality between women and men Ms Soledad Council of Europe for choosing our accordingly advocates balanced country as the venue for launching the representation of men and women, Murillo European Campaign to Combat Vio- with no fewer than 40% and no lence against Women, and the Presi- more than 60% of either sex in all dent of the Spanish Senate for accept- decision-making spheres, be it in ing the proposal and making it politics, the economy, culture or Secretary General on possible for us to be here today in this education. It is not a matter of Equal Opportunities, magnificent setting. quotas or favours; it is simply a question of applying the principle Ministry of Labour and When we drafted what is now the organic law on comprehensive proof representation. Democracy is Social Affairs, Spain tection measures against gender vio- government by the majority, and it lence, which was unanimously ap- is this representation of the major- proved by Parliament, we were also ity that gives democracy its legiti- thinking of young women who did not macy. Let us not forget that women live with their attackers and of older make up 51% of the population. women who had separated from their ` All the countries represented here husbands or partners. In its concern today either have laws or are to protect women, the Council of working on laws to protect Europe should widen its scope to women’s lives. What I would like to include not only domestic violence ask you to do now is to defend and but also gender violence as under- uphold these laws which protect stood in Spanish law. women’s lives. We cannot measure their importance based on the Action needs to be taken on number of deaths by violence, any various fronts: more than we measure other laws ` The political agenda must give in terms of the number of offences effect to laws against gender vio- or criminals. lence and make the necessary re- We must remember that only sources available. eighteen of the sixty-two women mur- ` We must change the message and dered in our country had complained depict women not as helpless of domestic violence to the police, and victims but as winners, coming to half of them had declined protection grips with the problem. We must because they thought their violent neither victimise the victims nor partners would change. Unfortu- fuel their fears, much less let the of- nately, they did not. In the remaining fenders go unpunished. cases, their assailants failed to comply ` Putting an end to the violence also with restraining orders. means passing laws which promote Remember that anyone who equality; if half the population has commits an assault is breaking the limited access to culture, politics law. Men and women must under- and knowledge, where are women stand that ill-treatment is not a moral who are ill-treated to find examples but a political issue and that democ- to follow and the confidence to feel racy should normally be present that they are citizens with full where people are supposed to be fond rights? of one another.

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I wish to add the following message only a violation of human rights but urge you all to take the law seriously to those we have heard in this cam- also a breach of democracy. I therefore and make sure it is fully enforced. paign: violence against women is not Thank you.

56 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Madame la Présidente, Mesdames Permettez-moi, au cours de cette Allocution : et Messieurs les Ministres, honorables brève allocution, de vous donner membres de cette assemblée, chers quelques exemples de mesures inno- M. Jean-Guy collègues, vantes prises par les parlements natio- C’est un grand honneur de pouvoir naux – et qui sont loin d’être Branger m’adresser à vous en ce jour. Je suis exhaustifs : membre du Sénat français, et de la ` Dès 1997, le Parlement autrichien a Commission sur l’égalité des chances été l’un des premiers à inscrire dans Membre de l’Assemblée pour les femmes et les hommes de la loi le principe de l’éloignement parlementaire, Conseil l’Assemblée parlementaire. C’est à ce du conjoint violent, pour éviter titre que j’ai eu le plaisir de présenter ainsi à la femme victime de vio- de l’Europe en 2004 le rapport pour le lancement lence domestique de devoir quitter d’une « Campagne paneuropéenne le domicile familial. Cette loi per- contre la violence domestique à met ainsi à la police d’expulser une l’égard des femmes » – une campagne personne menaçant d’autres per- que l’Assemblée parlementaire a sonnes du foyer, quelque soit la re- soutenu depuis lors avec beaucoup lation qu’elle entretient avec la vic- d’engagement et de détermination. time, ou ses droits de propriété sur C’est donc avec un plaisir tout parti- la résidence. culier que je vais aborder avec vous le ` En Belgique, la loi fédérale du thème des mesures juridiques et des 24 novembre 1997, complétée en politiques novatrices pour combattre 2002, et qui a été étendue aux com- la violence à l’égard des femmes d’un munautés et aux régions, préconise point de vue parlementaire. désormais une « tolérance zéro ». Le combat que j’ai mené à l’Assem- Ainsi, toute infraction connue des blée parlementaire, puis au Sénat en services de police devra être enre- France où j’ai présenté un rapport sur gistrée, ce qui évitera tout senti- ce même thème, repose sur une con- ment d’impunité. viction profonde : les membres des ` Le Royaume-Uni a institué dans sa parlements nationaux, représentant loi de 2004 sur la violence domesti- les peuples d’Europe, ont un rôle fon- que un fonds budgétaire consacré damental à jouer pour faire évoluer aux victimes de violence domes- nos sociétés et lutter contre les vio- tique. L’autorité de compensation lences faites aux femmes, parce qu’ils des préjudices criminels dispose du détiennent la capacité de proposer et droit de récupérer auprès des de voter des lois et d’inscrire ainsi dans auteurs de délits les sommes d’ar- la loi la répression des actes de vio- gent qu’ils doivent payer aux vic- lence, la protection et le soutien aux times à titre de compensation. victimes, la prévention des violences. ` En Turquie, la loi sur les Municipa- La loi fixe la norme et, en l’espèce, lités entrée en vigueur fin 2004 im- nous considérons que les violences pose aux grandes villes et aux villes exercées contre les femmes du seul fait de plus de 50 000 habitants de créer qu’elles sont femmes, que ce soit dans des refuges pour les femmes et les l’espace public ou dans la sphère fami- enfants. liale, sont inacceptables dans une ` A Monaco, une cellule d’accueil société respectueuse de la dignité et spécifiquement créée, avec une des droits de la personne humaine. femme policier notamment, per-

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met de répondre aux situations loi 2003, considérée comme d’intervention. En notre qualité de d’urgence et une incrimination pé- modèle, le parlement a d’ores et parlementaire, nous avons le pouvoir nale spécifique est en cours de dis- déjà procédé à un audit externe de de proposer et de voter les lois, et le cussion au Parlement. la loi, qui a mis en avant les amen- devoir de veiller à leur bonne mise en ` En France, la loi du 4 avril 2006 sur dements qui pourraient y être ap- œuvre. le renforcement de la prévention et portés. L’initiative de l’Assemblée parle- de la répression des violences au ` Enfin, comment, dans cette en- mentaires décidée cette année sous le sein du couple a permis ceinte, ne pas souligner le rôle du titre « les Parlements unis pour com- – l’ajout de la notion du respect à la parlement espagnol qui a voté une battre la violence domestique » nous liste des devoirs et des droits res- loi exemplaire en matière de lutte offre une formidable opportunité de pectifs des époux (article 2) contre les violences fondées sur le confronter nos expériences parle- – l’élargissement du champ d’appli- sexe. Le cas de l’Espagne devrait mentaires, d’apprendre les uns des cation de la circonstance aggra- nous inspirer, et nous rappeler que autres, et de mieux appréhender les vante à de nouveaux auteurs les parlementaires doivent quel- enjeux parlementaires de la lutte (comme les ex-conjoints et les per- quefois avoir la force et le courage contre la violence domestique faite sonnes pacsées) C‘est aussi une cir- de voter des lois qui peuvent sem- aux femmes. La Campagne du Conseil constance aggravante des crimes bler être en avant sur leur temps, et de l’Europe nous permet de travailler de meurtres, de viols et d’agres- précéder les évolutions de la so- en réseau et de dépasser ensemble les sions sexuelles) ciété. Aussi souhaiterais-je saluer blocages et les stéréotypes patriar- – la reconnaissance légale du viol au tout particulièrement mes collè- caux qui caractérisent, à plus ou sein du couple (article 11) gues parlementaires espagnols moins grande échelle, l’ensemble de – ou encore l’éloignement de l’auteur présents dans la salle aujourd’hui. nos sociétés. de violences conjugales du domicile de la victime (article 12). Mesdames et Messieurs, chers col- Pour conclure, je formule le vœu ` Toujours en France, c’est encore à lègues, qu’après la Conférence de Madrid, l’initiative du Sénat que l’âge du Voter une loi contre la violence do- nous, parlementaires, puissions mariage des jeunes filles à été rele- mestique est un pas décisif dans la puiser dans toutes ces expériences vée à 18 ans contre 15 auparavant, lutte contre les violences faites aux pour améliorer la loi et donner aux dans le but de lutter contre les femmes. Il s’agit souvent d’un proces- femmes la place qui leur revient dans mariages forcés. sus long et difficile. Aussi est-il impé- une société plus juste. ` Au Luxembourg, pour assurer la ratif d’assurer la synergie entre tous les Je vous remercie de votre atten- bonne application et le suivi d’une acteurs politiques et tous les niveaux tion.

58 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Speech: Monitoring the implementa- tions for their inspiration and sup- tion of the Law on Protection port. against Domestic Violence in In the last four years, thanks to the Ms Genoveva persistent efforts of women’s NGOs, Bulgaria – the NGO perspec- under foreign pressure and due to the Tisheva tive challenge of accession to the Euro- pean Union, the issue of violence “Violence against women is a mani- against women emerged as a relevant Managing Director, festation of the historically unequal one and received public attention and Bulgarian Gender power relations between women and recognition in Bulgaria. The develop- men, which have led to domination ment by NGOs of support services for Research Foundation, over and discrimination against women who have suffered violence, Bulgaria women by men and to the prevention of and the influence of the decade of women’ s full advancement.” – B e i j i n g human rights conferences during the Platform for Action, paragraph 118. 1990s contributed to the unveiling of Thank you for the kind invitation this phenomenon. As a result of these extended to me by the Council of processes, legislation in the field of Europe, which will allow me to focus violence against women started to de- on the crucial contribution of Bulgar- velop, especially with the Law for ian women’s NGOs for the develop- Combating Trafficking in Persons, to- ment of legislation and good practices gether with corresponding changes in on violence against women, and the Penal Code, and the Law on Pro- namely domestic violence. tection against Domestic Violence. The Law on Protection against Dis- I should like to take advantage of crimination, too, forms part of the this opportunity to focus on the series of relatively new laws related to crucial role of NGOs in Europe, who gender equality. The adoption of all are the visionaries and the architects these laws in a short period of time, in the area of violence against women between 2003 and 2005, is, without – both of legislation and infrastruc- any doubt, a real achievement, mainly ture for the support of women victims of the Bulgarian parliament and civil and their children. The continuous society. Another important mecha- efforts of NGOs are keeping women nism added in August 2006 is the rat- alive, are saving their children’s lives ification by the 40th National Assem- and are giving many women hope and bly of the Optional Protocol to relief. CEDAW, which will give further op- I represent here the Bulgarian portunities for NGOs to challenge Gender Research Foundation before the CEDAW Committee vio- (BGRF), which also has branches in lations of women’s rights in Bulgaria. three other towns in Bulgaria: Plovdiv, The most striking example and also Haskovo and Silistra. It is part of the the “masterpiece” of this co-operation co-ordination of the Bulgarian Plat- between NGOs and the parliament is form to the EWL and member of the Law on Protection against Domes- WAVE. I am also a member of the tic Violence. The draft law was initi- European Observatory on violence ated by BGRF experts, supported by against women. I would like to thank women’s NGOs, and finally elabo- all these organisations and institu- rated and adopted thanks to the joint

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 59 Stop domestic violence Innovative legal and policy measures to combat violence against women against women efforts of NGOs and women MPs legal, psychological, etc. – are pro- burden of proof, the inadequate reac- from the 39th National Assembly. In vided entirely by NGOs; training ses- tion of prosecutors in cases of serious this process both BGRF and the MPs sions for the police and judges are or- threat to health and life of victims, etc. benefited from the support of experts ganised by NGOs; the first Some of these gaps can be filled by from Minnesota Advocates for agreements for the joint implementa- introducing the respective legislative Human Rights and the European tion of the law were signed between changes, especially in the criminal Women’s Lobby. We have the pleasure NGOs and the local authorities in law; but others need continuous edu- to have here with us the key person Sofia (BGRF), Burgas (our partner cation and training of the profession- from the National Assembly who pro- “Demetra” Association) and in other als. moted the law and made its adoption places with active NGOs. There is no possible: Ms Marina Dikova. She governmental support for these activ- Eager to see our new law on domes- should be proud of it – according to ities and no special budget was allo- tic violence implemented, and willing expert opinions, the law which pro- cated for 2006 and most probably the to make it a model also for other coun- vides for urgent protection of the situation will persist in 2007. tries and regions, we as NGOs will victims of domestic violence by civil Monitoring the implementation of work further with national and local protection orders is one of the best the law and data collection are also in government to ensure the sustainabil- laws in the region. It respects the au- the portfolio of NGOs active in the ity of the positive processes initiated tonomy of the victim and at the same field. For example, the BGRF and its with the adoption of the law. The time provides for urgent action by the partners organised monitoring of recent announcement by UNIFEM police and the civil court. court hearings by volunteers from that, together with our very good One and a half years after the entry civil society, conducted a survey on partner “Demetra” (Burgas) and in co- into force of the law, we can assess that the cost of victim support provided by operation with the Bulgarian Fund for the best compliance of the court and NGOs, analysed court practice, and Women, we are among the organisa- the police with the law is in the towns organised training sessions for police tions which received a grant from the where active NGOs exist – like Sofia, and judges in co-operation with Min- UNIFEM Trust Fund for the Elimina- Varna, Burgas, Plovdiv, Pernik, other nesota Advocates for Human Rights. tion of violence against women, found BGRF branches and partners, etc. In Besides the lack of support for us at this important stage of joint Sofia more than 150 applications for much-needed services for victims, the work. It will, hopefully, boost the ef- orders for protection have been regis- main shortcomings of the law are: in- fective implementation of the LPADV, tered since the beginning of 2006. In adequate reaction of police and courts and ensure better protection of one-third of the cases protection in some instances, requirement of nu- women victims of domestic violence. orders have been issued already. In merous pieces of evidence, non- We dedicate the implementation of Burgas there are about 40 protection respect by the courts of the urgency of this two-year project to the Campaign orders for 2006, in Plovdiv over 50, safety protection as the main priority, of the Council of Europe against do- etc. Services for victims of violence – of the principle of the shift of the mestic violence against women.

60 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Speech: Data: Why is it needed? What – Point against which future posi- is needed? Developing the ev- tions can be compared (for better or worse) Ms Sylvia Walby idence base for policies to ` Targets are the goals represented in stop violence against women a figure that is measurable. ` Where do we want to go? Professor, Sociology Why is data needed? ` When do we want to get there? ` Department, Lancaster ` Much rhetoric and statements of Both depend on indicators and sta- University, United good intent tistics – Good rhetoric is good and neces- Kingdom sary The need for surveys ` But how much progress? ` Population surveys are the only ` Reliable evidence is needed to form of reliable data over time ` know whether policies are working Official statistics from police and courts underestimate the amount ` To identify and measure change, of violence since many women do simply and reliably so as to evaluate not report impact of policies ` As policies improve, more women – The next step after good intentions will report, so police/court data is not a reliable guide to changes over What is needed? time. ` Indicators: – Changes in indicators, year by year Information needed from ` Supported by hard data: statistics surveys ` Comparable between countries ` Annual estimates of Violence ` Linked into action plans at na- Against Women tional, EU and international levels ` Prevalence and incidents ` Linked into national and EU inter- – What percentage of the population national monitoring affected (prevalence) – How many incidents in total Indicators ` Types of violence ` To assist evaluation of policies – Rape, domestic violence, stalking, sexual harassment, honour crimes ` Meaningful summaries of complex and more data ` Severity ` Simplify complicated information –Injuries ` Robust enough for comparisons – Frequency (domestic violence usu- ` Enable benchmarking ally involves many incidents) ` Enable setting of “targets” ` Essential for measuring change What has been done? towards targets over time and ` Ad hoc national surveys, e.g. UK between countries ` Some use of data e.g. Cost of domestic violence Benchmarks and targets ` UN Task Force to develop data ` Benchmarks are stable reference gathering points –UN report

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–Expert meetings ` Link to national implementation of www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ ` European gender mainstreaming action plans pdfs04/hors276.pdf – Presidencies (indicators), Com- ` Oversight: Council of Europe, ` United Kingdom study by Sylvia mission, European Parliament Eurostat, UN Walby on The Cost of Domestic Violence, (DTI, Women and Equal- What still needs to be done? Resources ity Unit 2004). http:// ` Final agreement by UN task force ` UN Secretary General’s Report on www.womenandequalityunit.gov.uk/ on standards for indicators, and Violence Against Women (2006) research/ methods of data collection http://www.un.org/womenwatch/ cost_of_dv_Report_sept04.pdf ` Endorsement of these standards by daw/vaw/index.htm ` Sylvia Walby (2005), “Improving countries’ National Statistical ` United Kingdom national survey of the statistics on violence against Offices gender-based violence: Sylvia women”, Statistical Journal of the ` Creation and funding of compara- Walby and Jonathan Allen, Domes- United Nations Economic Commis- ble surveys in each country by Na- tic violence, sexual assault and sion for Europe, 22, 4, 193-216, tional Statistical Offices stalking: findings from the British 2005. ` E.g. modules attached to annual Crime Survey, Home Office Re- crime or health surveys search Study 276, 2004, http://

62 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Solemn launching ceremony blank Page Welcoming Ladies and gentlemen, But I must also express a feeling of It is an honour for the Spanish shame. address by Senate to welcome you here at this im- As a political leader I am ashamed portant, and I believe essential, that, in our societies, there is still a Mr Francisco launching conference of the Council of deeply-rooted, centuries-old, male- Europe Campaign to Combat Violence centred culture which considers it Javier Rojo against Women, including Domestic normal that women should be subor- Violence. dinate to men; a culture which considers the imbalance of power between This is a problem which, after long García men and women to be legitimate; a years of silence and neglect, and culture which systematically discrim- thanks to the untiring efforts of many inates against women. President of the Senate, bodies, in particular women’s NGOs, has now moved into the public I am ashamed to say that gender Spain domain. stereotypes continue to exist in our societies; ashamed that there are still On behalf of the Bureau of the firmly held beliefs, attitudes, feelings, Spanish Senate and the parliamentary values, behaviour and activities which groups, I would like to welcome you to make a distinction between men and this chamber. We trust that it is an ap- women in the different spheres of propriate place for discussing ideas on everyday life, in schools, interper- how to change attitudes, outline new sonal relationships and working life. ways of dealing with the problem, I am ashamed that in our societies show unity in combating violence we can rub shoulders every day with against women and express our men who systematically infringe the support for the victims and give them human rights and freedoms of the protection they deserve. women, who harass, intimidate, I trust you will allow me, in this threaten, abuse, blackmail, maltreat, short welcome address, to do some- beat and kill women. And these are thing which is not very common in not simply uncontrollable, individual politics, but which it is neither possi- instances of despicable conduct but a ble nor appropriate to avoid when ad- way of perpetuating women’s subordi- dressing such a sensitive issue, namely nation to men through violence and to speak of feelings. fear. The first feeling I would like to And I should also like to express a convey is satisfaction. Satisfaction feeling of gratitude. To thank you that the Council of Europe has chosen women for giving me the opportunity, Spain as the place to launch its cam- at this solemn event, to show what I paign. We are aware of the Council’s feel, when it should be you, who rep- determination and dedication to resent women’s movements and net- strengthening the political commit- works, you who have spent your lives ment and joint efforts of member combating violence and working for states to find out more about this equality, who should be occupying problem and create an environment in this chair. which women can live free of gender However, I must also express a violence. We therefore fully appreci- feeling of pride. Pride that I am ate the choice of Spain as the venue for member of a parliament that has this conference. unanimously approved a comprehen-

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 65 Stop domestic violence Solemn launching ceremony against women sive and exemplary law against gender I am also proud to belong to those dividual and collective efforts, aware- violence. in politics who agree on the need to ness-raising, prevention and educa- This law was drawn up with the full join forces and do our utmost to tion, 25 November will, in the not too participation of women’s organisa- restore dignity, psychological well- distant future, no longer appear on all tions; it contains a broad definition of being and full civic rights to those who our calendars as the International Day both physical and psychological vio- have been subjected to violence. for the Elimination of Violence against lence, including attacks on sexual lib- I am proud that local authorities, Women, because it will be unneces- erty, threats, coercion or the arbitrary regional governments and central sary. deprivation of freedom; it provides for government have committed them- Only then will we know that we preventive and educational measures selves to the common cause of equal- have made real progress towards as well as measures for providing pro- ity, in the knowledge that only real achieving equality, development and tection and assistance to victims; and equality between men and women can peace. it has increased the penalties imposed lead to full democracy. Thank you very much for your at- on the perpetrators of such violence. Finally I wish to express my hope. tention and welcome to this Hope that, as a result of sustained in- House.

66 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Dear Prime Minister, dear fellow educational programmes should Address by parliamentarians, dear Ministers, dis- promote family values. tinguished guests, ladies and gentle- ` By making better use of media and Mr René van der men, information technologies. Media Today, while we meet here to should be aware of the impact it has Linden discuss and generate ideas about how on the general public – there is too to combat violence against women, all much violence on our TV screens. over Europe, thousands of women Instead, media should promote President of the face physical, sexual and psychologi- and diffuse good practices. Parliamentary cal violence on a daily basis. The Parliamentary Assembly is Domestic violence knows no geo- committed to giving its full support to Assembly, Council of graphical boundaries or age limit. the Council of Europe Campaign. Europe Nor is it particular to any culture, In June this year our Assembly social group or class. launched the project “Parliaments Too many victims suffer in silence united in combating domestic vio- and too many crimes go unpunished. lence against women”. How long can we tolerate this situ- I am convinced that the first cam- ation? paign ever launched by the Parliamen- The Parliamentary Assembly has tary Assembly in this form will en- repeatedly condemned this – all too courage parliaments to adopt laws, common – form of violence suffered and take other measures that can by women in Europe within their own improve women’s rights to live in a homes. society that is safe and free from vio- The scale and spread of domestic lence. abuse in Europe, which is a serious How can we, members of parlia- violation of human rights, call for res- ments, make a difference? olute and concerted action. Our parliaments are made up of All actors – governments, parliamen and women elected by all citi- mentarians, local and regional auth- zens, and consequently parliaments orities and representatives of civil are the most natural and legitimate society – need to act in unison. democratic institution representing A full range of measures needs to their interests. be taken, including legislation, to It is, therefore, our duty and obliga- combat domestic violence. tion to listen to our citizens’ concerns But above all, given the scale of do- and to take action to protect their in- mestic abuse in Europe, we need to terests. change people’s attitude. We can play a vital role by adopting Through concrete action: legislation to establish domestic vio- ` By making better use of the educa- lence as a serious and unacceptable tion system – through educational assault on human dignity and a viola- programmes that raise awareness tion of human rights. about violence against women, We can adopt legislation that pros- their impact not only on women ecutes and punishes the perpetrators, but on the family and our society as protects the most vulnerable individ- a whole, in particular children who uals, even in the private sphere, and suffer psychological traumas. Such reinforces the rights of victims.

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We must ensure that our states ing it as core issues of human rights support and involvement of civil soci- respect the international norms and and of the functioning of democratic ety. We need to encourage them to standards, in particular those deriving societies, each and everyone of us can take initiatives, and bring forward from the European Convention of contribute to changing people’s atti- proposals for joint activities. Human Rights. tude on the European continent and It is also important that equal As parliamentarians, we have the beyond. rights and gender mainstreaming be capacity, and the duty, to lead public Combating domestic violence is promoted in our laws to allow women opinion, raise awareness and de- not the private hunting ground of the to find their place in society and live in nounce publicly and explicitly domes- Council of Europe. dignity and security. This is driving tic violence as something that has no Together with our friends and col- the work of the Parliamentary Assem- place in civilised societies. leagues from the European Parlia- bly in the field of promoting equal op- National parliaments in the forty- ment, the Nordic Council, the Inter- portunities for women and men. six member states and observer par- Parliamentary Union, the Parliamen- Whether we are national, regional liaments have already started to im- tary Assembly of the OSCE, the par- or local elected representatives or plement the campaign at parliamen- liamentary forum of small states and simple citizens, domestic violence tary level, in close co-operation with the Stability Pact for South-eastern against women is a problem that con- national and local authorities and Europe, we are committed to voicing cerns us all. non-governmental organisations. our deep concern, denouncing do- It is our individual and collective I can assure you that the contact mestic violence against women as a responsibility to break the silence and parliamentarians, who have been ap- human rights violation and to taking take action. pointed by their national parliaments, action to combat it. So let us stand up, speak out and to- are highly motivated to ensure that Being close to citizens, civil society gether make a difference: Stop a la vio- the campaign will be a success. Parlia- is one of the most important elements lencia doméstica contra las mujeres. mentarians have established six re- in any democracy. We work together ¡Muchas gracias! Thank you. gional groups and share a network of with almost 400 civil society associa- contacts and good practices. tions in constructive partnership. By putting this on the political We cannot combat violence agenda of our parliaments and treat- against women alone. We need the

68 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Growing up as a boy, I learned a rule have already mentioned, over 200 000 Address by of honour for men: respect others and territorial communities and speaking never physically attack another. You for all municipalities and regions of Mr Ian Micallef will disgrace yourself by doing so. Yet, the forty-six Council of Europe millions of men are disgracing them- member states, and, on the other selves today across Europe through hand, using its proximity to the citi- President of the domestic violence against women, zens it serves. Chamber of Local children and aged persons, which has I see the Congress’ role in this cam- brought about the need for the campaign in particular as follows: Authorities of the paign that we are launching here in Firstly, to provide a forum for an Congress of Local and Madrid. exchange of good practices among Violence has been a major issue for local and regional authorities on a Regional Authorities, this continent over centuries, espe- pan-European level, taking into Council of Europe cially the last century with its two account the initiatives already taken at world wars. We have learned our les- territorial level. We need to make sure sons, and, more or less, tackled vio- that these initiatives, ranging from lence off the street – just to see it go ways of protecting victims, working into houses, behind closed doors. On closely with NGOs in the field, to any given day, in every single one of training of municipal staff and pro- more than 200 000 territorial commu- moting preventive education meas- nities of Europe, there is an appalling ures in schools, are shared across number of women who are victims of Europe. violence and aggression – often at the Secondly, in order to ensure that hands of the very people closest to the message of the campaign falls on them. fertile ground, we also need to under- I am honoured to be here today to take urgent, immediate and sustained represent the Congress of Local and awareness-raising action both within Regional Authorities, as President of municipal administrations and civil its Chamber of Local Authorities, and society. to speak to you about the importance To put this into practice, the Con- of the local and regional dimension in gress is planning to organise an aware- ensuring the greatest possible impact ness-raising week around 8 March of the campaign which we are launch- 2007, which will entail participating ing today. cities, including the City of Stras- Local and regional elected repre- bourg, putting up posters and organ- sentatives, their police officers, social ising public debates in schools and workers and administrative employ- town halls on the issue of violence ees are on the front line of dealing with against women. domestic violence and its repercus- The Congress has also set up a Web sions and in providing the necessary site dedicated to the issue, which, we services to the women and children hope, will also serve as a forum for the who are the most likely victims. exchange of good practices. We invite In this campaign, the Council of municipalities and regions to send Europe Congress will take the their Web pages outlining examples of maximum advantage of its unique their good practices in fighting do- position – on the one hand, as a pan- mestic violence, and we plan to create European body, representing, as I an interactive news update section to

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 69 Stop domestic violence Solemn launching ceremony against women post upcoming events from national liamentary dimensions of the Council make sure that these phenomena do associations of local authorities. of Europe campaign to ensure not go unnoticed, that our society is maximum synergy in carrying out the aware of them, and that national gov- Ladies and gentlemen, Campaign to Combat Violence ernments, parliaments, local and re- We must join our forces in a con- against Women, including Domestic gional authorities and civil society certed action against domestic vio- Violence. take urgent action to address them. lence. One of the strengths of the Violence can come in many shapes This is why I warmly welcome this Council of Europe is precisely that it and forms, especially violence against campaign on behalf of the Council of can reach every level of government women. It can come in the form of Europe’s Congress, and wish this con- and civil society. I can assure you that human trafficking and forced prosti- ference every success. the Congress will work hand in hand tution, or abuse at home, or harass- with the intergovernmental and par- ment at work. Our task today is to Thank you.

70 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 M. le Président du Gouvernement, ment au sein de la famille. En effet, la Allocution : M. le Président du Congrès des Dépu- violence domestique est présente (et tés, M. le Président du Sénat, M. le même courante) dans tous les pays M. Fiorenzo Président de l’Assemblée parlemen- européens et dans toutes les couches taire (du Conseil de l’Europe), M. le de la société. Nous allons par consé- Stolfi Secrétaire Général du Conseil de l’Eu- quent tout mettre en œuvre pour en- rope, M. le Président de la Chambre courager les Etats membres à lutter des Pouvoirs Locaux du Congrès du activement contre ce phénomène. Président du Comité Conseil de l’Europe, Messieurs les Sans entrer dans les détails des des Ministres, Conseil Ministres, Mesdames et Messieurs, moyens qui seront utilisés, je voudrais C’est un grand plaisir pour moi néanmoins rappeler votre attention de l’Europe d’être parmi vous aujourd’hui à l’occa- sur le fait que cette Campagne jouera sion de la cérémonie de lancement de un rôle essentiel de sensibilisation et la Campagne du Conseil de l’Europe d’impulsion, afin que nous réalisions pour combattre la violence à l’égard tous ensemble des progrès tangibles des femmes, y compris la violence vers l’élimination de la violence à domestique. l’égard des femmes. Le Comité des Ministres est forte- Dans ce contexte, je tiens à rappeler ment engagé dans cette campagne, tout l’intérêt de la Recommandation qui constitue un élément important et sur la protection des femmes contre la particulièrement tangible du Plan violence, témoin de notre volonté d’Action du 3e Sommet adopté en mai d’éradiquer ce monstrueux phéno- 2005 à Varsovie. Nous en avons suivi mène, que le Comité des Ministres a de près les préparatifs, avec l’élabora- adressée aux Etats membres il y a tion du Programme (« Blueprint ») de quatre ans déjà. Il s’agit d’un texte nor- la Campagne, entériné en juin dernier matif qui propose tout un ensemble de et la promotion de la dimension inte- mesures pratiques et législatives de rinstitutionnelle de ce projet, notam- prévention, d’aide aux victimes, de ré- ment dans sa dimension intergouver- pression et de sensibilisation, dont la nementale. mise en œuvre ne peut que contribuer C’est pourquoi je suis sûr de parler à infléchir la tendance. En effet, un des au nom de tous les Etats membres et buts essentiels de la Campagne est jus- de tous ici présents, quand j’exprime tement de promouvoir l’application et ma joie de voir cette période de prépa- la mise en œuvre de toutes les mesures ration intense prendre fin aujourd’hui, contenues dans la Recommandation alors que notre Campagne prend son du Comité des Ministres. envol ici à Madrid et, dans les se- Un autre objectif crucial de la Cam- maines à venir, dans de nombreux pagne est de presser les gouverne- Etats membres. ments à manifester leur volonté poli- Les objectifs poursuivis dans le tique en offrant les ressources cadre de cette action revêtent une im- nécessaires pour pouvoir présenter portance particulière aux yeux des des progrès tangibles vers l’élimina- gouvernements représentés dans tion de la violence à l’égard des notre Organisation. Le Comité des femmes. Le troisième objectif, enfin, Ministres est extrêmement préoccupé est de sensibiliser l’opinion publique par l’ampleur du phénomène de la vio- dans les Etats membres du Conseil de lence à l’égard des femmes, notam- l’Europe au fait que la violence à

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 71 Stop domestic violence Solemn launching ceremony against women l’égard des femmes est une violation blique de Saint Marin va concentrer jeunes citoyens, par l’intermédiaire de des droits de la personne humaine et ses efforts au cours de sa présidence l’Ecole et à l’Université. La Campagne d’encourager tout citoyen à la com- du Comité des Ministres. saint-marinaise recherchera toutes les battre. La protection des droits des collaborations possibles à l’intérieur Il faut s’attaquer à la fois aux causes femmes, en tant qu’aspect fondamen- de la société civile dont l’implication profondes de la violence et à ses tal des droits humains, trouvera dans se révèle indispensable. conséquences. Il faut essayer de faire cette grande campagne une plate- La République de Saint-Marin, évoluer les mentalités et les compor- forme paneuropéenne qui contri- avec sa tradition séculaire de liberté, a tements et prendre des mesures juri- buera à développer des mentalités col- toujours mis au centre de son action diques, politiques et pratiques, parmi lectives où le respect des droits des l’engagement en faveur de l’affirma- lesquelles la collecte systématique de femmes deviendrait un patrimoine tion et de la protection des droits et données statistiques ventilées par véritable, incontestable, enraciné des libertés fondamentales. A cet sexe, qui vont dans le sens de la Re- dans la culture et dans la société. effet, la promotion du dialogue inter- commandation du Comité des Mi- Nous-mêmes, à Saint-Marin, culturel et inter religieux qui pour nistres dont je viens de vous parler. sommes en train de préparer un ample nous saint-marinais est la condition programme d’initiatives qui impli- essentielle pour assurer une coexis- Mesdames et Messieurs, quent tous les services publics concer- tence pacifique et démocratique dans La défense et le développement des nés et nous lancerons le 29 novembre les Etats et entre les Etats, a une im- droits de la personne humaine et des notre campagne nationale, qui sous le portance particulière. libertés fondamentales est une des haut parrainage des Chefs d’Etat, grandes priorités sur laquelle la Répu- dédiera une attention particulière aux

72 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Prime Minister, presidents, minis- This Campaign will build on the Address by ters, ladies and gentlemen, existing Recommendation by the Mr Terry Davis Women suffering from domestic Council of Europe Committee of Min- violence are not only victims of abuse, isters on the protection of women they are also victims of silence, victims against violence – the Recommenda- of indifference and victims of neglect. tion which was adopted in 2002. This Secretary General, They are not helpless and weak, but Recommendation covers all forms of Council of Europe they are often let down. This is what gender-based violence, and it is the the Council of Europe Campaign is first international call for a global French version: page 75 determined to change. The key words strategy to prevent violence and to are inform, help and empower. protect its victims. The slogan of the Campaign is Stop The Recommendation is a non- domestic violence against women. exhaustive compendium of measures This is the message to governments, which have already been adopted by who must meet their political, legisla- some, but not all forty-six member tive and administrative obligations to states of the Council of Europe. prevent domestic violence, help the The first objective of our campaign victims and punish the perpetrators. is therefore to make sure that governments go through this check-list of It is a message to the public – to all measures and implement them if they of us – to stop looking the other way have not already done so. By adding and to stop minimising the scale and new measures, every government can the gravity of this problem. also help to create a collection of good It is also a message to men, who practices, which should allow our should be considered as essential member states to learn from each actors in preventing the violence. Our other’s successes and mistakes. Campaign is not about women pro- The Campaign has, of course, a tecting women; it is about men pro- very strong parliamentary dimension tecting women as well. as well, and the role of parliamentari- Most importantly, the message of ans and representatives of local and the Campaign must reach the victims regional authorities is essential in and tell them that they are not alone. making sure that the results of the Women suffering from abuse must be Campaign are implemented through told that they are entitled to protec- policy decisions and appropriate leg- tion and help, and they must be told islative and administrative measures where it is and how they can get to it. at the national and local level. When it comes to the role of gov- Finally, an effective fight against ernments, we should start by recalling domestic violence requires the broad- the nature of their obligations. Every est possible public action. We all have Government has a responsibility to a role to play in stopping the violence protect the human rights of all its citi- and helping the victims, from civil zens and everyone else in the country. society to teachers, and from social A Government must therefore take all workers to medical staff, but the fact reasonable measures to prevent, in- remains that violence against women vestigate and punish all forms of vio- is a violation of human rights and a lence against women, including vio- particularly devastating form of crim- lence within the family. inal offence. Our governments do not

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 73 Stop domestic violence Solemn launching ceremony against women have an option – they must act effec- nars or declarations, but by the posi- months from now, we must be able to tively and they must act now. tive and quantifiable changes which look back and say we have made a dif- This Campaign is not launched our campaign helps to bring about in ference. We must not let down these merely to talk about domestic vio- the lives of women suffering from victims of a widespread abuse of lence; it is meant to do something abuse, through better laws, more shel- human rights. about it. Its ultimate success will not ters, better counselling, more help be measured by the number of semi- and above all by prevention. Eighteen

74 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Monsieur le Premier ministre, Mes- de toute autre personne se trouvant Allocution : sieurs les Présidents, Mesdames et sur leur territoire. Leurs gouverne- Messieurs les Ministres, Mesdames et ments respectifs doivent donc M. Terry Davis Messieurs, prendre toutes les mesures appro- Les femmes qui souffrent de la vio- priées pour prévenir tous les types de lence domestique ne sont pas seule- violence envers les femmes, dont la Secrétaire Général, ment victimes de sévices ; elles sont violence au sein de la famille, et Conseil de l’Europe aussi victimes du silence, victimes de lorsque des actes de violence sont l’indifférence, victimes de l’inaction. constatés, mener une enquête et punir Version anglaise : page 73 Elles ne sont pas faibles et désarmées les auteurs. mais elles sont souvent abandonnées. Cette campagne s’appuie sur la re- C’est cet état de fait que la campagne commandation du Comité des Mi- du Conseil de l’Europe est déterminée nistres du Conseil de l’Europe relative à changer. Information, aide et auton- à la protection des femmes contre la omisation en sont les maîtres mots. violence, adoptée en 2002. Cette «Stop à la violence domestique»: recommandation couvre toutes les tel est le slogan de la campagne. C’est formes de violence sexuelle et consti- le message adressé aux Etats qui tue le premier appel international à doivent satisfaire à leurs obligations l’adoption d’une stratégie globale de politiques, législatives et administra- prévention de la violence et de protec- tives pour empêcher la violence tion de ses victimes. domestique, aider les victimes et La recommandation est un recueil punir les coupables. non exhaustif de mesures qui ont déjà C’est un message qui s’adresse aussi été adoptées par une partie, mais non à l’opinion publique – à nous tous – par l’ensemble, des quarante-six Etats pour que nous cessions de détourner membres du Conseil de l’Europe. les yeux et de minimiser l’ampleur et la Notre campagne a donc pour gravité du problème. C’est un message premier objectif de s’assurer que les aux hommes qui doivent être considé- gouvernements passent en revue les rés comme les acteurs essentiels de la mesures de cette liste et les mettent en prévention de la violence. Notre cam- œuvre s’ils ne l’ont pas déjà fait. En pagne ne vise pas seulement à assurer ajoutant de nouvelles mesures, la protection des femmes par les chaque gouvernement peut aussi femmes mais aussi à faire en sorte que contribuer à la constitution d’un en- les hommes protègent les femmes. semble de bonnes pratiques, permet- Qui plus est, le message de la cam- tant à chacun de nos Etats membres pagne doit parvenir aux victimes et de tirer les enseignements des succès leur donner le sentiment qu’elles ne et erreurs des autres. sont pas seules. Il faut que les femmes La campagne a aussi, bien entendu, en butte à des sévices sachent qu’elles une très forte dimension parlemen- ont droit à une protection et à une taire ; le rôle des parlementaires et des aide, qu’elles sachent aussi où elles représentants des pouvoirs locaux et peuvent les obtenir et comment. régionaux est, en effet, essentiel pour Quant aux Etats, commençons par garantir l’application des résultats de rappeler la nature de leurs obligations, la campagne par le biais de décisions ils sont tenus de protéger les droits de ou de dispositions législatives et admi- l’ensemble de leurs ressortissants et nistratives adéquates prises par les

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 75 Stop domestic violence Solemn launching ceremony against women pouvoirs publics aux niveaux local et une violation des droits humains et quantifiables qu’elle contribuera à national. une forme particulièrement épouvan- produire dans la vie des femmes mal- Enfin, une lutte effective contre la table d’infraction pénale. Nos gouver- traitées grâce à de meilleures lois, à un violence domestique exige la plus nements n’ont pas le choix : ils doivent plus grand nombre de lieux d’asile, à large action publique possible. S’agis- agir avec efficacité et sans délai. de meilleurs conseils et informations, sant de mettre fin à la violence et La campagne est lancée non pas à une assistance accrue et surtout d’aider les victimes, tous les membres simplement pour parler de la violence grâce à la prévention. Il faut que, dans de la société ont un rôle à jouer, des ci- domestique mais aussi et surtout pour dix-huit mois, à l’heure du bilan, nous toyens aux enseignants, des tra- agir afin d’y remédier. Ce n’est pas, au puissions constater que nous avons vailleurs sociaux au personnel médi- bout du compte, au nombre de sémi- obtenu des résultats tangibles. Nous cal ; autrement dit, nous sommes tous naires ou de déclarations que l’on éva- ne devons pas décevoir l’attente de ces concernés. Il n’en reste pas moins que luera le succès de notre campagne victimes d’une violation des droits de la violence à l’égard des femmes est mais aux changements positifs et l’homme par trop répandue.

76 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to society and its efforts to be fairer Address by Spain. towards women in this way. Experi- My first words must be words of ence has taught us that only by organ- Mr José Luis sorrow, in homage to Concepción ising our life together in a more equi- Pérez Prieto, who died yesterday in table and egalitarian way can we be Rodríguez Almansilla (Seville) at the hands of her truly free, because in acknowledging ex-husband. In remembering her an individual right we gain a right for Zapatero now, I should like also to honour the society as a whole. Spain fully assumes memory of the 61 other women who the responsibility this entails. have been murdered so far this year in In respect of this and other prob- Prime Minister, Spain our country, victims of gender vio- lems, our citizens have shown their lence. Events like the conference that determination to bring about the nec- brings us here today are of the utmost essary changes to achieve a fully dem- importance if these women’s deaths ocratic society, in unison with the age are to serve as a permanent warning to we live in and the geopolitical place we our societies, if their ultimate sacrifice occupy. The parity Government I lead is not to have been in vain, if their thrives on this thirst for true democ- deaths are to be an incentive to all racy. public authorities in the common The everyday lives our women lead effort to put a stop to this intolerable are a constant reminder of their resil- violence. ience, their intelligence, their ability to For this reason I should like to cope and their sense of devotion. It is thank the Council of Europe for hardly surprising that Spain’s women setting the campaign to combat vio- are and always have been the prime lence against women in motion. This movers in the struggle to win recogni- campaign is the latest in a series of tion for their rights and freedoms and pioneering steps the Council of in the promotion of gender equality. Europe has taken since the 1990s to This year Spain celebrated the 75th protect women’s fundamental rights anniversary of the first day of October and freedoms. 1931, when Spanish women were In congratulating the Council of granted the right to vote. Clara Cam- Europe, I congratulate all its European poamor, a member of parliament who member states. By giving this cam- never faltered in her struggle for polit- paign our support we are making the ical equality between women and firm commitment that we will use our men, played a unique role in this laws, our policies and our actions to achievement and left us a message achieve its aim. that we should remember every day: I congratulate the men and women “we learn freedom by exercising it”. of Europe on their growing awareness Since those days life in Spain has of the serious consequences of this undeniably come to accept the princi- violence, and on the wind of change ple of equality between women and that these initiatives announce. men. All over the world the acknowl- Let me also express our country’s edgment of women as subjects of law gratitude – it goes without saying – at has been a vital step, essential to the having been chosen to host the launch development of the democratic polit- of this campaign. We are proud that ical system. We must realise, however, Europe has chosen to honour Spanish that while there is no doubt of this in

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 77 Stop domestic violence Solemn launching ceremony against women theory, in practice we need to work a private problem is a good start. The In the case of Spain, I lead a govern- hand in hand to eradicate this sad authorities must take action to ment that has contributed signifi- legacy of violence against women prevent this violence, condemn those cantly to bringing the problem of from the society we leave our children. who perpetrate it and offer protection gender violence in our society out into In the last decade of the 20th and recognition to the victims. the open. We have passed laws, allo- century various international organi- Europe must be a symbol of respect cated financial and human resources sations echoed the voices of women and solidarity, so that nobody feels and set up the necessary institutional who spoke out against the violence that they do not belong, that no structures. perpetrated against them. In 1995 the woman feels like a stranger in her own The Comprehensive Law against United Nations Organisation ac- home, her family or her work, locked Gender Violence was a pioneering knowledged that violence against up in a space or in relationships where step in the development of legal, eco- women was an obstacle to equality, she feels unwelcome, or which cut her nomic and penal instruments for the development and peace, as well as a off and hurt her. protection of women. This law, unan- serious violation of their human rights Violence against women, including imously adopted, met with the ap- and fundamental freedoms. Since domestic violence, as the Council of proval of all the parliamentary groups then we have come to understand Europe rightly says, is one of the most because of its comprehensive nature more about this disgraceful phenom- serious forms of human rights viola- and the clamorous pleas of a society enon and to see it as the social scourge tion. Gender violence is violence that suffers with every woman who is it is. against women simply because they threatened. Its passage through par- Eleven years have passed since are women, exposing them to physi- liament, a fine example of co-opera- then. The figures are as horrifying as cal, sexual and psychological abuse in tion and consensus, helped to fuel a ever, because every woman who dies their families and at work. social debate that removed the veils of is a life cut short and every woman For all these reasons we must see social and cultural tolerance that used harassed a reminder of how affection violence against women as a serious to conceal this problem. sometimes opens the door to repres- obstacle to freedom, for if there is no The law is intended as a compre- sion and domination. equality between women and men hensive response to gender violence, A society cannot consider itself just there can be no freedom in a demo- including prevention, treatment and if there are women who live in fear of cratic society. It is everybody’s duty to repression. It accordingly contains their own family members, or who avert this danger that shatters the provisions to teach certain values suffer sexual harassment in the work- peace of some women and therefore of throughout the education process, place. Fear and justice do not go to- our societies. It is everybody’s duty. values such as equality between gether, for there is no freedom when We men must be the first to reject vio- women and men, equal dignity also, fear obliges people to assume atti- lence as something natural in men, the and dialogue as the only real means of tudes, positions or thoughts against first to see that masculinity is not syn- settling disputes. It also contains their will, and a society that sits back onymous with strength, violence, ag- standards for the media and advertis- while a number of its members live in gressiveness or scorn for women. ing companies to observe, codes of fear is not a just society. The effort to combat violence conduct to help them avoid social Fear, humiliation, pain and death against women needs the active and stereotyping or the inappropriate por- are incompatible with a decent social determined support of men, and com- trayal of women’s image. project, i.e. a society that makes sure plicity between men and women to Other provisions seek to help and none of its members are humiliated, a forge relations based on equality, rela- protect women victims of aggression, society whose political action is tions which are just and dignified for including specialised training for geared to reducing pain and cruelty in all. public servants (judges, police offic- the world. The social, cultural and economic ers, doctors and other health profes- We need to let women who live in complexity of gender violence calls for sionals, or social workers) who come fear, wherever they may be, know that an approach that combines short-, into contact with these women to society is with them, that what they medium- and long-term objectives. In offer them care, treatment or protec- are going through is not their fault, the short term, policy should focus on tion, so that the victims are not further that it is not a private matter, that they the criminal aspects and put a stop to humiliated by tactlessness on the part have no reason to hide, nothing to be the murder of women by their part- of the very people who are there to ashamed of. What is shameful is when ners or ex-partners. In the longer help them; measures also to protect society lives with this violence and term, we must make sure that their identity, their work, their eco- looks the other way, brushing it off as progress on gender equality prevents nomic resources and welfare, and to a matter of tradition or custom, or men from assuming positions of encourage them to seek justice, to even worse, justifying it as a form of power and does away with the feelings report the facts bravely and with dig- love or desire to protect. of possession and dependence that nity, holding their heads high in front For society to perceive violence characterise relations between some of the depraved individuals who against women as a public rather than men and women. torment them.

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Needless to say, the law also con- between women and men. Next tiative that contributes to respect tains criminal provisions which in- month government departments between human beings brings the crease the penalties which await those active in the health sphere will be future a little closer. who abuse their strength; provisions adopting a common protocol on Spanish society is committed to made more effective by the establish- medical treatment and health care for that future. We will soon be celebrat- ment of a network of specialised women victims of aggression. ing the 70th anniversary of the day in courts, tribunals and public prosecu- Breaking an intolerable taboo, February 1937 when civil equality tor’s offices. victims of gender violence have taken between women and men was offi- In the year and a half that has gone advantage of the new law and filed cially introduced. The Comprehen- by since the law was enacted, its pro- more than 150 000 complaints. One sive Law against Gender Violence and visions have been implemented and thing those of us in a position of auth- the Organic Law on Equality between constantly monitored to determine ority must make quite clear, however, Women and Men are part of our her- their efficacy, the results achieved and is that preventing violence and pro- itage and of what being a Spanish their social impact. tecting women from it is not just the citizen stands for. Special administrative bodies have responsibility of the victims. We must Spain is accordingly pleased and been set up, such as the Government all consider it our responsibility to honoured to have been chosen to host Delegation on Gender Violence. With report any aggression or any sign that the launch of the Council of Europe the help and participation of experts a woman is being battered, hurt or Campaign to combat violence against and women’s associations, we have set downtrodden in her own home. women. It is an acknowledgment of up the State Observatory against On 15 December this year the Gov- the effort Spanish society has made to Gender Violence. We have established ernment will approve the National guarantee all its members, regardless forty courts to deal solely with this Awareness and Prevention Plan on of their gender, full enjoyment of their type of violence and another 419 have violence against women, which details civic rights and freedoms. specialised in the subject, and the new measures, new targets and new In a relatively short space of time number of police officers working ex- resources, all with the same unswerv- Spain has indeed come a long way clusively to assist victims and prose- ing aim in mind: to do away with a towards equal rights and respect for cute their aggressors has been in- scourge that puts us all to shame. women. We have parity in our Gov- creased by 88%, to a total of 1,395. We hope the day is not far away ernment, and the most advanced laws; In this time over 35 000 protection when no more women die at the hands but gender violence continues, orders have been issued and 5 000 of their partners, when no more women continue to suffer and genuine women receive “tele-assistance”. women are threatened, when no more equality is still a long way off. My final We have introduced the eleven- women feel abandoned by those words today will therefore be a call for month Active Integration Benefit for around them, or unable to face up to action. I urge the victims to report women victims of aggression who their aggressors and report them. their aggressors, I entreat women to have no income, which is extended for Until that day comes, we must con- claim what is theirs and I encourage another three months if they have to tinue our efforts to make equality decent, law-abiding men and women move to a new place of residence. between women and men a reality, together to wage and win this war – a In education the law has intro- aware of the importance of the role just war if ever there was one – against duced content designed to teach our each and every one of us has to play. gender violence. children equality, especially equality Any contribution is welcome; any ini- Thank you.

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Changing attitudes to combat violence against women blank Page Ladies and gentlemen, ministers, their blinders and the speechless Address: excellencies, dear colleagues, speak the truth.” Let me take this opportunity to Why is a woman still not safe when Mr Pēteris thank the Spanish authorities for she’s in her own home? Unfortunately, hosting this launching event. To this question is as relevant today as it Elferts launch the Campaign was a commit- was twenty years ago. The fact that ment made during the Warsaw Europe needs a Campaign is testi- Summit. It was also decided to create mony to the reality that the problem Ambassador a Task Force for this purpose, which remains. Extraordinary and produced the Blueprint for the Cam- The question is – Why? paign. Let me take this opportunity to There are many whys still to be an- Plenipotentiary, thank the Task Force for their work. It swered? What may, what is and what Permanent is also important to note the fact that will be done to change attitudes to this is a Council of Europe joint event combat violence against women? Representative of with participation by all three pillars – This human rights violation con- Latvia to the Council of the Committee of Ministers, Parlia- tinues to be a problem in our member mentary Assembly and the Congress states. It is our common responsibility Europe, Thematic Co- for Local and Regional Authorities. to help break the silence, to empower ordinator on Gender The Chair of the Committee of Minis- victims, to remove blinders and help ters – San Marino – is committed to the speechless speak the truth to truly Equality of the this Campaign. change attitudes to combat violence Committee of As Thematic Co-ordinator on against women. Gender Equality of the Committee of Fortunately, we have an excellent Ministers of the Ministers of the Council of Europe, I panel to help with these questions and Council of Europe have the honour to chair this session - challenges. Changing attitudes to combat vio- Dear panellists, if you had each lence against women. come here with one apple and ex- There are many questions to be changed them, you would all leave asked and answered. Firstly, have atti- with exactly one apple. However, if tudes changed and are they changing? you will share your experience and ex- Secondly, if they are not changing, change ideas we will all leave more what is being done and what can be knowledgeable and with more than done to change them? one idea to change attitudes. In 1986, Tracy Chapman in her That in mind – let us welcome this song Why? asked the question, “Why session’s keynote speaker: Ms Yakin is a woman still not safe when she’s in Ertürk, United Nations Special Rap- her own home?” She also offered an porteur on violence against women, answer – “When the blind remove its causes and consequences.

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 83 Keynote speech: Distinguished participants, varying degrees. Dynamics of gender It is with great honour and pleasure relations, in other words, share a Ms Yakin Etürk that I deliver this keynote speech at common history; therefore, they are the launch of the Council of Europe local and global; particular and uni- Campaign to Combat Violence versal. against Women, including Domestic Understanding the diverse trajec- United Nations Special Violence. tories of women’s individual and col- Rapporteur on violence lective resistance to oppression and Introduction violence provides a powerful insight against women, its to how the agenda has evolved and causes and The vision that inspires the how it can be moved forward in tack- Council of Europe Campaign is based ling the “pandemic” of violence consequences on the global agenda to end all forms against women. of violence against women at all levels. On 25 November 1992, UN inter- As articulated by the Beijing Platform national Day of No Violence against for Action eleven years ago, “… vio- Women, Filomena Pacsi – an organi- lence both violates and impairs or nul- sation of miner women in the Peru- lifies the enjoyment by women of their vian Andes – organised an event human rights and fundamental where about 300 women marched freedoms. … In all societies, to a through their community with plac- greater or lesser degree, women and ards saying “Here you don’t beat girls are subjected to physical, sexual women”. Their husbands threatened and psychological abuse that cuts them, men stood aside and jeered. across lines of income, class and The march was like a bomb. In 1996, culture.…Violence against women is a they marched again. This time, men manifestation of the historically followed the march and said they were unequal power relations between men there because, “Thanks to Filomena and women” (Beijing Platform for Pacsi, we have learned not to treat our Action, para. 112). women this way, because it affects all The global women’s movement has of us”.1 succeeded in making violence against This was, no doubt, not due to a women a public policy issue at the in- revelation from above, but rather an ternational level, which has been awakening which was stimulated by slowly but surely trickling down to the social praxis. Can we assume from the national level policy framework. above anecdote that violence against There is a growing universal culture women is no longer a problem in the for women’s human rights that dem- Peruvian Andes? The answer is, “most onstrates that violence is not about likely not”. However, we can safely the vulnerability of women, nor assume that, in that community, the simply acts by deviant men or a char- silence around the problem no longer acteristic of primitive cultures. In- exists, women’s resistance to violence stead, the problem is understood to be continues, the consensus that vio- rooted in a universal patriarchal lence against women is “normal” has culture entrenched in our consciousness as women and men, and in the 1. Quoted in: Francine Pickup et al. 2001, core values and institutions of socie- Ending Violence against Women, An Oxfam ties, albeit in diverse forms and Publication.

84 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Keynote speech: Ms Yakin Etürk domestique faite aux femmes been ruptured and hopefully the auth- considered simultaneously, the first Through public campaigns, dis- orities have assumed their positive two being at the macro level involving semination of gender sensitive infor- obligation to address the problem. At societal/community attitudes and the mation and responsible media report- a more general level what this anec- third at the micro level involving indi- ing the promotion of hegemonic and dote tells us is that men who are part of vidual attitudes: (i) attitudes embed- discriminatory gender norms and the problem have to be made part of ded in deeply rooted patriarchal practices presented as part of the na- the solution and that community norms and values that operate to legit- tional, natural or divinely ordained compliance and co-operation is of imise, approve or condone the use of order of things can be challenged, paramount importance if efforts to violence against women; (ii) attitudes which will contribute to expanding combat violence against women are regarding gender roles embedded in public space for alternative views and not to go astray. the construction of power and domi- it will encourage and empower This requires, among other strate- nation based masculinity and subor- women and men alike to question gies, challenging and changing values dinate femininity in sustaining an notions of male superiority and dom- and attitudes with respect to gender unequal gender order; and (iii) atti- ination and the taken for granted relations and the use of violence tudes of individual men known to be truths that legitimise them. Within against women as a patriarchal privi- systematically violent. While the this context, it is important that the lege particularly in the private sphere. former two require attitudinal change differentially situated voices in society Societies across the globe – through to prevent violence from occurring in are heard and that social movements, their laws and courts – continue to the first place by creating critical con- particularly women’s organisations, countenance legal defences that privi- sciousness and destabilising the foun- facilitating this are recognised and lege and benefit men committing vio- dation of hegemonic masculinity, the supported by the authorities. third level requires responding to violence against women. The privilege The Beijing Platform for Action lence by challenging the motivations can be and must be revoked by crimi- identified the media as having the po- and attitudes underpinning the nalising all acts of violence against tential to make an invaluable contri- violent behaviour of individual men. women. Non-discriminatory legisla- bution towards a gender sensitive tion is an essential component of public discourse. Given the advanced democratic governance, for providing Changing attitudes at the level of information technologies women equal access to justice and for macro level today, the media commands incredi- ensuring that crimes against women ble power in formulating opinions and are not committed with impunity. Creating critical consciousness attitudes which transcends national However, a legal approach alone is not boundaries. This power must be used An essential element of changing enough to transform patriarchal with responsibility to effectively attitudes at the societal level must values that sustain and justify vio- change attitudes that are discrimina- start with creating a public discourse lence. tory and tolerant of violence. The Plat- that challenges the dominant societal form calls upon the media to develop values and norms regulating sexuality, Changing attitudes codes of conduct and other forms of defining acceptable patterns of mas- self-regulation to promote non-stere- Combating violence against culine and feminine identities and otypical portrayals and degrading women requires a holistic strategy structuring of gender relations. This images of women and avoid sensa- that employs multiple approaches requires states to actively engage in tionalised reporting of violence that supplement the human rights ap- what I have called “cultural negotia- against women. The few existing good proach in intervening at the level of tion” to create critical consciousness practices in this regard should be ac- the individual, the level of the commu- with respect to popular notions of knowledged and integrated into na- nity, the level of the state and the tran- culture and its reproduction in soci- tional, regional and international snational arena. In my report to the ety. Negotiating culture is a politically strategies to combat violence. Commission on Human Rights this bold move as it (a) draws on positive year I elaborated such an approach at elements within culture to demystify Public education campaigns are each level in considering the due dili- the oppressive elements of culture- another powerful way of mobilising gence obligation of the state to pre- based discourses; (b) demonstrates community support for women’s vent, investigate and in accordance that culture is not an immutable and rights and for promoting a zero toler- with national legislation, punish acts homogenous entity; and (c) identifies ance to violence. While campaigns are of violence against women, whether and contests the legitimacy of those often time bound, in order to achieve those acts are perpetuated by the state who monopolise the right to speak on sustainability, they must aim to insti- or private persons ((E/CN.4/2006/ behalf of culture, religion, national in- tutionalise their basic goals and prin- 61). terest and other oppressive and dis- ciples into state policy, school curric- In addressing the issue of changing criminatory values used to create con- ula and working methods of key attitudes, I would like to emphasise di- sensus and mass mobilisation, public institutions such as the police, mensions of the problem at three whether this takes place within state the judiciary, immigration and health levels of intervention that needs to be apparatuses or in civil society. services and supported with a gender

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 85 Stop domestic violence Changing attitudes to combat violence against women against women sensitive national budget. Public programmes and immigration/ women and ensuring that human statements made by government refugee policies. rights are universally enjoyed has leaders and other public figures have a It must be borne in mind that while become a common goal and a shared similar impact of either empowering social change or conflict eliminates obligation. The progress achieved or disempowering the culture of vio- some forms of masculinity, hegem- thus far towards this goal, although lence. The state is required to send an onic masculinity is reconfigured thus uneven and with notorious excep- unequivocal message that all forms of reproducing gender inequality in dis- tions, has verified our conviction that violence against women is a serious crete and subtle forms. Therefore, the oppressive values, institutions and criminal act that will be investigated, sources of inequality must be attacked unequal relationships can be trans- prosecuted and punished, regardless by de-linking power and masculinity formed. However, we must be vigilant of who the perpetuator is and what the at all levels and by recognising and of the post-9/11 environment, where motivation may be. promoting alternative masculinities tensions among peoples across the In this respect, it is particularly im- that are respectful of women’s rights. globe have intensified, xenophobia portant to avoid selective responses to An environment that offers channels and anti-immigrant sentiments the more sensationalised types of vio- of equal participation for all members heightened, and an overall conserva- lence, such as honour-related crimes of society and inclusive democratic tism has dominated global politics. or FGM, as is often the case. Such a se- governance can foster such egalitarian This situation is not only making con- lective perception fragments the phe- values. sensus in multi-lateral dialogue more nomenon of violence against women, difficult but it is directly threatening and results in normalising certain Changing attitudes at the women’s rights, particularly in the types of violence while the “other” micro level areas of reproductive and sexual becomes stigmatised as the site of vio- rights, including sexual orientation. lence. While transformative change is The Council of Europe Campaign to carefully tailored, in the short run, the Combat Violence against Women, in- Deconstructing masculinity behaviour of violent men also needs to cluding Domestic Violence – if states Finally, if women are to live a life be confronted and addressed. In embrace it with determination and free of violence efforts to change atti- various countries different models commitment – provides a renewed tudes must include strategies to chal- have been developed and employed by opportunity to overcome these nega- lenge notions of masculinity based on governmental and non-governmental tive trends within the European policing women’s sexuality and /or on organisations, particularly pro-femi- region itself and through the bilateral sustaining male supremacy in public nist men, in addressing violent male and multilateral contributions of indi- and private life. Violence is not only an behaviour. Good practices in this vidual member states, the goals of the act of individual men but it is embed- regard should be documented and Campaign can transcend its geo- ded in the way manhood is con- disseminated so that they can be graphic boundaries. With such an ex- structed, reinforced and challenged adapted to particular local conditions. pectation I believe that this campaign under societal pressures, social ap- Efforts to deal with violent men, how- will prove to be another milestone proval mechanisms and crisis situa- ever, must not lead to a deviation from towards women’s empowerment and tions. During my official visits to the commitment to support women’s gender equality. diverse countries I have seen that vio- empowerment and the diversion of As the Special Rapporteur on violence against women tends to inten- resources from women’s pro- lence against women, I will monitor sify when men experience displace- grammes. Women should not have to the process closely and would like to ment and dispossession related to subsidise the treatment of violent express my readiness to collaborate economic transformations, migra- men. Furthermore, let us not forget with the Council of Europe and its tion, war, foreign occupation or other that elimination of violence against member states in realising the goals of situations where masculinities women is inherently a project of this campaign. compete and power relations are women’s empowerment. Thank you. altered in society. The impact of such situations on women is rarely taken Conclusion into consideration in development, In conclusion, we must celebrate humanitarian and/or reconstruction that eradicating violence against

86 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Mr Chairperson, ladies and gentle- combat violence against women. The Speech: men, slogan of our campaign is: “There is no At the outset I would like to thank justification for violence”. Ms Jadranka the Spanish authorities for co-organ- The goals of the National Cam- ising and hosting this important con- paign are going to be achieved in part- Kosor ference. nership with NGOs in the following On this panel on “Changing atti- fields of action: legal and political tudes to combat violence against measures, support and protection of Deputy Prime Minister women” we shall discuss actions and victims, gathering data and raising and Minister of Family, measures needed for the elimination awareness. of discriminatory attitudes and stere- Veterans’ Affairs and otypes that construct domestic vio- Mr Chairperson, Intergenerational lence against women as a private I should like to stress that in the matter. eradication of domestic violence Solidarity, Croatia This is not accepted in Europe any against women awareness-raising is more, but it is still a reality for too just as important as taking legal steps many women victims of domestic vio- to protect women’s human rights. lence. Over the past several years, the Re- To stop and prevent domestic vio- public of Croatia has elaborated a lence against women we need to comprehensive legal framework for address the root causes of violence the protection of women’s right to a against women and its consequences, life without violence. as well as to change patriarchal atti- Under the Croatian Constitution, tudes. gender equality is one of the highest The starting point should be the values of the constitutional order of recognition of: the Republic of Croatia. ` every woman’s right to be free and The recent amendments to the safe from violence, Criminal Code of June 2006 stipulate ` violence against women as a more severe punishment for crimes human rights violation, against family and for the crime of ` responsibility of the State to “violent behaviour in the family”. prevent and protect women from The 2002 Law on Gender Equality violence and to punish perpetra- established the Ombudsperson on tors. Gender Equality and provides protection against direct and indirect dis- Mr Chairperson, crimination including violence Croatia welcomes and joins the against women. Council of Europe Campaign to The 2003 Law on the Protection Combat Violence against Women, in- against Domestic Violence sanctions cluding Domestic Violence, and fully forms of domestic violence, the circle supports the work of its Task Force of perpetrators and a wide range of chaired by Croatian expert Ms Šimo- protective measures, including a re- nović. straining order to remove the violent Just two days ago, we celebrated the person form the home. International Day for the Elimination The Protocol on Procedures in of Violence against Women and Cases of Domestic Violence creates launched our national Campaign to conditions for more effective co-oper-

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 87 Stop domestic violence Changing attitudes to combat violence against women against women ation of the authorities in charge. It ernment and Parliament, which con- ation with NGOs in all its actions to prescribes obligatory proceedings of tains a set of measures to combat vio- combat violence against women. the authorities in charge – police, lence against women such as In conclusion, the key lies in chang- social care centres, judiciary, medical educating judges deciding in domestic ing the attitudes of all the actors in- institutions and educational institu- violence cases, as well as developing volved. We must support and develop tions. awareness-raising campaigns. human rights and gender equality ed- For example, it provides that in The adoption of these laws and ucation and awareness-raising pro- cases of a notification of violence the strategies to combat violence against grammes for all strata of society. The police must immediately and with no women was an important step. role of the media is crucial. delay intervene by at least two police Now, the challenge lies in their full And most importantly, men need officers, preferably of both sexes. implementation. to join this Campaign, so that together Starting from the fact that domes- We also need to strengthen the we can make a real difference in com- tic violence is a form of discrimination monitoring mechanisms and collec- bating domestic violence against and bearing in mind that most often tion of data in order to measure women. its victims are women; the National progress at national and international Strategy for protection against do- levels. We are looking forward to re- We demand that violence against mestic violence for 2005-2007 in- ceiving the recommendations of the women be placed under the spotlight. cludes 27 short-term and long-term Task Force in this respect. Women are not to blame for the vio- measures and introduces the obliga- lence. I call for zero tolerance of vio- tion for the authorities in charge to in- Mr Chairperson, lence against women. Let us move vestigate, prevent and punish any I should like to underline the signif- from Action Plans to action itself right form of domestic violence. icant role that many non-governmen- now, because in the few minutes I was The recently adopted National tal organisations have in the process of talking, women were abused all over Strategy for the Promotion of Gender assisting women victims of violence. the world. Let us put an end to vio- Equality for the period 2006-2010 is a The Croatian Government contin- lence against women! basic strategic document of the Gov- ues to foster partnership and co-oper- Thank you.

88 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 I should like to begin by stressing the ues to be a means of dominating them. Speech: relevance and usefulness of this Coun- A special brand of violence, different cil of Europe Campaign to Combat from others, a manifestation of the Ms Susana Violence against Women, including historically unequal balance of power Domestic Violence, with its focus on between men and women, consoli- Camarero gender violence. Thank you for invit- dated by discrimination. Generally ing me to take part in it. speaking, this violence has been suf- Benítez We have just celebrated 25 Nov- fered in the family, where it has been ember, the International Day for the tolerated and, except in very serious Elimination of Violence against cases and even then only recently, has Member of the Women, an important date which hardly ever been reported, out of fear Congress of Deputies, reminds us that the fight to stamp out or shame. It was a private matter, to be violence should be a priority on our kept in the home. Spain agendas, for politicians, institutions, Today it is safe to say that this has the media and society in general. changed, and that political parties and This Campaign serves a dual pur- the public authorities consider it an pose, giving new impetus to the battle, extremely serious social scourge, a the sharing of experiences and ideas public matter, and solving it has between all the countries which form become a political priority. the Council of Europe, while making All those of us who have devoted sure that every day for the next two themselves to politics, the civil service years is 25 November, a day to remem- or the media, must take a closer look ber the victims and the cause we are at the causes behind violence against fighting for. women, to make sure such aberra- Ladies and Gentlemen, gender vio- tions no longer go unpunished, and to lence has become a social problem of provide better assistance and protec- the first order, an affair of state that tion for the victims. must be brought out into the open and Evidently, such acts are intolerable discussed, so that together we can violations of women’s fundamental come up with solutions. rights, which not only do them physi- Discrimination against women has cal harm but destroy their lives, pre- made this violence against them pos- venting their personal fulfilment and sible, in some cases even accepted, as their participation in society. a means for men to demonstrate their The battle against domestic vio- authority and their superiority over lence has passed through various women. Although there has, undenia- phases or stages. First, as I already bly, been a marked change in the role mentioned, thanks to the constant women play in Spanish and European efforts and demands of many women’s society, we must not forget that do- organisations, it was brought out into mestic violence against women still the open, into the public eye. It was no has its roots in the situation of ine- longer a private matter but something quality women still find themselves in acknowledged by the institutions and even today, with the result that some the different levels of government men consider women their property, (both central Government and the to be used as they please. Autonomous Communities, which There is no doubt that violence are directly responsible for developing against women has been and contin- legislative measures), who have made

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 89 Stop domestic violence Changing attitudes to combat violence against women against women it a priority on their political agenda. I began by welcoming the opportunity equality between women and men, Social awareness came next, with the campaigns like this one give us to keep and for education in tolerance and help of the media, whose role I would the pressure on, in society and in the freedom within the democratic prin- like to underline here because their media. ciples of living together. special treatment and sensitivity have Bringing the violence out into the Gender stereotypes and discrimi- helped us come this far, by publicising open encourages women to speak out, nation must be eliminated and the all the policies the authorities imple- informs them of their rights and of the idea that men and women are equal in ment. courses of action open to them. value promoted. Once the problem was brought out Ladies and Gentlemen, the fight into the open, it became possible to against gender violence needs a lot of Society needs to recover its essen- assign resources and develop instru- support if the “zero tolerance” the tial values, for when a society has ments to combat the problem and European Parliament recommended values it can prevent this type of prim- protect the victims. Previous round years ago is to become a reality. itive and irrational behaviour. tables have mentioned the Compre- This is a problem that concerns us We must count on the work done hensive Law, passed by a unanimous all, public authorities, politicians, the by NGOs, education and the family vote, an important instrument that media, associations, law enforcement and build up self-esteem and individ- supplements the measures taken by agencies, educators and society in ual freedom if we are to prevent this the previous government, which general. So it is important that every- violence from continuing. paved the way for it, as did the various one should be aware how important it And in addition to proper educa- reforms of the Criminal Code, the is to be involved, to do what they can tion and training, we must increase Code of Civil Procedure, the Violence to help. awareness. Accordingly, all the groups Plans or the Active Integration Allow- Achieving equality, respect and in the Spanish Parliament have united ance, and above all the Law regulating human dignity and freedom is a prior- in calling for the immediate entry into Protection Orders. ity at every level of life in society. force of the National Awareness and We in the PP believe and never tire We believe that the change of atti- Prevention Plan, as an essential tool of repeating that passing laws does not tude this panel discussion is about for the implementation of Section I of necessarily change society, that a law means making greater efforts to the Comprehensive Law, which is not the only solution, that after the educate our younger generations; focuses on prevention, education and Comprehensive Law much still teaching them values, principles and public information measures. remains to be done, that the political equality will avoid the macho-style at- promise embodied in a law must be titudes that go with gender violence. Finally, let me insist that combating accompanied by material and human We all agree that violence is closely violence must be a basic ingredient in means, and of course by the corre- linked to education and values. Men the action of political parties, institu- sponding budget. mistreat women because they con- tions and governments, for much We realise, however, that the social sider them as their property, theirs to remains to be done and it is our duty to debate that took place at the same treat as they please. This is why it is help the victims and encourage them time as the parliamentary debate on important to change mentalities, to to report their aggressors. the Law was positive and helped at change roles and to change the way we I will finish with a few words that least to reduce the number of women behave. To achieve this we must start nicely summarise our thoughts. They murdered while encouraging victims with the education system, from are from the Declaration of the United to report their aggressors. school right through to university, and Nations 4th World Conference on This momentum has not been kept even adult education. Women, in Beijing, which says: “Only up, however, and this year has seen an We also consider it essential to im- when there is equality will the abuse alarming increase in the number of plement additional provision 3 of the stop. Violence against women is an victims. We in the PP consider it im- Comprehensive Law, which calls for obstacle to the achievement of the ob- portant to keep up the momentum education in respect for people’s fun- jectives of equality, development and and the debate in society, which is why damental rights and freedoms and for peace”.

90 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 I should like to thank the Council of municipalities so that we can offer Speech: Europe for choosing Spain to host the common services. launch of the Campaign to Combat ` Immediate treatment of emer- Ms Isabel Llinàs Violence against Women, and also the gency cases. Spanish Government for organising things so well and for the invitation Director of the Comprehensive assistance pro- not only to take part in today’s programmes for victims of gender violence ceedings but also to share our experi- Women’s Institute of in the Balearic Islands ences and best practices with other the Balearic Islands, countries. Institut Balear de la Dona (IBD Spain I will not talk to you about changing attitudes; others before me have – Balearic Women’s Institute) done that and done it very well. The State, the Government, pro- Lines of action vides us with the necessary legal framework, but we in local and re- Co-ordination, control and gional government are the ones who follow-up implement the measures concerned Co-ordinating Centre for Protec- and put them into practice. And I tion Orders: the Institut Balear de la would like to tell you a little about the Dona is the co-ordinating centre for means we in regional government use protection orders, which involves to assist victims of gender violence. sending out information on the IBD’s Our geographical and demographic work and services to the other organ- realities may differ, but the essence of isations involved. the comprehensive assistance we provide remains the same. Care Principles of our action ` Women’s Information Centres: a free service providing information, ` Universal assistance to all women guidance and advice on: legal victims, be they Spanish or foreign, matters concerning the family, civil in the country legally or illegally. law, criminal law, administrative ` Cross-disciplinary action: through law and labour law; social ques- information, orientation, assess- tions (social services, health, ment and training we give priority housing and leisure activities); and to women exposed to gender vio- work and education issues (occu- lence with a view to preparing pational and educational guid- them to re-enter the social main- ance). stream. ` Legal Information Points for ` Prevention, as an integrating factor women: a service providing free in- to help forge behaviours and skills formation, guidance and advice on designed to eradicate gender vio- legal questions related to family, lence. civil, criminal, administrative and ` Administrative co-ordination: this labour law. is important in concluding co-op- ` 24-hour emergency care and im- eration agreements with the Con- mediate response service for cases sells Insulars (Island Councils) and of gender violence: this requires

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social assistance and rapid re- Courts can order offenders to wear Prevention sponse on the ground. anti-violence bracelets, in addition to ` Teaching aids to prevent gender ` Psychological assistance to women any other judicial, social or police violence, developed by the Institut victims of violence: free psycholog- measures. This is a first in Europe and Balear de la Dona and the Educa- ical assistance service for women thanks to the impetus and the efforts tional and Cultural Council of the over 14 years of age who have suf- of the authorities in Madrid, other au- Government of the Balearic Is- fered any form of maltreatment, tonomous communities, like the Bal- lands. Aimed at teachers, parents with individual psychological as- earic Islands, have also introduced and pupils in infant, primary, sec- sistance sessions and care and this practice and women in other ondary and vocational training support facilities. communities will soon benefit. schools in the Balearic Islands. ` Psychosocial support service for Awareness children of women victims of Reintegration – Getting back to ` gender violence sent by the normal “The Minotaur’s Labyrinth and Women’s Information Centres. Ariadne’s Thread”, a travelling ex- ` Co-operation agreement with the hibition on gender violence. ` Shelters: the services provided ` Campaigns in the press. include reception, board and lodg- Instituto Balear de la Vivienda to provide rental accommodation for ` Information days for local authori- ing, information and guidance, ties on the implementation of follow-up and psychological care, the social reintegration of women victims of gender violence. The Equality Plans. welfare, assistance in finding work ` Gender equality training for public and housing, and legal advice. Institut Balear de la Dona stands guarantee for the first year and officials. The Autonomous Community of pays for basic furnishings. We will only eliminate gender vio- Madrid, which has law enforcement lence by fostering gender equality and powers, has set in place an automatic ` Casal de les Dones, a place where empowering women, eliminating ex- remote surveillance system to women can meet and exchange isting forms of discrimination and improve the quality of life and security ideas, helps women victims of guaranteeing full enjoyment by of women victims of gender and do- gender violence to form associa- women of their human rights. mestic violence. tions. Thank you.

92 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Ambassador Elferts, excellencies, political will in all countries to combat Speech: ladies and gentlemen, violence against women. The root As Chairperson of the Gender causes of violence have to be ad- Ms Karine Equality Grouping at the Council of dressed by member states to ensure Europe asked to represent the Confer- security and the rule of law. Member Henrotte- ence of INGOs and the 400 interna- states should have to present national tional non-governmental organisa- plans of action on how they intend to Forsberg tions enjoying participatory status combat but also in the future prevent with the Council of Europe, it is a great violence against women, with con- honour for me to address you at this crete action plans and time frames to- Representative of the high level launching conference of the gether with a sufficient budget set Conference of INGOs Council of Europe Campaign to aside for this purpose so that the strat- Combat Violence against Women, in- egy can be put into practise. enjoying participatory cluding Domestic Violence. In order to achieve effective results status with the Council Men’s violence against women – a close co-operation between NGOs physical or mental – is among the and parliamentarians is imperative. of Europe most serious violations of human Non-governmental organisations and rights: it violates the right to life and it women’s organisations in particular violates the right to physical and are crucial to carry out the campaign mental integrity. This violation is at the grass root level since they based on the unequal distribution of provide immediate practical services power between women and men and such as shelter and counselling to it hinders the development towards a women victims of abuse and violence. democratic society. In order to I pay tribute to the many volunteers in respect women’s fundamental human non-governmental organisations who rights, one of the most important face harsh realities when trying to tasks for the European political arena help women and children in difficult is therefore to eliminate men’s vio- situations due to insufficient numbers lence against women and to fight such of shelters, lack of sufficient funding crimes, to establish effective actions and often lack of support from police of prevention and to give support to or social authorities. Non-govern- victims. Violence against women is a mental organisations need to be more crime and the violation of women’s closely included in the work with na- human rights can only be stopped if tional parliaments and be provided legal measures guarantee that these with adequate funding to be effective are addressed properly and that per- in their missions. It is in large part due petrators are sanctioned. Zero toler- to the efforts of voluntary organisa- ance is needed for violence against tions, women’s shelters and the women. women’s movement that violence A common European strategy is against women now is on the political urgent and necessary and the Confer- agenda. Still we need to bear in mind ence of INGOs welcomes this initia- that violence against women is not a tive by the Council of Europe to or- women’s issue but concerns the ganise this pan-European Campaign society as a whole. We need to change to Combat Violence against Women, the perception that domestic violence including Domestic Violence. What is a private or individual matter which civil society would like to see is a real only concerns women and make

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 93 Stop domestic violence Changing attitudes to combat violence against women against women people realise it concerns us all. In the police and the proportion of cases The media have an important role order to create a well-functioning that proceed to trial. It is a fact that to inform and should be used more support system for women subject to few cases of domestic violence go to frequently to present prevention cam- violence and when preventing vio- court, even in those countries that paigns on domestic violence. But the lence the following key areas should have already passed specific legisla- media must also be held more respon- be highlighted: tion in this matter. This has a pro- sible when it comes to eliminate vio- Men need to be mobilised in the found effect, not least psychologically lence from publicity. Ethic guidelines struggle against domestic violence to on women seeking protection and are greatly needed to put an end to inform other men of their responsibil- redress from the judicial system. abusive images of women in the media ities to stop violent behaviour. We Domestic violence seldom leads to but also to fight gender stereotyping. need non-violent men as role models prosecution or court proceedings, And finally, last but not least, to bring about a fundamental change even though more reports of offences society needs to be regularly informed in attitudes. are brought to the attention of the of how much violence costs to society There is a need to improve gender police than before. Studies are needed in human suffering, loss of lives, lost statistics in general and criminal sta- on the impact of decisions to drop days of work, medical costs, etc. tistics in particular. At the moment cases or not to prosecute victims and The Conference of INGOs would the statistics in this area are extremely perpetrators and on their surround- like this pan-European Campaign not unsatisfactory in many European ings. just to be activities during the time of countries. This makes it very difficult the Campaign but would like to see There is a need to initiate research to compare the figures between real results, if possibly in all forty-six programmes which focus on particu- member states. The fact that women member states of the Council of lar aspects of violence against women, often withdraw their complaints fol- Europe. The Campaign has already namely the devastating impact which lowing pressure from their partner or the merit that people now start to talk domestic violence has on children and families make statistics unreliable about violence against women and the link between alcohol and domestic since withdrawals are not included in thanks to it many more in the coming violence. the statistics. The role of indicators is years will become increasingly aware equally important – the ones for in- A particular attention needs to be of the totally unacceptable situation stance developed during the Danish given to targeted groups like migrant that women face today in our society. Presidency of the European Union women, disabled and Roma women, Through a change of attitudes, have still not been put into practice in elderly but also very young women, through dissemination of information European member states. European not forgetting women in rural areas. and through an increased awareness surveys should also be conducted in Older women are frequently victims we can all actively contribute to put a order to know more about men’s and of violence from close family stop to violence against women. If we women’s perceptions of domestic vio- members for reasons linked to inher- can achieve small concrete changes in lence. itances and, when moved to institu- every country this Campaign will have We need to increase the number of tions, often become victims of been successful. domestic violence cases reported to renewed violence. Thank you for your attention.

94 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 United in combating domestic violence against women blank Page Good afternoon. Amnesty Interna- any mistake as I knew it could end Keynote speech: tional is delighted to participate in the very badly. Then he took another launch of the Council of Europe Cam- shot and sat for another five min- Ms Widney paign to Combat Violence against utes. Then he took the electrician’s Women, including Domestic Violence. pincers and pulled at my new Brown In this talk I will address one of the blouse tr ying to get at my brea st and most pervasive, destructive and destroyed the blouse with the pin- hidden forms of violence against cers; then he took my hair and cut it Senior Director, women: domestic violence. with a bread knife; then he tried to International Law, The toll exacted by domestic vio- gouge my eyes out with his finger; lence on individual victims, their chil- then he put his fist in my mouth Policy and Campaigns, dren, their families, their communi- with as much pressure as he could. Amnesty International ties and society in general is largely All the time while he tortured me, unrecorded. But it is the toll of unful- he would stop, take a shot of raki, filled promise, of lives stripped down and then start torturing me again. I to survival, and in some cases of lives passed out at about 4.30 am. I am lost, of children learning about abuse carrying the past around inside me. of power and in too many cases No one can see my heart, how it is growing up to replicate those lessons. inside. It is of communities and societies I could speak today about the defi- losing the benefit of the full realisation nition of domestic violence and about of the potential of too many women ir- the legal obligations of states and of reparably harmed by domestic vio- due diligence – but because this is lence. about how we work together: govern- One night from 7pm to 4am he was ments, advocates, activists, and survi- drinking and torturing me in vors, I want to address how we can various ways. He took the meat unite to end domestic violence in a cleaver when I was lying on the slightly less legalistic framework. settee, and held it against the front As many of you know, domestic of my neck, just because I called my violence can take many forms, at its sister, and he said, “Why did you crudest it is about inflicting physical call your sister, you wanted to ask pain and harm on the victim. It can about your brother-in-law and not take many other forms including your sister”. So he beat me very sexual violence or creating the total badly. I was horrified. I was preg- economic dependence of the victim or nant just in my first months. He psychological abuse. But for the pur- then took a shot of raki and sat in poses of this discussion today, the silence for five minutes. Then he most important aspect may well be to took the cleaver, and with all the recognise that the experience of virtu- force of his upper hand pushed my ally all victims and survivors is the iso- head to one side and put the cleaver lation of being victimised. to my neck. I don’t know how I didn’t In many cases the abusive partner die from the shock. He was interro- so controls the victim’s day to day gating me trying to find out who I world that she cannot escape her iso- liked or if I had someone else. I lation and thus her sense of identity is didn’t answer his questions as I was reflected solely through how the very afraid and didn’t want to make abuser defines her. She is told that she

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 97 Stop domestic violence United in combating domestic violence against women against women is worthless, incompetent, stupid, a clinics, at the grocery store, at the I had a constant feeling of fear bad mother, a bad wife, that she is ugly laundry mat, on radio and TV. It should which grew and grew and I finally and without value and if she is suffer- go without saying that such messages took the child and went to my ing she deserves to suffer because she need to be distributed in languages that mother’s place. I left the flat which has caused that suffering through her reflect the diversity of the woman is a big step in these times. It wasn’t own behaviour. within a community. easy at my mother’s place. She also We got engaged and from that It means that when women who are has a one-room flat. We were all to- moment onwards he was jealous. abused come into contact with the gether, me, my child, my mother He was always telling me, “Don’t government, typically through the and her husband. I slept on the floor look here, don’t look there” and he health care system or the criminal for two months. Then my stepfather didn’t even allow me to talk to my justice system, that those systems threw us out with the child right on neighbours. I hoped that he would must be proactive in reaching out to the street. A woman I was working change with time. assess the situation. with put us up and let me stay in her Unfortunately for most women, Women who access pre-natal care home. I stayed there a year. the isolation goes unnoticed or ideas should be routinely screened to see if The role of secure housing cannot of how one should respect “relation- they are in an abusive relationship. be overstated. Women with children ships” means that the isolation is not This is of particular importance who can not provide that housing may challenged. And the downward spiral because a woman’s pregnancy often have to choose between returning to into believing that you are to blame for triggers the abuse and because the the abusive partner and losing her the violence and that you have no abuse may threaten the well-being of children. worth continues unchallenged. In the the woman and her pre and post natal The criminal justice system is the worst cases families and communities health and the health of the foetus. To second most likely place in which a see the abuse but prefer to maintain make screening effective, it must be government can make a proactive in- the illusion that all is well. Lack of designed to be and perceived to be tervention. Police officers, investiga- awareness, ignorance and wilful universal. Otherwise women who are tors, forensic medical specialists and denial all have the same impact on the asked about their intimate relation- prosecutors must be trained to assess woman, they reinforce her isolation ships may feel a need to hide rather situations in which the victim of vio- and in the worse cases make her feel than take the opportunity to seek help. lence often seems to undermine her like she is crazy. Additionally, medical service pro- own case because – in fact – she may So what does this mean for us – viders, in particular urgent or emer- believe that she does deserve the governments and non governmental gency care providers should be abuse. And the perpetrator of the vio- organisations alike – as we attempt to trained to identify both the physical lence is often all too good at portray- address and end domestic violence? and psychological manifestations of ing himself as the long suffering It means that we must learn to being victimised in an intimate rela- husband of an incompetent and infu- reach out to the places where women tionship and be given the skills to in- riating wife. always are – no matter how isolated tervene. they may be. Women must be engaged in a Perhaps this is the point at which it manner in which they get a clear It means reflecting back an image is important to note that recognition message that no one – no one – de- of each woman who turns to us for and intervention without appropriate serves to be abused. But perhaps more help that contradicts the image that is resources will often fail. importantly, she must be encouraged being imposed on her every day by her Security will be the most critical to take control of the decisions in her abusive partner. need of a woman ready to acknowl- own life. It means making allies of individu- edge that she is in an abusive relation- als and groups and government agen- ship and is ready to leave that relation- Yet, despite a clear understanding cies that find acknowledging the exist- ship. Yet this is where most states fail. that creating a space in which women ence of domestic violence unsettling Security is seen as a short term need can reclaim control of their lives, most and intervening frightening. typically related to restraining orders. women’s interaction with the criminal Specifically, media campaigns aimed But women need physical security justice system is about lack of control. at raising awareness must be distributed from violence directed at themselves, Engagement with the criminal justice through venues and media that the their children, their families and their system is too often a replication of lack most socially isolated woman can support systems, they also need some of control and at its worst abuse of access. Those media messages must degree of financial security and secure power. speak to the women in a way that says housing – by secure housing I mean Women must make decisions “hey, I am talking about you.” And they not just a place that is safe, but a place about filing complaints and pressing must be distributed through venues that allows enough security of tenure charges without a comparable com- where women can go without raising that a woman can rebuild her life from mitment on the part of the state to questions, on the bus, to nurseries and the stable platform of a secured place protect her and her children and schools, to pre- and postnatal health to live. family. It is about entering a legal maze

98 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Keynote speech: Ms Widney Brown domestique faite aux femmes in which the woman herself often feels I said at the beginning that I did not violence in effect becomes a form of under attack. want to be over-legalistic in my analy- tolerance towards domestic violence. That attack can come from several sis of the problem or the solutions we States can do better. places: the officers responding to a seek together today. But as we con- And I would suggest that they can complaint may dismiss her as deserv- template the ways in which the crimi- do better by working side by side with ing the abuse; she may be accused by nal justice system too often fails NGOs with expertise in addressing the police of making a false complaint women I want to bring up the issue of domestic violence including advo- or otherwise abused by the police; if due diligence. We all recognise that no cates for survivors and more effective she is from a marginalised community state has the power to prevent all bad systems, service providers and those she may see her complaint taken seri- acts by individuals. But we also recog- working to empower survivors. ously but then her abusive partner nise that when a state takes particular treated in a manner that reveals bias issues seriously and works with con- Put simply, women have a right to on the part of the police; she may be victions and resources to stop partic- live their lives without fear of violence given an ultimatum to either pursue a ular types of bad acts, it can make sig- and secure in the knowledge that if complaint or quit relying on the police nificant gains. violence should occur – the state will to respond; she may be told that if she The failure of states to act with due take that violence seriously. cannot control her abusive partner diligence and an appropriate sense of Working together we can make a she will lose her children for endan- urgency to address domestic violence difference. Working together we must gering their welfare; she may seek a is a human rights violation. No state make a difference – the cost to all of us protective order but learn that the can tolerate the threat of violence to it too high to accept failure. police will only respond after an half its people, and yet, acceptance – attack. The list goes on. no matter how regretful – of domestic Thank you.

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 99 Mesdames et Messieurs les Minis- violences : par exemple, un numéro Allocution : tres, Mesdames et Messieurs les par- d’appel unique, facile à retenir, sera me lementaires, Mesdames, Messieurs, mis en place dès 2007. M Catherine Je tiens à remercier le Gouverne- ` J’ai également renforcé la prise en ment espagnol et le Conseil de l’Eu- charge des femmes victimes au Vautrin rope pour l’organisation de cette triple plan de l’hébergement, des conférence et je félicite ce dernier soins et de l’insertion profession- d’avoir pris l’initiative de lancer cette nelle. Nous expérimentons ainsi un Ministre déléguée à la campagne européenne de lutte contre nouveau mode d’hébergement en cohésion sociale et à la la violence à l’égard des femmes. famille d’accueil. En agissant au plan européen, ` Je m’attache, enfin, à mieux préve- parité, France ` nous stigmatisons plus fortement nir la récidive en encourageant la les comportements violents en sus- création de nouvelles structures citant un mouvement international prenant en charge les hommes de réprobation et de lutte, auteurs de violences. ` nous donnons plus de force et de Nous luttons aussi contre d’autres résonance à nos campagnes natio- formes de violence commises à l’en- nales contre des femmes, notamment les ` et nous créons une émulation entre mutilations sexuelles. Nous avons à ce nos pays qui poussent chacun à titre renforcé la répression des muti- faire davantage. lations sexuelles commises à l’étran- La France s’est fortement mobilisée ger sur des mineurs résidant habituel- pour combattre ces violences qui per- lement en France. sistent à un niveau préoccupant puis- Par ailleurs, la France accorde une que, au cours des neuf premiers mois grande importance à la collaboration de l’année 2006, une femme est morte que nous pouvons avoir avec les tous les trois jours sous les coups de acteurs non gouvernementaux et à son compagnon dans notre pays. l’action internationale. Nous avons lancé un plan triennal Je salue les responsables d’Amnesty (2005-2007) d’action globale, que j’ai international. Dans de nombreux renforcé à deux reprises, et adopté, le pays, leur campagne « Halte à la vio- 4 avril 2006, une loi renforçant la pré- lence des femmes » a permis de faire vention et la répression des violences évoluer les mentalités et d’accélérer au sein du couple : les réformes pour protéger les femmes ` Nous sensibilisons la population et poursuivre les auteurs de violence. par des campagnes de communica- En France, le rapport d’Amnesty tion nationales et nous nous atta- publié en février dernier, « Les vio- chons à mieux connaître le phéno- lences faites aux femmes en France : mène des violences et ses une affaire d’Etat », a formulé des pro- conséquences ; positions d’améliorations qui rejoi- ` Nous avons renforcé les sanctions gnaient nos préoccupations et que contre les auteurs de violences et nous avons retenues, pour certaines j’ai fait reconnaître la notion de viol d’entre elles. entre époux. J’évoquerai également notre parte- ` Nous améliorons l’accueil et nariat avec la Fédération nationale so- l’écoute des femmes victimes ainsi lidarité femmes, une ONG mobilisée que le traitement judiciaire de ces sur le terrain de l’accueil et de l’accom-

100 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Allocution : Mme Catherine Vautrin domestique faite aux femmes pagnement des femmes victimes de qu’en moyenne une femme sur Mesdames, Messieurs, violences. trois en est victime au cours de sa Cette fédération gère des structu- vie. Cette étude a servi de base à Avec cette campagne du Conseil de res disséminées sur tout le territoire. une résolution de l’Assemblée gé- l’Europe, nous allons opposer à la vio- La proximité est une condition d’effi- nérale des Nations-Unies, adoptée lence la force de nos volontés réunies. cacité de notre action. C’est pourquoi la semaine dernière, qui nous Cette campagne internationale il- je lui ai confié la gestion du nouveau engage tous à redoubler d’efforts lustre la vitalité de nos valeurs com- numéro d’appel que nous allons dans ce domaine. munes et notre capacité à nous mobi- mettre en place. ` Collaborer, c’est enfin soutenir des liser collectivement pour les défendre. Faire front uni contre la violence, actions innovantes et partager les c’est aussi s’engager au plan intergou- expériences. C’est ce que nous Son slogan touche juste : « Cela vernemental. faisons au travers du programme commence par des cris, cela ne doit ` L’étude récente des Nations Unies, Daphné II de l’Union européenne jamais finir par le silence ». Nous que nous avons cofinancée avec les qui permet d’expérimenter des devons combattre à tout prix le silence Pays-Bas, permet de mieux connaî- projets d’ONG et de mutualiser car la violence, c’est aussi ce qui ne tre ce phénomène. Portant sur 71 ensuite leurs résultats pour en parle pas. pays, elle a montré que c’est un assurer la diffusion la plus large. fléau mondialement répandu et Je vous remercie.

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 101 On my own behalf and on behalf of Through this work the IPU, which Speech: the IPU, I should like to thank the is conscious of the varying degrees of Council of Europe for including us in legislative development and political Ms María this panel discussion and, above all, commitment in the world with regard for launching the Campaign to to the need to eradicate violence Antonia combat Violence against Women, in- against women, wishes to help estab- cluding Domestic Violence. I earn- lish a body of law and a framework of Martínez García estly hope that this Campaign will action for parliamentary activity that help to place this issue high on the po- is fully compatible with the Council of litical agenda of all Council of Europe Europe’s commitment. Member of the Senate, member states, at national, regional Eleven years have gone by since all Co-rapporteur of the and local level. the governments which took part in I can fully affirm that the IPU will the Fourth World Conference on Inter-Parliamentary be your unconditional ally in this Women solemnly proclaimed in the Union on “How Campaign, whose aims and objectives Beijing Declaration, among other it fully endorses and I have been told commitments to the Women of the parliaments can and that a co-ordination meeting is to be World, their resolve to “prevent and must promote effective held within the next few days. eliminate all forms of violence against For the time being I wish to inform women” (29) and “promote and ways of combating you that, after the evaluation carried protect all human rights of women violence against out in 2005 through the Resolution and girls” (31) and to implement the entitled “Beijing + 10: An evaluation Beijing Platform for Action with suffi- women in all fields”, from a parliamentary perspective” cient financial resources. The Millen- Spain and in view of the persistence and nium Declaration uses exactly the extent of violence against women in same wording. the world, the IPU decided to com- Since then, the governments of the mission the drafting of a report and a world, and particularly European gov- proposal for a resolution on how par- ernments, have made successive dec- liaments could foster effective larations and undertakings at regional methods of combating violence summits. I will not take up the time against women in all spheres, includ- available to me in drawing up a list of ing the domestic sphere. I had the these texts, of which you are all aware. honour of sharing the task of drafting The work carried out by various par- this report and resolution with liamentary associations, of which the Ms Lee, a member of the South Parliamentary Assembly of the Korean Parliament. The report was Council of Europe and the Interparlia- finally approved in Nairobi in May mentary Union are good examples, 2006, 21 years after the Third World and above all the huge number of res- Conference on Women had taken olutions and agreements adopted in place in this same city and at which it the United Nations, is also commend- was declared that violence against able. women was an obstacle for the Nevertheless, and although it may achievement of equality, development be difficult to believe, violence perpe- and peace and to the full implementa- trated against women is still one of the tion of the Convention on the Elimi- major obstacles to their progress, and nation of All Forms of Discrimination is, as Kofi Annan once said, perhaps against Women. the most shameful human rights vio-

102 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Speech: Ms María Antonia Martínez García domestique faite aux femmes lation that knows no boundaries of continues to be considered a private violence against their mothers), geography, culture or wealth. affair and violence of this type, in all of special support for the most vul- Despite the existing legal texts at its forms, continues to be socially ac- nerable groups and effective legal international and regional level, many cepted. tools to protect victims. countries still do not have any laws or It should therefore be pointed out ` to make certain that legislation on measures, or even worse, any political that Recommendation No. 12 (1999) violence against women precludes resolve to put an end to a problem of the Committee of the Convention any kind of culture-related vio- which exists all over the world and is for the Elimination of all Discrimina- lence; also calls upon legislators to particularly acute in war zones and in tion against Women stipulates that deny any form of undue mitigation post-war periods, in the form of slav- under Articles 2, 5, 11, 12 and 16 of the of sentence for crimes committed ery, exploitation for the purposes of Convention states must protect in the name of culture. prostitution, sexual violence, female women against all types of violence in ` to adopt measures to encourage genital mutilation, violence at work the family, at work or in any other area adequate reporting of domestic and, above all, in the very widespread of social life. It should also be borne in violence and to combat recidivism. form of domestic violence, which is mind that the definition of violence It also urges governments and par- directly linked to the long-standing against women set out in UN Resolu- liaments to ratify international and re- inequality between the sexes and tion 48/104 of 20 December 1993 in- gional instruments pertaining to vio- sexual discrimination. cludes physical, sexual and psycholog- lence against women, such as the Domestic violence is the most ical violence occurring in the family, Convention on the Elimination of All widespread form of violence against within the general community, or per- Forms of Discrimination against women and accounts for the largest petrated or condoned by the State. Ex- Women (CEDAW) and its Optional number of sexual assaults on women amples of such practices are sterilisa- Protocol, and to ensure full compli- and girls (between 10% and 20% action or forced abortion, the forced use ance with those instruments. cording to the WHO), more than half of contraceptives, pre-determining a It calls upon parliaments to review of the murders of women are commit- child’s sex and female infanticide. I legislation that impedes the attain- ted by their husbands or partners personally very much like the defini- ment of equality between the sexes, in (WHO) and female genital mutilation tion of domestic violence used in the particular in education, health and is also practised under the protection campaign. access to property and land. of the family. The resolution adopted by the It encourages governments and The WHO’s Multi-Country Study 114th Assembly in Kenya in May 2006 parliaments to establish observatories on Women’s Health and Domestic Vi- recommends specific measures for on violence against women, and to olence against Women is extremely combating domestic violence. It calls develop indicators and compile data, interesting. The foreword to the study upon governments and parliaments: disaggregated by sex, to monitor the points out that each culture has its ` if they have not yet done so, to effectiveness of policies for the elimi- sayings and songs about the impor- develop and implement specific nation of such violence. tance of home, and the comfort and legislation and/or strengthen ap- It encourages the establishment of security to be found there. Yet for propriate mechanisms to handle parliamentary bodies to monitor and many women, home is a place of pain criminal matters relating to all evaluate all international and national and humiliation. I believe the time has forms of domestic violence, includ- measures designed to prevent and come to bring this pain and humilia- ing marital rape and sexual abuse of eradicate violence against women. tion out into the open. The principle women and girls, and to ensure Finally, it calls upon parliaments to of respect for the human and funda- that such cases are brought to ensure that sufficient resources are al- mental rights enshrined in European justice swiftly; located to guarantee the implementa- constitutions also extends to people’s ` if they have not yet done so, to tion of legislation and measures de- homes and the public authorities have develop and implement adequate signed to combat violence against a duty to take immediate action. legislation to combat domestic vio- women, including domestic violence, UN General Assembly Resolution lence; female genital mutilation and violence 58/147 on “Elimination of Domestic ` to develop national plans to at the workplace, in human trafficking Violence against Women” urges states combat domestic violence that and in situations of armed conflict. not to “invoke any custom, tradition include measures related to re- This resolution provides the basis or religious consideration to avoid search, prevention, education, inon which the IPU works on improving their obligations to eliminate violence formation and penalisation, the parliamentary action to put an end to against women”. prosecution and punishment of all violence against women. It is working Women are the victims of this type acts of violence against women (in- together with the United Nations, and of violence throughout the world but cluding violence within marriage), particularly with the Division for the the perpetrators are often not prose- social, financial and psychological Advancement of Women, and we are cuted or punished, domestic violence, support for victims (including chil- confident that it will be able to make a including sexual violence in marriage, dren who have witnessed domestic major contribution to the work

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 103 Stop domestic violence United in combating domestic violence against women against women carried out in this sphere by the the Parliamentary Assembly of the held in co-operation with the African United Nations. Council of Europe, the United Na- Parliamentary Union and Unicef. I I should also mention various tions, Amnesty International and par- hope that we will be able to co-ordi- follow-up activities conducted by the liamentarians will be welcome at this nate our activities given that female IPU in line with this resolution: conference. genital mutilation has now also spread The seminar for parliamentarians From next year onwards, the IPU to Europe. Spain has already intro- on the Convention for the Elimination will hold regional seminars for parlia- duced a number of measures to deal of All Forms of Discrimination against mentarians on violence against with the problem. Women held in Geneva by the IPU women, which will be linked to the Finally, the connection between and the UN Division for the Advance- subject of gender-based budgeting violence against women and violence ment of Women on 19 October 2006, (for example how national budgets against girls is obvious and this is an at which the subject of violence can provide appropriate funding for area to which the IPU is fully commit- against women was discussed and at efforts to combat violence against ted, together with UNICEF and other which the IPU resolution and the UN women). partners, and it is concerned that par- report on violence against women Another sphere of activity to which liaments should take appropriate were presented. we have made a substantial contribu- action. We cannot tackle violence in The Conference for parliamentary tion is female genital mutilation.Four general or violence against women committees on gender equality and years ago the IPU launched a parlia- and girls in particular without having the status of women concerning the mentary campaign to combat this an overall view of the problem. Parlia- role of parliamentary committees in problem, held various parliamentary ments and the IPU will do everything mainstreaming gender and promoting events on the subject and included on in their power to rise to this challenge the status of women, which is to be its website a database of all existing in- and will do so by rallying our forces in held in Geneva from 4 to 6 December ternational legislation designed to initiatives that are as laudable as the 2006 and will include a debate on what combat female genital mutilation one that is being launched here parliamentarians can do to combat (http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/fgm.htm). today. violence against women. Proposals by Recently a regional conference was

104 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Greetings. difficulties. Domestic violence was Speech: This morning, the President of the seen to be shameful and as a personal Spanish Government referred to the and private matter that was accepted Mr Ramón government’s determination to put a in silence; coupled with a certain tacit stop to, avoid and prevent domestic acknowledgment and the financial Ropero Mancera violence. In Spain the basic legislation vulnerability of women, it was one of on this subject is the Comprehensive those affairs that simply “did not exist”. Law against Gender Violence. From As we, who have always believed in Member of the many standpoints, this is also funda- hard work and fighting as the way to Congress of Local and mental for local and regional govern- solve problems, well know, it was ments. women’s NGOs and women’s welfare Regional Authorities, Regional governments in Spain, i.e. groups which, through their daily ef- Council of Europe the Autonomous Communities, have forts, brought this type of violence power to legislate. In a democratic against women out into the open, with society, the different levels of govern- the result that it is now easier to ment must conduct their action condemn and punish. within the framework of existing leg- The time when men and women in islation. Our laws should have a Spain did not share the same rights bearing on and promote not only pre- and duties has virtually been forgot- vention but also direct, daily action; in ten: as a result of women’s gradual order to ensure that they are effective, access to all spheres of society and, in the different institutions concerned particular, their presence in institu- must agree on how they are to be ap- tions and public administration, we plied. can now see that we have all benefited A substantial amount of funding from this co-operation between must be made available to the com- equals. munity to help prevent domestic vio- We need to ask ourselves if there lence. As has already been pointed are any public spheres in which vio- out, it is the sphere in which public lence against women is not being and private matters are intricately taken seriously. My answer is no. linked. It is not easy to draw the line Despite incidents caused by public of- between the private affairs of the ficials, who were perhaps afraid of family and matters which flow over sharing equality, and which are well- into the public sphere, but the law- known because of the public con- makers must define these limits tempt with which they were treated, clearly and firmly. all the Spanish public authorities have For a time, which I believe is now firmly rejected such behaviour, fortunately behind us, violence despite its persistence. against women was considered to be a Like Mr Heliodoro Gallego, whom private matter, concerning only the you had the opportunity to meet this family. Neither neighbours nor close morning at the launching ceremony, I relations, not to mention the authori- am a mayor, and we share the task of ties, had anything to say in the matter. representing all of the local organisa- The path to recognition of domestic tions in the Spanish Federation of Mu- violence as a social problem and, sub- nicipalities and Provinces, of which he sequently, its classification as a crimi- is the President. From our privileged nal offence, was long and strewn with position on the executive board, we

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 105 Stop domestic violence United in combating domestic violence against women against women can see how the municipalities are long-term strategies, have resulted in As we have seen, this is a social sit- making the effort to use resources and a philosophy and action which have uation over which we clearly have ad- capacities to prevent violence been given practical shape in the form ministrative powers, not only at local between neighbours. Violence is un- of laws and common policies whose level but also at regional and national acceptable to mayors and preventing ultimate aim is to put a stop to vio- level; and also in the different fields for violence against women is a priority. lence against women. which local authorities are responsi- And it is a priority for us because it is In Spain it is currently the autono- ble, in other words not only the spe- also a priority for our neighbours. mous authorities which have most re- cific fields of equality or women’s Public statements against domestic sponsibility for taking measures to affairs but also social services, educa- violence are followed up by our daily, ensure equality and combat gender tion, health, the police, housing or local, institutional efforts to prevent violence; but it is beyond all doubt the employment, as well as in those fields violence and by immediate action. local authorities which are best placed for which supra-local authorities are Our commitment in the munici- to implement such measures because responsible, such as justice, security, palities to preventing this type of vio- of their proximity to the citizens and medical care and prevention. Local lence is not new. We have always given because they are the most appropriate and regional welfare organisations are a great deal of attention to the ap- instrument for ensuring that such pol- also part of the ever insufficient re- proaches taken and the progress made icies are effective, reach their target, sources for dealing with a problem, by the international community, and become more widespread and are which we need to tackle at the roots. some of our female colleagues are par- firmly established in society. Co-ordinating this wide range of ticularly committed to this work. There are very few municipalities players working in the same field is an Spanish elected representatives have which do not nowadays have some organisational challenge which re- taken part in the successive world type of measure or activity in the form quires the rationalisation and best conferences on women, have dissemi- of Plans or Programmes, which are re- possible use of public and social re- nated and paid close attention to the flected in local planning, awareness- sources. This can only be achieved if resolutions of the UN General Assem- raising activities, prevention and in- there is the same responsible co-oper- bly, the European Parliament and the tervention in all Spanish municipali- ation at institutional level. Meeting Council of Europe, and also the Euro- ties, be they large or small, rural or this challenge is the key to making pean programmes and campaigns of urban. Teaching our citizens to be so- steady progress towards eradicating the Charter of Fundamental Rights of cially responsible is our starting point the violence of which many – indeed the European Union. for guaranteeing that all women who too many – women are still victims. All these texts, the guidelines they are ill-treated, receive the attention, contain, the realities they reflect, the protection and help they require. Thank you very much.

106 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Ladies and gentlemen, dear partici- lence. International legal and political Speech: pants in the conference, structures have been established and Let me firstly greet you and express have been conducting improved mon- Ms Hijran my gratitude to the Council of Europe, itoring of the various forms of vio- and especially to Mr Terry Davis, for lence in society and families. The Huseynova organising such an important meeting actions of women’s movements and to hold discussions on such a crucial organisations of rights protection issue. deserve much respect. Chairperson of the If the first half of the 20th century is The benefits of the international State Committee for remembered for wars and political experience in combating violence and tensions, the period after the 1950s traditions of implementation of inter- Family, Women and coincides with developments in the national standards in the national en- Children’s Issues, sphere of international law. It was the vironment is widely used. Some of our second half of the 20th century when very important obligations are Azerbaijan a number of universal documents strengthening measures on prevent- were adopted, human rights were ing cases of criminals evading from brought to the forefront and some punishments in order to protect crucial steps to protect these rights women from violence, ensuring supe- were taken. But it has not yet been riority of law, protecting women in ac- possible to restore justice completely, cordance with legal forms. This leads and violence still continues. to more numerous and serious results. Significant achievements have When offenders are not charged, im- been made in the study of the nature of punity not only creates more victims violence at international and national of violence, but also gives rise to the levels. The extensive work undertaken negative opinion in society that vio- at different levels has led to a better lence against women is acceptable and understanding of the nature and inevitable. Failure to punish those scope of violence against women and who commit violence against women an appreciation of its impact on leads to a tendency to use this method women and on societies. The causes as a control mechanism over women. of violence against women have been Violence against women is both investigated from diverse perspec- universal and particular. It is universal tives, including feminism, criminol- in that there is no region of the world, ogy, development, human rights, no country and no culture in which public health and sociology. Theoret- women’s freedom from violence has ical and practical research into the been secured. Progress in the devel- reasons for the emergence of violence opment of international legal norms, against women were carried out and standards and policies has not been the conclusion was that violence is a accompanied by comparable progress convergence of negative factors exist- in their implementation at the na- ing at individual, national, regional tional level. The reason for this is that and universal levels. those standards are not adapted to Major achievements were also local conditions. States have to mobi- made in the sphere of extension of ca- lise their energy to combat violence pacity building for women, increasing against women in general, as well as their participation on the decision- specific forms and manifestations of making level, combating against vio- such violence. These include violence

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 107 Stop domestic violence United in combating domestic violence against women against women against women migrant workers; traf- adoption of the Law on Gender Equal- tion with corresponding organisa- ficking in women and girls; traditional ity is the next step towards achieving tions in order to eradicate violence or customary practices affecting the gender equality in our Republic. against women at international, re- health of women and girls; crimes Gender issues feature in the main- gional and national levels. against women committed in the stream of the State Programme for The elimination of violence against name of “honour”; and domestic vio- Poverty Reduction and Sustainable women requires action in different lence against women. Development for 2006-2015. The areas, including: legislation; fair judg- To eliminate all forms of discrimi- “Gender Policy” sector include meas- ment; economic and social policies; nation against women in Azerbaijan is ures such as establishing a monitoring awareness-raising; and education. In the priority issue of the policy of the mechanism on gender-based vio- addition, Governments have to dem- Azerbaijan Government. In particu- lence, studying the negative impact of onstrate political will. Political will lar, great progress has been made early marriages to the future life of can be demonstrated in different towards the improvement of legisla- girls, preparing and implementing ways, of which the most important tion. Monitoring has been carried out social rehabilitation programmes for are: in order to determine the gaps the victims of violence, and creating ` preparing national plans of action between national legislation and in- social rehabilitation centres for the and appropriate legislative acts, ternational standards. The draft Law victims of violence in different regions and strengthening the control over to Combat Domestic Violence has of Azerbaijan. the implementation; already been prepared and has been The draft National Plan of Action ` providing adequate resources to presented to the President’s Office, on Family and Women’s Issues (2007- combat violence against women; the Cabinet of Ministers and Parlia- 2010) has been prepared. The main ` achieving the sustained support of ment. objective of the Plan is to foster family leaders and opinion-makers for A “Complex Programme on the and interfamily relations on the basis efforts to eradicate impunity and fight against violence in daily life in of gender equality. impose fair punishment; democratic society” is being elabo- The Blueprint of the Council of ` creating an environment condu- rated. The objective of the Pro- Europe Campaign to Combat Violence cive to the effective functioning of gramme is to reduce incidents of do- against Women, including Domestic NGOs working on this issue. mestic violence by means of special Violence, adopted by the Committee Violence against women will be measures in personal and public life of of Ministers on 21 June 2006, has been eradicated with political will and com- the population and prevention of translated into the national language mitment at the highest levels to make violent behaviour. and distributed to state agencies and it a priority locally, nationally, region- I consider that promoting and pro- the community. The Azerbaijan Gov- ally and internationally. tecting the human rights of women, ernment gives significant importance I should like to express my special and creating suitable conditions for to the recommendations of the gratitude to the Council of Europe for women to use their ability and to Council of Europe on protecting close support in combating violence achieve substantive equality between women against violence and expand- against women and to call all partici- women and men are the main means ing their opportunities. The State pating states for closer co-operation of preventing violence against Committee for Family, Women and to achieve our common goals. women. I should like to state that the Children is always ready for co-opera- Thank you for your attention.

108 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Closing session blank Page Monsieur le Ministre, Madame la bien sûr, nos collègues du Protocole et Allocution de Présidente, Excellences, Mesdames et nos interprètes. Messieurs, clôture : Nous arrivons au terme de nos tra- Mesdames et Messieurs, vaux. Cette Conférence de lancement Je me réjouis de voir que beaucoup M. Philippe de la Campagne du Conseil de l’Eu- de ceux et celles ici présents étaient rope pour combattre la violence à également présents à la 6e Conférence Boillat l’égard des femmes, y compris la vio- ministérielle européenne sur l’égalité lence domestique a été un lieu d’échan- entre les femmes et les hommes qui a eu ges et de dialogue, selon la meilleure lieu à Stockholm, en juin dernier. Lors Directeur général des tradition du Conseil de l’Europe : des de cette Conférence, il avait été cons- droits de l’homme, décideurs politiques des gouverne- taté que la violence à l’égard des ments nationaux, régionaux et locaux, femmes, contrairement à d’autres di- Conseil de l’Europe des parlementaires, des représen- mensions de l’inégalité entre les tant(e)s d’organisations internatio- femmes et les hommes, avait été très nales et d’ONG et des expert(e)s sont longtemps entourée de silence et de English version: page 113 venus partager leur savoir, leurs expé- déni. Les Ministres avaient alors émis riences et leurs idées sur un pied le vœu que la Campagne du Conseil de d’égalité. Nous avons pu constater à l’Europe pour combattre la violence à quel point la qualité des débats et la ri- l’égard des femmes, y compris la vio- chesse des interventions seront utiles lence domestique puisse contribuer à pour notre travail, au sein du Conseil une réelle prise de conscience collec- de l’Europe et au sein de nos Etats tive de ce phénomène déplorable et membres. qu’elle rencontre un soutien actif de La réussite d’un événement de tous nos Etats membres. Votre parti- cette ampleur dépend aussi grande- cipation, nombreuse et active à cette ment de son organisation et j’aimerais Conférence, montre que l’appel de nos remercier ici chaleureusement le Ministres a été entendu. Premier Ministre, M. José Luís Rodrí- guez Zapatero, le gouvernement espa- Mesdames et Messieurs, gnol, « Las Cortes Generales », les Le voile de silence est aujourd’hui pouvoirs locaux et tous ceux et toutes levé. La lutte contre la violence à celles qui ont contribué à la réussite de l’égard des femmes, commencée dès la cet évènement. Au nom du Secrétaire fin des années 70 par le Conseil de général du Conseil de l’Europe et en l’Europe dans le contexte de la protec- mon nom, je voudrais vous exprimer tion des droits humains, est désormais toute notre gratitude. une priorité politique. Un nombre J’aimerais remercier tout particu- croissant de personnes a pris cons- lièrement les rapporteuses pour leurs cience que la violence à l’égard des remarquables présentations ainsi que femmes, et en particulier la violence les présidents et les panélistes des domestique – souvent le fait des tables rondes. Mes remerciements hommes – mettait en cause l’idée fon- vont aussi à mes collègues de la Divi- damentale qui est à la base de l’édifice sion Egalité et à mes autres collègues des droits de l’homme, à savoir que du Conseil de l’Europe qui se sont tous les êtres humains ont une égale pleinement engagés dans la prépara- valeur et une égale dignité et que cette tion de cette Conférence. Sans oublier, violence constituait probablement

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 111 Stop domestic violence Closing session against women l’obstacle le plus sérieux à une vérita- Les débats sur ces objectifs lors des lecter des données fiables et comparable égalité entre les femmes et les tables rondes nous ont appris que bles au niveau européen pour la plani- hommes. Nous avons pris conscience beaucoup de nos Etats membres fication, le développement et la mise qu’il s’agit d’un problème d’ordre avaient adopté de nouvelles mesures en œuvre de mesures effectives et effi- global, structurel et sociétal, et non et des pratiques qui se sont révélées ef- caces. d’une affaire privée. La lutte contre ce ficaces pour combattre la violence à Enfin, nous sommes unanimes à fléau engage la responsabilité de nos l’égard des femmes. Nous avons déjà dire que la sensibilisation de l’opinion Etats. Je voudrais, à cette occasion, pu en tirer quelques conclusions qui publique joue un rôle crucial dans la rendre hommage à l’action de tous nous permettront de développer des prévention des violences futures et ceux et toutes celles qui, dans le cadre actions adaptées à nos quatre do- dans le changement des attitudes et de leurs activités, ont alerté les déci- maines d’action. des mentalités. deurs politiques et l’opinion sur cette Tout d’abord, nous avons entendu C’est à l’accomplissement de ces grave violation des droits humains et que l’existence d’un cadre juridique objectifs que notre Campagne doit ont ainsi incité à l’action. approprié était primordiale pour servir et le Conseil de l’Europe vous assurer une protection efficace. Ce Le Secrétaire Général, dans son invite à utiliser le programme de la cadre juridique doit inclure, tout par- discours, a décrit les étapes de l’action Campagne comme feuille de route ticulièrement, l’incrimination de tout du Conseil de l’Europe dans ce do- pour évaluer vos situations natio- acte de violence à l’égard des femmes, maine. Une nouvelle étape a été fran- nales, régionales ou locales, pour dé- des ordonnances de protection pour chie avec la création de la Task Force velopper des plans d’action et pour toutes les femmes victimes de vio- pour combattre la violence à l’égard mettre en œuvre la campagne. Cette lence, des ordonnances d’éloignement des femmes, y compris la violence do- campagne du Conseil de l’Europe doit de l’auteur des violences et l’aide juri- mestique, qui concrétise la volonté également vous inviter à lancer à votre dique aux victimes. politique des Chefs d’Etat et de gou- tour des campagnes nationales paral- Ensuite, il a été à juste titre relevé vernement, exprimée lors du 3e lèlement ou en tant que suivi à cette que le soutien et les services aux vic- Sommet du Conseil de l’Europe, d’éra- Campagne profitant ainsi au mieux times doivent leur permettre de re- diquer la violence à l’égard des des synergies et des effets multiplica- prendre le contrôle de leur vie et leur femmes. Cette Task Force a été char- teurs. procurer un nouveau bien-être en ga- gée, entre autres, de préparer le pro- rantissant leur sécurité physique et gramme de la Campagne européenne leur indépendance économique. Nos Mesdames et Messieurs, que nous venons de lancer. discussions ont révélé que beaucoup La peur et la honte de femmes vic- La lutte contre la violence domesti- restait à faire dans ce domaine. Les times de la violence me fait penser à que nécessite une action concertée services, tels que les lignes téléphoni- cette phrase de Simone de Beauvoir des pouvoirs publics et de la société ques d’urgence gratuites et disponi- que j’aimerais vous livrer en guise de civile. C’est pour cette raison que la bles 24 heures sur 24, les foyers, les conclusions « La fatalité triomphe dès Campagne du Conseil de l’Europe centres de crise, les agences spéciali- que l’on croit en elle ». Ne laissons réunit les représentants des sées, devraient être améliorés dans plus la fatalité triompher, ne laissons gouvernements, les parlementaires, tous les Etats membres du Conseil de plus les femmes seules avec leur peur. les autorités locales et régionales, les l’Europe. Aidons les à retrouver leur dignité et organisations internationales – gou- Il a également été rappelé qu’une exercer leurs droits. J’exprime le vernementales et non gouvernemen- collecte systématique de données sta- souhait que notre Campagne marque tales – afin que toutes et tous tra- tistiques ventilées par sexe, par type une étape importante sur notre vaillent ensemble à la réalisation de violence et par relations entre chemin pour la protection des droits d’objectifs dans les quatre grands do- auteurs et victimes, est essentielle afin des femmes et vers la réalisation de la maines d’action de la Campagne : les d’évaluer la fréquence et l’incidence de pleine égalité entre les femmes et les mesures juridiques, le soutien et la la violence à l’égard des femmes. A hommes. protection des victimes, la collecte de cette fin, nous avons besoin d’élaborer Je vous remercie de votre atten- données et, enfin, la sensibilisation. une méthodologie globale pour col- tion.

112 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Ladies and gentlemen, on Equality between Women and Closing speech: Our work is nearing completion. Men in Stockholm in June last year, This Launching Conference for the where we saw that violence against Mr Philippe Council of Europe Campaign to women, unlike other forms of ine- Combat Violence against Women, in- quality between women and men, had Boillat cluding Domestic Violence has been a long been shrouded in silence and forum for exchange and dialogue, in denial. The Ministers expressed the keeping with the Council of Europe’s hope on that occasion that the Council Director General of tradition: political decision-makers of Europe Campaign to Combat Vio- Human Rights, Council from national, regional and local gov- lence against Women, including Do- ernments, members of parliament, mestic Violence would help to trigger of Europe representatives of international or- real collective awareness of this de- ganisations and NGOs and experts plorable problem and be actively sup- have gathered together here to share ported by all the member states. The Version française : page 111 their knowledge, experience and ideas active participation of so many of you on an equal footing. We have seen in this Conference is proof that our how useful the quality of the debates Ministers’ appeal was heard. and the substance of the speeches will Today, ladies and gentlemen, the be to us in our work, within the veil of silence has been lifted. The Council of Europe and in our member battle to end violence against women, states. which was started in the late 1970s by The success of an event of this scale the Council of Europe in the context of also depends to a large extent on its its human rights protection activities, organisation and therefore I would has since become a political priority. A like to thank the Prime Minister, Mr growing number of people have José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero, the become aware that violence against Spanish Government, “Las Cortes women, and domestic violence in par- Generales”, the local authorities and ticular (often perpetrated by men) un- all the men and women who have con- dermines the very foundation stone of tributed to this success. Please accept the human rights edifice, namely the my thanks also on behalf of the Secre- idea that all human beings are equal in tary General of the Council of Europe. value and in dignity, and that this vio- I should like to thank the rappor- lence is probably the most serious ob- teurs in particular, for their remarka- stacle to genuine equality between ble presentations, as well as the chairs women and men. We realise now that and panellists of the round table dis- this is a problem on a global, societal cussions. My thanks also go to my col- and institutional scale, not just a leagues from the Equality Division private matter. It is the responsibility and to my other colleagues from the of our governments to fight this Council of Europe who threw them- scourge. I would like to take this op- selves wholeheartedly into the prepa- portunity to pay tribute to the efforts rations for this Conference, not to of all those who, through their activi- forget of course our colleagues from ties, have alerted political decision- Protocol and our interpreters. makers and public opinion to this I am delighted to see that many of serious violation of human rights and those present here also attended the in so doing, triggered a reaction. 6th European Ministerial Conference

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In his speech the Secretary General already been able to draw a number of plan, develop and implement effective highlighted the different phases of the conclusions which will help us to and efficient measures. Council of Europe’s work in this field. develop policies adapted to our four Finally, we unanimously agree that A new stage was reached with the es- priority fields of action. increased public awareness is funda- tablishment of the Task Force to Firstly, we have understood that an mental in preventing future violence Combat Violence against Women, inappropriate legal framework is essen- and changing attitudes and mentali- cluding Domestic Violence, which is a tial to ensure effective protection. In ties. tangible result of the political deter- particular, this framework must mination of the Heads of State and include the criminalisation of any act Our Campaign must work towards Government, expressed at the Third of violence against women, legislation achieving this goal and the Council of Council of Europe Summit, to eradi- to protect all women who are victims Europe invites you to use the Cam- cate violence against women. This of violence, restraining orders for of- paign Programme as a road map in as- Task Force was given the task, inter fenders and legal assistance for their sessing the national, regional and local alia, of preparing the programme for victims. situations in your countries, develop- the European Campaign which we Another point rightly made was ing action plans and implementing the have just launched. that support and services for victims Campaign. This Council of Europe The battle against domestic vio- must help them to take charge of their Campaign must in turn encourage lence requires concerted action by the lives and live in peace again, as well as you to launch national campaigns to public authorities and civil society. helping them to achieve financial in- accompany it or follow it up, thereby This is why the Council of Europe dependence. Our discussions demon- creating synergy and a snowball Campaign unites government repre- strated that much remains to be done effect. sentatives, members of parliament, in this area. Services such as free 24- The fear and shame of women who local and regional authorities and in- hour emergency helplines, shelters, are victims of violence reminds me of ternational organisations (both gov- crisis centres and specialised agencies these words of Simone de Beauvoir, on ernmental and non-governmental), should be improved in all the Council which I will conclude: “fate triumphs if working together to achieve the objec- of Europe’s member states. one believes in it”. We must no longer tives in the Campaign’s four priority We have also seen how essential allow fate to triumph; we must not fields of action: legal measures, the systematic gathering of statistics leave women alone with their fear. Let support and protection of victims, is, classified by gender, the type of vio- us help them recover their dignity and data collection and awareness raising. lence and the relationship between of- exercise their rights. It is my hope that The round table discussions on fenders and victims, in order to assess our Campaign signals an important these objectives taught us that many the frequency and effects of violence step on the way to protecting women’s of our member states have adopted against women. For this we need to rights and achieving true equality new measures and practices which develop a comprehensive method of between women and men. have proved effective in combating gathering reliable data which can be violence against women. We have compared across Europe, in order to Thank you for your attention.

114 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Monsieur le Ministre, Monsieur le Di- Je me fais l’écho des parlements des Allocution de recteur Général, Mesdames, Mes- quarante-six Etats membres et des sieurs, chers collègues, parlements qui ont le statut d’observa- clôture : Permettez-moi, au nom de l’As- teur, pour vous assurer que les parle- me semblée parlementaire, de remercier mentaires seront engagés dans ce M Minodora chaleureusement le Conseil de l’Eu- travail de réflexion paneuropéen et rope et les autorités espagnoles – en dans la mise en œuvre d’actions pour Cliveti particulier la délégation espagnole faire de cette campagne un succès. auprès de l’Assemblée parlementaire Nous avons déjà commencé mobiliser – pour l’excellente organisation de nos parlements en organisant au cours Présidente de la cette Conférence de lancement de la de ces derniers jours une Journée d’ac- Commission sur Campagne du Conseil de l’Europe tion parlementaire contre la violence pour combattre la violence à l’égard domestique contre les femmes. A l’égalité des chances des femmes, y compris la violence Kiev, à Bruxelles, à Bakou, à Andorre, pour les femmes et les domestique. Cette conférence a réuni à Rome, à Monaco ou encore à Paris, aujourd’hui d’éminents spécialistes de les parlements nationaux se sont mo- hommes de la question de la lutte contre la vio- bilisés, tout comme dans mon pays la l’Assemblée lence domestique à l’égard des Roumanie, où la Chambre des femmes, mais aussi ceux qui vivent au Députés et le Sénat ont adopté une dé- parlementaire du plus près la réalité subie par les vic- claration jointe dans laquelle nous Conseil de l’Europe times de la violence domestique. avons condamné, publiquement et Tous unis pour combattre la vio- sans réserve, la violence à l’égard des lence domestique contre les femmes : femmes, y compris la violence fami- voilà le message que nous entendons liale. Nous nous sommes également lancer solennellement ici à Madrid, au engagés à faire de la prévention et de la cœur même du Parlement espagnol lutte contre la violence à l’égard des qui nous a démontré que la volonté femmes une priorité de notre agenda politique est une condition préalable de travail, tant à l’intérieur de notre et nécessaire pour faire évoluer les enceinte parlementaire que sur le ter- textes et faire changer les mentalités rain, dans nos circonscriptions électo- progressivement. rales. La Campagne du Conseil de l’Eu- Je souhaitais également remercier rope est une opportunité unique de les Présidents de cinq parlements na- mettre en commun, sur le continent tionaux qui ont exprimé, à travers européen, l’expertise qui a été déve- l’Europe, leur soutien à la Campagne loppée par nos Etats mais aussi de du Conseil de l’Europe. Je vous invite confronter nos expériences et d’analy- vivement, à l’issue de notre confé- ser les obstacles que nous rencontrons rence, à prendre connaissance des partout : comment lutter contre la messages qui nous ont été transmis violence subie par les femmes au sein par les Présidents du Sénat français, de leur foyer ? Comment promouvoir du Parlement norvégien, du Parle- la protection des droits fondamen- ment ukrainien, du Sénat roumain et taux des femmes ? Comment pro- du Sénat canadien. Cet engagement mouvoir et consolider l’égalité entre fort, au plus niveau parlementaire, les femmes et les hommes pour cons- nous confortent dans nos efforts et truire une société plus juste et plus c’est cet élan européen que nous sou- démocratique ? haiterions partager avec vous.

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Mesdames et Messieurs les Ministres, En notre qualité de parlementaires, Loin de nous décourager, il nous Mesdames et Messieurs les représen- nous devons nous engager au cours de faut mobiliser autour des thèmes de tants des pouvoirs locaux et régio- ces prochains mois pour améliorer les travail que nous avons abordés naux, lois et lutter contre ces violences qui aujourd’hui. Car n’oublions pas de Soyez convaincus de la volonté de frappent les femmes dans leur espace garder, au cœur de nos préoccupa- l’Assemblée parlementaire d’appuyer le plus intime. Mais chacun de nous, à tions, les femmes victimes de toutes vos efforts pour soutenir et concréti- son niveau, peut faire une différence les formes de violence. Notre engage- ser la Campagne du Conseil de l’Eu- et combattre l’indifférence. ment politique, les actions concrètes rope. Le réseau des parlementaires de Nous savons que ce combat est de que nous pourrons développer, notre référence qui a été créé en octobre par longue haleine, et qu’il nous faudra détermination à combattre toutes les l’Assemblée parlementaire a souligné des années pour combattre un phéno- inégalités entre les femmes et les lors de sa première rencontre sa mène ancré très profondément dans hommes, contribueront à permettre à volonté d’établir des passerelles avec nos sociétés. Nous n’aurons que ces femmes meurtries de vivre à les points de contacts gouvernemen- quelques mois pour concrétiser les nouveau dans la dignité et dans le taux, les autorités locales et régiona- suggestions et propositions qui ont respect de leurs droits humains. Au les, et bien entendu les organisations été formulées aujourd’hui dans le nom de toutes les femmes qui n’ont non gouvernementales dont le travail cadre de la Campagne. Mais nous plus droit à la parole, unissons nous de proximité est essentiel. C’est en- savons aussi que la Campagne du pour briser le silence. semble que nous pourrons nous atta- Conseil de l’Europe ne sera que le Je vous remercie de votre atten- quer aux racines du mal et contribuer point de départ d’actions qui nécessi- tion. à faire évoluer la société. teront du temps, de la volonté, de la détermination.

116 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Closing speech: Ladies and gentlemen, discrimination against women as a The Conference to launch the social group. Mr Jesús Caldera Council of Europe Campaign to On 25 June 2004 the Spanish Combat Violence against Women, in- Cabinet approved the draft Compre- Sánchez-Capitán cluding Domestic Violence, is drawing hensive Law against Gender Violence. to an end. With this measure, the President of the Government fulfilled a promise he An end which is also a beginning. made to the people of Spain in his in- The beginning of a task that is not Minister of Labour and augural speech. new, but that this Campaign will in- Social Affairs, Spain tensify, giving it a new impetus, a new In its parliamentary stage the breath and new means to combat the project was enhanced by contribu- insult to humanity, the insult to de- tions from various professionals, mocracy, that is violence against women’s NGOs, Autonomous Com- women, women who make up more munities and so on. These contribu- than half of our societies. tions helped to paint a fuller picture of gender violence and fuelled the Gender violence reflects a deficit of debate. One of the great merits of this citizenship for women, who are de- project was to draw the various polit- prived of the basic right to peaceful, ical forces closer together, with the democratic coexistence, and in some result that at the end of December cases of such fundamental human 2004, almost two years ago now, the rights as the right to life itself, and to Spanish Parliament unanimously ap- physical and psychological integrity. proved the Comprehensive Law This deprival is an intolerable insult to against Gender Violence. socially minded, democratic, law- Throughout this Conference we abiding states. have heard about violence against No government can remain aloof women in the Council of Europe’s to the reality that fundamental human member states, we have discussed rights are being violated without seri- support and protection for the vic- ously neglecting its constitutional tims, we have examined experiences duty which binds it, as in Spain, to take concerning innovative laws and poli- steps to foster effective freedom and cies for addressing this form of vio- equality and remove any obstacles to lence, and the need to keep careful sta- them. tistics and harmonise our criteria in Accordingly, the State, which is tra- the battle against this scourge. ditionally neutral in what is consid- Finally, this afternoon, we dis- ered to be the “private” sphere, inter- cussed the responsibility our govern- venes in an attempt to shape a new ments and our societies have to social reality where each and every in- change attitudes, and the need to dividual, regardless of their gender, achieve a certain unity in the effort to can live in dignity. The Spanish Gov- eradicate a situation which puts us all ernment has passed special legislation to shame, to say the least. against gender violence, a law that in- In this respect Spanish law clearly troduces positive action into our legal opts for what we might call an “un- system to correct the inequalities, equal right to equality”, sidestepping eliminate discriminatory situations, the other side of gender violence, i.e. foster more equality and remedy the that against men, based on the convic-

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 117 Stop domestic violence Closing session against women tion that the positive effects of As a result, the Law and the accom- Ladies and Gentlemen, I cannot unequal treatment, even in criminal panying regulations provide a firm re- conclude without expressing the hope law, can be decisive in restoring a sponse to gender violence, with its that this start we have made here in balance that is skewed from the start. roots deeply embedded in the convic- Madrid, what we might define as the The statistics speak for themselves: a tion that there is inequality between “Madrid spirit against gender vio- Judicial Council report reveals that in human beings and in particular lence”, will go on to gather momentum 85 out of 91 cases of domestic vio- between women and men. in the other member states. lence, i.e. 93.4% of the total, the ag- Gender violence is not just a matter Lastly, the law is based on the con- gressor was a man. In 5 cases the ag- for women. It concerns us all. And viction that combating this violence gressor was a woman and in 1 it was eradicating it is a joint exercise in efficiently and effectively requires both the man and the woman. Of the public justice, responsibility and dig- comprehensive, co-ordinated policies 72 people who died from violence in- nity. Neither this country nor the that address its many causes and ef- flicted by their partner or former part- other member countries of the fects. ner, 69 were women and 3 were men, Council of Europe can rejoice in the i.e. 95.8% compared with 4.2%. In this respect, I should like to em- coming of age of our democracies So the law is a pro-equality law. phasise the importance of the setting while a social blemish of this magni- On the one hand because it ad- up of the Special Government Delega- tude persists. dresses the causes of the violence, and tion on Violence against Women, Any sweeping social change is goes on to build up a comprehensive which together with the General Sec- bound to trigger resistance, as we saw system of protection, the main retariat for Equality Policies helps to this afternoon, especially when it purpose of which is to tackle and erad- co-ordinate all the action taken to tends to do away with privileges. This icate those causes. For that reason the guarantee the efficacy and efficiency new century we have entered must be protection system basically hinges on of the measures adopted in different that of equality, of the eradication of three lines of action: awareness and fields. It was this co-ordination that inequalities and privileges, the prevention, recognition of the victims’ made it possible for the Cabinet, in century when certain groups of rights, to help them back into the fourteen meetings, to adopt a number people and the societies they live in social mainstream as full citizens, and of important measures on this sub- gradually recover their lost dignity. It punishment of the offenders. ject, and for practically all the minis- will not be easy, but it is well worth the And on the other hand because it tries, the Judiciary, the State Prosecu- trouble. Blaise Pascal said that “all our introduces means of positive action tor’s Department, the Autonomous dignity is in our thinking” … perhaps it into Spanish law aimed directly and Communities and the municipalities is time to change the way we think. exclusively at women. to play an active part in this battle. Thank you.

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List of participants/Liste des participant(e)s Stop domestic violence Participants against women

Member states of the Council of Europe/États membres du Conseil de l’Europe

Albania/Albanie Bosnia and Herzegovina/Bosnie- Estonia/Estonie Herzégovine Ms Marjeta Zace Ms Katri Eespere Vice-Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Bulgaria/Bulgarie Chief Specialist, Gender Equality Department, Equal Opportunities, Tirana Ministry of Social Affairs, Tallinn Ms Ivanka Hristova Ms Rajna Kovaci Deputy Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Finland/Finlande Director, Equal Opportunities Directory, Min- Policy, Sofia istry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Oppor- Ms Tuula Haatainen tunities, Tirana Ms Blagorodna Vesselinova Minister for Social Affairs and Health, Helsinki Head of Unit, International Relations Unit, Andorra/Andorre Directorate for European Integration and Inter- Ms Päivi Yli-Pietilä national Relations, Ministry of Labour and Senior Officer, Gender Equality Unit, Finance me M Montserrat Gil Social Policy, Sofia and Planning Department, Ministry of Social Ministre de la Santé, du Bien-être social et de la Affairs and Health, Helsinki Famille, Gouvernement d’Andorre, Andorra la Croatia/Croatie Vella France

Ms Jadranka Kosor me Ms Marta Monllor Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Family, M Catherine Vautrin Head, Specialised Social Area, Department of Veterans’ Affairs and intergenerational Solidar- Ministre déléguée à la Cohésion sociale et à la Social Welfare and Family, Ministry of Health, ity, Zagreb Parité, Paris Social Welfare and Family, Andorra la Vella me Mr Vedran Bajsić M Elise Bérolatti Mr Vicenç Mateu Zamora Advisor to the Deputy Minister of the Republic Conseillère technique, Ministère délégué à la Ambassador, Embassy of Andorra, Madrid of Croatia, Government of Croatia, Zagreb Cohésion sociale et à la Parité, Paris me Mr Jesús Ramírez Palomo Ms Helena Štimac Radin M Géraldine Dalban-Moreynas Attaché for Trade and Tourism, Embassy of An- Head of the Office for Gender Equality, Govern- Conseillère presse, Ministère délégué à la Cohé- dorra, Madrid ment of Croatia, Zagreb sion sociale et à la Parité, Paris M. Claude Blanchemaison Armenia/Arménie Ms Mihaela Jović Professional Associate, Office for Gender Ambassadeur, Ambassade de France, Madrid Equality, Government of Croatia, Zagreb Austria/Autriche Mme Blandine Legout Mr Filip Vučak Conseillère pour les Affaires sociales, Ambas- Ms Maria Rauch-Kallat Ambassador, Embassy of Croatia, Madrid sade de France, Madrid Federal Minister of Health and Women [Apologised/Excusée] Mr Berislav Živković Georgia/Géorgie Spokesperson of the Ministry of Family, Veter- Ms Martina Steiner ans’ Affairs and Intergenerational Solidarity Ms Maka Mdivani Referee of the Department of Strategic Com- Zagreb Advisor to the State Minister on Reforms Co- munication and Basic Politics, Women and ordination, State Chancellery, Tbilisi Equality Division, Strategic Communication Cyprus/Chypre and Basic Politics, Federal Ministry of Health Germany/Allemagne and Women, Vienna Mr Kostas Veis Superintendent B´, Domestic Violence and Ms Silvia Berke Azerbaijan/Azerbaïdjan Child Abuse Office, Department C´, Cyprus Deputy Head of Division, Protection of Women Police Headquarters, Nicosia from Violence, Department for Equality Policy, Ms Hijran Huseynova Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Cit- Chairperson, State Committee for Family, Czech Republic/République izens, Women and Youth, Bonn Women and Children’s Issues, Baku tchèque Greece/Grèce Ms Besti Agarzayeva Mr Marian Hošek State Committee for Family, Women and Chidl- Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Ms Ifigenia Katsaridou ren’s Issues, Baku Prague Director General at the Research Center on Gender Equality Issues, Athens Mr Anar Maharramov Ms Hana Zdražilova Second Secretary, Bilateral Legal Affairs, Desk Officer, Gender Equality Unit, Depart- Hungary/Hongrie Embassy of Azerbaijan, Madrid ment of Family Policy and Gender Equality, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Prague Ms Edit Rauh Belgium/Belgique State Secretary for Equal Opportunities, Minis- Denmark/Danemark try of Social Affairs and Labour, Budapest Mme Christiane Vienne Ministre de la Santé, de l’Action sociale et de Ms Eva Kjer Hansen Ms Ildikó Várkonyi l’Égalité des chances, Gouvernement wallon Minister for Social Affairs and Gender Equality Interpreter, Ministry of Social Affairs and [Apologised/Excusée] [Apologised/Excusée] Labour, Budapest

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Iceland/Islande Mme Isabelle Klein Ms Elena Dobre Conseillère de direction 1re classe, Ministère de Councillor of Integration, National Agency for Ms Pálína Rúnarsdóttir l’Egalité des Chances, Luxembourg Family Protection, Bucharest Assistant to the Permanent Representative of Iceland to the Council of Europe,Strasbourg, Malta/Malte Ms Ana-Maria Rusu France Inspector, National Agency for Equal Opportu- Ms Marceline Naudi nities between women and men, Department Ireland/Irlande Member of the Domestic Violence Commis- for Strategies, Policies, Programmes and Moni- toring, Ministry of Labour, Social Solidarity and Mr Frank Fahey sion, Ministry for the Family and Social Solidar- ity, Valletta Family, Bucharest Minister of State’s Office, Department of Jus- tice, Equality and Law Reform, Dublin Moldova Russian Federation/Fédération de [Apologised/Excusé] Russie Ms Pauline Moreau Ms Maria Tarus Head of Division, Gender Equality Division (in- Head of Mother and Child Health Assistance, Ms Tatiana Smirnova cluding Violence against Women), Equality and Health Department, Ministry of Health and Division for European Co-operation, Depart- Civil Law Reform, Department of Justice, Social Protection, Chişinău ment for Humanitarian Co-operation and Equality and Law Reform, Dublin Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms Oxana Domenti Moscow Italy/Italie Advisor on Social Issues to the President of Moldova, Administration of the President of Ms Olesia Chutaeva Ms Barbara Pollastrini the Republic of Moldova, Social Development Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow Minister for Rights and Equal Opportunities Issues, Chişinău [Apologised/Excusée] [Apologised/Excusée] Ms Liubov Glebova State Secretary – Deputy Minister, Ministry of me M Donatella Linguiti Monaco Health and Social Development, Moscow Sous-Secrétaire d’Etat, Ministère pour les droits et l’égalité entre hommes et femmes, Mme Marina Ceyssac San Marino/Saint-Marin Rome Secrétaire générale, Département des Relations extérieures, Ministère d’Etat, Monaco M. Guido Bellatti Ceccoli Mme Paula Beatriz Amadio Ambassadeur, Représentant Permanent de la Conseillère de la Sous-Secrétaire d’Etat, Minis- Netherlands/Pays-Bas République de Saint-Marin auprès du Conseil tère pour les droits et l’égalité entre hommes et de l’Europe, Strasbourg, France femmes, Rome Ms Dineke Mulock-Houwer Mr Gian Franco Pallanca Director General, Directorate-General for Pre- M. José Manuel de Mollinedo Mar- Public Relations Officer, Azienda Sanitaria vention, Youth and Sanctions, Ministry of tínez Locale 2 Savonese, Savona Justice Ministre plénipotentiaire, Ambassade de la [Apologised/Excusée] République de Saint-Marin, Madrid Ms Fulvia Diotti me President, IPOTESI Association, Savona Norway/Norvège M Federica Bigi Directrice des Affaires politiques, Ministère des Latvia/Lettonie Ms Astri Aas-Hansen Affaires étrangères, Saint-Marin Political Adviser, Ministry of Justice and the Ms Dagnija Staķe Police, Oslo M. Andrea della Balda Minister of Welfare, Riga Conseiller d’Ambassade, Ambassade de la Poland/Pologne République de Saint-Marin, Madrid Ms Elīna Celmiņa Deputy Head, Gender Equality Unit, Depart- Mme Joanne Valentini Portugal ment of European and Legal Affairs, Ministry of Interprète, Ministère des Affaires étrangères Welfare, Riga Mr Jorge Lacão Saint-Marin Liechtenstein Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Lisbon Serbia/Serbie Ms Rita Kieber-Beck [Apologised/Excusé] Ms Dragana Petrović-Vlasak Minister of Family Affairs and Equal Opportu- nities Ms Elza Pais Vice President, State Gender Equality Council, [Apologised/Excusée] President of the Commission for Equality and Government of Serbia, Belgrade Women’s Rights, Lisbon Lithuania/Lituanie Slovakia/Slovaquie Ms Ivone Ferreira Mr Vytautas Žiukas Governmental Body to Combat Domestic Vio- Mr Peter Sika Vice-Minister, Ministry of Social Security and lence, Lisbon State Secretary, Ministry of Labour, Social Labour, Vilnius Affairs and Family, Bratislava Romania/Roumanie Luxembourg Ms Zuzana Vranová Ms Maria Mota State Advisor, Social and Family Policy Section, me M Brigitte Schmitz President, National Agency for Equal Opportu- Family and Gender Policy Department, Minis- Inspectrice Principale 1re en rang, Ministère de nities between women and men, Ministry of try of Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Brati- l’Egalité des Chances, Luxembourg Labour, Social Solidarity and Family, Bucharest slava

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Mr Pavol Šveda Mr Anders Rönquist Ms Elif Ersozlu Interpreter, International Co-operation and Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden, Madrid Simultaneous Translator, Hacettepe University, Protocol Department, Ministry of Labour, Ankara Social Affairs and Family, Bratislava Ms Monica Blomstrom Desk Officer, Division for Gender Equality, Ms Zeynep Kaleli Ms Viera Tomanová Ministry of Industry, Employment and Com- First Secretary, Embassy of Turkey, Madrid Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family munications, Stockholm Bratislava Mr Yalcin Dogan Switzerland/Suisse Mr Miloslav Hetteš Columnist, Daily Hurriyet, Istanbul [Apologised/Excusée] Director General, European Union Affairs and International Relations Section, Ministry of Ukraine Labour, Social Affairs and Family, Bratislava “The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”/« L’ex-République Mr Illia Shevliak Ms Viera Kusendová yougoslave de Macédoine » First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Ukraine for Director General, Social and Family Policy Sec- Family, Youth and Sport, Kyiv tion, Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Ms Elena Grozdanova Ms Anna Galchenko Family, Bratislava Head of the Unit for Gender Equality, Ministry Second Secretary, Consular Affairs, Embassy of Labour and Social Policy, Skopje Slovenia/Slovénie of Ukraine, Madrid Turkey/Turquie Ms Sonja Robnik United Kingdom/Royaume Uni Senior Advisor, Office for Equal Opportunities Ms Nimet Çubukçu Ms Meg Munn of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, State Minister for Women and Family Affairs, Ljubljana Ankara Deputy Minister for Women and Equality, De- partment for Communities and Local Govern- Spain/Espagne Ms Pinar Cengiz ment, London Chief of the Minister’s Cabinet, State Ministry Mr José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero for Women and Family Affairs, Ankara Ms Charlene Gordon Prime Minister Assistant Private Secretary to Meg Munn, De- Ms Rukiye Karcaaltincaba partment for Communities and Local Govern- Mr Juan Fernando López Aguilar Advisor to the State Minister for Social Services ment, London Minister of Justice State Ministry for Women and Family Affairs Ms Nichola Coleman Mr Jesús Caldera Sánchez-Capitán Ankara Policy Advisor – Violence against women, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Mr Musa Acar Women and Equality Unit, Department for Mr Manuel Marín González Adviser to the Minister, State Ministry for Communities and Local Government, London Women and Family Affairs, Ankara President of the Congress of Deputies Ms Sylvia Walby Mr Francisco Javier Rojo García Ms Civelek Esengül Professor, Institute for Women’s Studies, President of the Senate General Director, General Directorate on the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lan- Status of Women, Ankara caster University, Lancaster Mr Juan-José Lucas Second Vice-President of the Senate Ms Başak Tuğ Mr Bruce Bucknell Deputy to the Permanent Representative of First Secretary, Social and Labour Affairs, Sweden/Suède Turkey to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, Embassy of the United Kingdom, Madrid France Ms Katarina Schmidt Ms Barbara-Ann Collins Deputy Director, Division for Gender Equality Mr Resul Kabataş Assistant Director, Gender and Strategy Team, Ministry of Industry, Employment and Com- Chief of Security, State Ministry for Women Department for Communities and Local Gov- munications, Stockholm and Family Affairs, Ankara ernment London

Council of Europe Bodies/Organes du Conseil de l’Europe

Committee of Ministers/Comité Parliamentary Assembly of the Mme Minodora Cliveti des Ministres Council of Europe/Assemblée Chairperson of the Committee on Equal Op- parlementaire du Conseil de portunities for Women and Men, Bucarest, M. Fiorenzo Stolfi l’Europe Romania Président du Comité des Ministres du Conseil Ms Elmira Akhundova de l’Europe, Ministre des Affaires étrangères de Member of Parliament, Baku, Azerbaijan la République de Saint-Marin, Saint-Marin Mr René Van der Linden

President of the Parliamentary Assembly Ms Aneliya Atanasova Mr Peteris Elferts Member of the National Assembly, Sofia, Bul- Ambassador, Permanent Representative of garia Latvia to the Council of Europe, Thematic Co- Mr Lluís Maria de Puig ordinator on Gender Equality of the Committee Mr John Austin of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Stras- Chair of the Spanish Delegation, Senado, Member of the House of Commons, London, bourg, France Madrid, Spain United Kingdom

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Ms Gülsün Bilgehan Mr Tomasz Markowski Members Member of the Grand National Assembly, Member of the Diet, Warszawa, Poland Ankara, Turkey Ms María Rosario Fátima Aburto Mr José Mendes Bota Ms Elvira Cortajarena Ms Oksana Bilozir Membre du Parlement, Lisboa, Portugal Member of Parliament, Kyiv, Ukraine Mr Ignacio Cosidó Ms Danguté Mikutienė Ms Olena Bondarenko Member of Parliament, Vilnius, Lithuania Mr Adolfo Fernández Aguilar Member of Parliament, Kyiv, Ukraine Ms Ilinka Mitreva Ms María Emelina Fernández Soriano Mr Krzysztof Bosak Member of the Assembly of the Republic of Member of the Diet, Warszawa, Poland Macedonia, Skopje, “The former Yugoslav Re- Ms María Josefa Porteiro García public of Macedonia” Mme Mimount Bousakla Ms Adoración Quesada Senator, Brussels, Belgium Mr Burkhardt Müller-Sönksen Permanent Secretariat M. Jean-Guy Branger Member of Parliament, Berlin, Germany Mr Jorge Villarino Sénateur, Paris, France Mr Ibrahim Özal Mme Cornelia Cazacu Member of the Grand National Assembly, Ms María Teresa Gómez-Bernardo Ankara, Turkey Chairperson of the Committee on Equal Op- Contact parliamentarians and portunities, Senate, Bucarest, Romania Mme Fatma Pehlivan others/Parlementaires de référence et Ms Ingrida Circene Senator, Brussels, Belgium autres Member of Parliament, Riga, Latvia Mr Ivan Popescu Ms Gular Ahmadova Ms Anna Čurdová Member of Parliament, Kyiv, Ukraine Member of the Committee on Foreign and Member of Parliament, Praha, Czech Republic Ms Marlene Rupprecht Interparliamentary Relations, Baku, Azerbaijan Ms Maria Damanaki Member of Parliament, Berlin, Germany Ms Blanca Judith Díaz Delgado Member of the House of Parliament, Athens, Member of the Senate, Mexico D.F Greece Ms Klára Sándor Member of the National Assembly, Budapest, Ms Ketevan Makharashvili M. John Dupraz Hungary Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Membre du Parlement, Berne, Suisse Parliament of Georgia, Tbilisi Ms Svetlana Smirnova [Apologised/Excusée] Ms Lydie Err Member of the State Duma, Moscow, Russian Membre de la Chambre des Députés, Luxem- Federation Ms Carmen Quintanilla bourg Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Repre- Mme Rodica Stanoiu sentative of the Committee on Women’s Issues, Ms María Emelina Fernández Soriano Senator, Bucarest, Romania Madrid, Spain Senator, Madrid, Spain Ms Darinka Stantcheva Mr Gideon Sa’ar Ms Sonia Fertuzinhos Chairman of the Committee on the Status of Member of the National Assembly, Sofia, Bul- Women, Knesset, Jerusalem, Israel Membre du Parlement, Lisboa, Portugal garia Ms Franca Bimbi Ms Urszula Gacek Mme Ruth Gaby Vermot-Mangold Senator, Tarnów, Poland Chairperson of the Committee on EU Policies, Conseiller national, Bern, Suisse Chamber of Deputies, Rome, Italy Mr Piotr Gadzinowski Ms Gisela Wurm Membre de la Diète, Warszawa, Poland Ms Claudia Corichi Garcia Member of Parliament, Wien, Austria Member of the Senate, Mexico D.F. Ms Carina Hägg Mme Rosmarie Zapfl-Helbling Chairperson of the PACE Sub-committee on Ms Azucena Reyes Miranda violence against women, Stockholm, Sweden Conseiller national, Dübendorf, Suisse Substitute to Senator Claudia Corichi, Mexico D.F. M. Ilie Ilaşcu Ms Krinio Kanellopoulou Ms Mirna Cecilia Rincón Vargas Senator, Bucarest, Romania Member of the House of Parliament, Athens, Greece Deputy of the Mexican Congress, Mexico D.F. Ms Halide Incekara Member of the Grand National Assembly, Spanish Delegation to the Parliamen- Delegation secretaries/Secrétaires de Ankara, Turkey tary Assembly of the Council of délégations Ms Aleksandra Daniluyk, Interparliamentary Ms Danuta Jazlowiecka Europe/Délégation espagnole auprès de l’Assemblée parlementaire du Relations Department, State Duma, Moscow, Member of the Diet, Warszawa, Poland Russian Federation Conseil de l’Europe Ms Eleonora Katseli Ms Zlatina Khristova Member of the House of Parliament, Athens, Mr Lluís María de Puig Advisor, International Relations and Protocol Greece Chairperson Directorate, National Assembly, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Ms Kirsti Pulkka-Ericson Leader, South Northants District Council, Ms Feride Acar International Secretary, Parliament, Stock- South Northamptonshire Council, Spring- Professor, Department of Political Science and holm, Sweden fields, Towcester, United Kingdom Public Administration, Middle East Technical University, Inonü Bulvari, Ankara, Turkey Mr Volodymyr Rozputenko Mr Ramon Ropero Mancera Member of the Committee on Social Cohesion, Ms Dagmara Baraniewska Chief Consultant of the Inter-Parliamentary Mayor of Villafranca de los Barros, Villafranca Clinical Psychologist, Culture Anthropologist, Relations Department, Kyiv, Ukraine de los Barros, Spain Warsaw, Poland me M Claire Dossier-Carzou Ms Helena Ewalds Conseiller, Service des affaires européennes, Commissioner of Human Rights Office/Bureau du Commissaire aux Senior Officer, Department for Family and Sénat, Paris, France Social Affairs, Ministry of Social Affairs and Droits de l’Homme Health, Helsinki Ms Alona Fischer-Kamm Minister Counsellor, Knesset, Israel Mr Thomas Hammarberg Mr Christopher Green Commissioner for Human Rights of the Executive Director, White Ribbon Campaign, Congress of Local and Regional Council of Europe Knott Hall, Charlestown, Hebden Bridge, Authorities of the Council of United Kingdom Council of Europe Committees/ Europe/Congrès des Pouvoirs M. Manuel Lisboa Comités du Conseil de l’Europe locaux et régionaux du Conseil de Professeur, Département de sociologie, Faculté l’Europe des Sciences humaines et sociales, Université Task Force to Combat Violence against Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal Mr Ian Micallef Women, including domestic violence/ Ms Rosa Logar President of the Chamber of Local Authorities, Task Force pour combattre la violence Director, Domestic Abuse Intervention Centre, Councillor of Gzira, Gzira Local Council, Gzira, à l’égard des femmes, y compris la vio- Vienna, Austria Malta lence domestique (EG-TFV) Steering Committee for Equality Mr Valerio Prignachi Ms Dubravka Šimonović between Women and Men (CDEG)/ Head of Transport for the Province of Brescia, Chair of the Task Force, Head of Human Rights Deputy Mayor of Treviso Bresciano, Brescia, Department, Directorate for International Comité directeur pour l’Égalité Italy Organisations and Security, Department for entre les Femmes et les Hommes Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and (CDEG) Ms Maddalena Damini European Integration, Zagreb, Croatia Assistant to Mr Valerio Prignachi, Brescia, Italy Mme Isabel Romão Ms Hilary Fisher Présidente du CDEG, Chef de la Division Ms Sandra Barnes Vice-Chair of the Task Force, London, United Etudes et Formation, Commission pour l’Éga- Member of the Committee on Social Cohesion, Kingdom lité et les Droits des Femmes, Lisboa, Portugal

States having Observer Status with the Council of Europe/États ayant le statut d’observateur auprès du Conseil de l’Europe

Canada Holy See/Saint Siège Japan/Japon

me Ms Mylène Paradis M Maria Lourdes Azorin Ortega Mexico/Mexique Agente politique, Ambassade du Canada, Secrétaire Générale de la Fédération des Mou- Madrid vements de l’Action Catholique espagnole, Mr Ernesto Sosa Saint-Siège, Madrid, Spain Advisor on Political Affairs, Embassy of Mexico, Madrid

United States of America/États- Unis d’Amérique

International organisations and institutions/Organisations et institutions internationales

Commission of the European Unit, DG Justice, Freedom and Security, Euro- European Parliament/Parlement Communities/Commission des pean Commission, Brussels Européen Communautés européennes Mr Raül Romeva i Rueda Council of the European Union/ Member of the European Parliament, Brussels Mr Vicente Nieto Conseil de l’Union européenne Principal Administrator, Gender Equality Co- ordinator, Citizenship and Fundamental Rights [Apologised/Excusé]

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Ms Anna Záborská United Nations High Commissioner World Health Organization for Human Rights/Haut commissariat (WHO)/Organisation Mondiale de Chairperson of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, European Parlia- aux droits de l’homme la Santé (OMS) [Apologised/Excusé] ment, Brussels Mr Anders Nordström United Nations Population Fund Geneva, Switzerland United Nations/Nations Unies (UNFPA)/Fonds des Nations Unies [Apologised/Excusé] pour la population (UNFPA) Ms Isabel Yordi Aguirre United Nations Division for the Ad- Technical Officer, Gender and Health Pro- Ms Karin Heisecke vancement of Women (DAW)/Divi- gramme, Family and Community Health, Programme Co-ordination Officer, United sion pour l’avancement de la femme WHO Regional Office for Europe, WHO Nations Population Fund, Brussels Office, Centre for Health Policy, Brussels, Belgium des Nations Unies (DAW) Brussels, Belgium Stability Pact for South Eastern Ms Christine Brautigam Organisation for Security and Co- Europe/Pacte de stabilité pour operation in Europe (OSCE)/Orga- l’Europe du Sud-Est Chief of Women’s Rights Section, Division for nisation pour la sécurité et la the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, coopération en Europe (OSCE) Mr Erhard Busek New York Special Co-ordinator, Brussels, Belgium Parliamentary Assembly/Assemblée [Apologised/Excusé] parlementaire United Nations Development Fund for Gender Task Force of the Stability Women (UNIFEM)/Le Fonds de Ms Tone Tingsgård Pact/Groupe d’action sur le genre du développement des Nations Unies Member of Parliament of Sweden, Vice-Presi- Pacte de Stabilité pour la femme (UNIFEM) dent of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Special Representative on Gender, OSCE Par- Ms Sonja Lokar [Apologised/Excusé] liamentary Assembly, Copenhagen, Denmark SP GTF Chair, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Conference of INGOs enjoying Participatory Status with the Council of Europe/Conférence des OING dotées du statut participatif auprès du Conseil de l’Europe

Gender Equality Grouping/ Regroupement « égalité-parité hommes-femmes » Ms Karine Henrotte Forsberg Chair of the Gender Equality Grouping, Heusy, Belgium

NGOs active in preventing and combating domestic violence/ONG qui travaillent afin de prévenir et combattre la violence domestique

Fédération des femmes Amnesty International Ms Eva María Aguilera González progressistes Campaigning Co-ordinator, Amnesty Interna- Ms Widney Brown tional Spain Mme Enriqueta Chicano Senior Director, International Law, Policy and Ms Monica Costa Campaigns, International Secretariat, London, Foreign Affairs Co-ordinator, Amnesty Interna- Présidente et Vice-présidente de l’Observatoire United Kingdom tional Spain national de la violence à l’égard des femmes Ms Jill Heine European Women’s Lobby Bulgarian Gender Research Legal Advisor for Europe and Central Asia, Ms Tanja Auvinen, Executive Member, Euro- Foundation London, United Kingdom pean Women’s Lobby, Brussels, Belgium Ms Jezerka Tigani Femmes en Détresse Ms Genoveva Tisheva Regional Campaign Co-ordinator for Europe Mme Joëlle Schranck Managing Director, Sofia, Bulgaria and Central Asia, London, United Kingdom Chargée de direction, Luxembourg

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Violence against Women Women’s Human Rights Group Autonomous Women’s Center Monitoring Programme Open B.a.B.e Ms Tanja Ignjatovic Society Institute Programme co-ordinator, Good practice devel- Ms Ines Bojić opment programme in the field of domestic vio- Ms Eva Foldvari lence, Belgrade, Serbia Director, Budapest, Hungary Legal expert, Zagreb, Croatia Women’s Aid Federation of Ms Eniko Pap Women’s Rights Center England Officer, Budapest, Hungary Ms Nicola Harwin Women Against Violence Europe Ms Susanna Vardanyan Chief Executive, Bristol [Apologised/Excusée] President, Yerevan, Armenia Ms Alina Zachar Women’s Forum Elbasan Project co-ordinator, Wien, Austria Vilnius Women’s House Ms Shpresa Banja Ms Paula Bolyos Co-ordinator in the counselling centre for Assistant, WAVE – Network and Domestic Ms Lilija Vasiliauskiene abused women and girls in Elbasan District, Abuse Intervention Centre Vienna, Vienna, Women Forum of Elbasan, Elbasan, Albania Austria Director, Vilnius, Lithuania [Apologised/Excusée]

Keynote speakers Ms Carol Hagemann-White Ms Tuula Haatainen Ms Widney Brown Professor, Department of Education, University Minister for Social Affairs and Health, Helsinki Senior Director, International Law, Policy and of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany Campaigns, International Secretariat, Amnesty Ms Yakin Ertürk International, Peter Benenson House, London, Professor of Sociology, United Nations Special United Kingdom Mr Thomas Hammarberg Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Council of Europe Turkey

Guests of the Spanish authorities/Invité(e)s des Autorités espagnoles

Ministry of Justice/Ministère de la Encarnación Orozco Corpas Rosana Arriola Algara Justice Delegada Especial del Gobierno contra la Vio- Delegación Especial del Gobierno contra la Vio- lencia sobre la Mujer lencia sobre la Mujer Raquel Castillejo Asesora del Gabinete del Ministro Rosa María Peris Cervera Josefa Valdemoro Pascual Directora del Instituto de la Mujer Delegación Especial del Gobierno contra la Vio- lencia sobre la Mujer Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Concepción Gisbert Jordá Cooperation/Ministère des Directora de Gabinete de la Secretaría General Elena Peñafiel Affaires étrangères et de la de Políticas de Igualdad Jefa de Área, Secretaría General de Políticas de Igualdad coopération Félix Albertos Carrión Fernando Fernández-Arias Minuesa Director de Comunicación Elena Perela Jefa de Servicio, Secretaría General de Políticas Subdirector de la Oficina de Derechos Eva Ferrús García de Igualdad Humanos Vocal Asesora , Delegación Especial del Gobi- Beatriz Belenda Justo José Luis Lozano García erno contra la Violencia sobre la Mujer Delegación Especial del Gobierno contra la Vio- Vocal Asesor para Asuntos Multilaterales y la María Pilar Moreno Fernández lencia sobre la Mujer OSCE Consejera Técnica, Delegación Especial del Go- bierno contra la Violencia sobre la Mujer Alejandra Lato Meilan Pilar Ortiz González Delegación Especial del Gobierno contra la Vio- Jefa del Cuerpo de Subinspectores de Empleo y Raquel Presa García-López lencia sobre la Mujer SS, Servicio del Consejo de Europa, División de Consejera Técnica, Delegación Especial del Go- Asuntos Multilaterales y OSCE bierno contra la Violencia sobre la Mujer Gemma Ayuso Aragonés Delegación Especial del Gobierno contra la Vio- Ministry of Labour and Social Beatriz Martínez Cano-Cortés lencia sobre la Mujer Affairs/Ministère du Travail et des Delegación Especial del Gobierno contra la Vio- lencia sobre la Mujer María Jesús Ortiz Affaires sociales Instituto de la Mujer Carmen Cánovas Vidal Soledad Murillo de la Vega Delegación Especial del Gobierno contra la Vio- Hortensia Moriones Almaraz Secretaria General de Políticas de Igualdad lencia sobre la Mujer Instituto de la Mujer

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Cecilia Payno De Orive Francisco Orengo García María Luisa Castejón Pinilla Secretaría General de políticas de Igualdad Médico psiquiatra Técnico de Igualdad del Ayuntamiento de Villalbilla, Madrid Mariano Alvaro Autonomous Communities/ Communautés autonomes Gema del Corral Isabel Herranz Directora del Instituto de la Mujer, Ayunta- Josefa María Caraballo Saavedra miento de Málaga Senate and Congress of Deputies/ Directora General del Instituto de la Mujer de Sénat et Chambre des Députés Extremadura, Junta de Extremadura, Mérida, State Observatory on Violence Badajoz against Women/Observatoire Composición de la Mesa del Senado Celsa Malanda Garrido national sur la violence à l’égard des Instituto de la Mujer de Extremadura, Junta de femmes Francisco Javier Rojo García Extremadura, Mérida, Badajoz Adela Abarrategui Pastor Presidente Ana Luisa Bouza Santiago Jefa del Gabinete de Estudios y Programas, In- Composición de la Mesa del Congreso Directora Servizio Galego de Igualdade, San- stituto Andaluz de la Mujer, Sevilla tiago de Compostela, A Coruña Manuel Marín González Eva Martínez Blasco Dtra. Inst. Aragonés de la Mujer, Gobierno de Presidente Paloma Recio Bernárdez Directora Instituto de la Mujer de Murcia, Aragón, Zaragoza Carme Chacón Piqueras Murcia Isabel Llinás Warthmann Vicepresidenta Primera Teresa Aranaz Jiménez Directora Inst. Balear de la Mujer, Govern de les Gabriel Cisneros Laborda Dir. Gerente Instituto Navarro Mujer, Pam- Illes Balears, Palma, Mallorca plona Vicepresidente Tercero Ana Barceló Chico Isaura Navarro Casillas Spanish Federation of Presidenta de la Comisión de Igualdad de la Secretaria Cuarta Municipalities and Provinces Femp., Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias, Madrid (FEMP)/Fédération des Composición de la Junta de Portavoces municipalités et provinces (FEMP) Montserrat Comas d’Argemir i Manuel Marín González Cendrá Heliodoro Gallego Cuesta Presidente Vocal Del Consejo GPJ, Consejo Gral. Poder Ju- Presidente dicial, Madrid Composición de la Comisión Mixta de Gabriel Álvarez Fernández Almudena Fontecha los Derechos de la Mujer y de Igualdad Secretario General Sindicato UGT, Madrid Oportunidades Antonina Mielgo Casado Angeles Brunel Aranda Directora de Área de Igualdad Carmen Alborch Bataller Secretaría de la Mujer, Sindicato CCOO, Presidenta Jesús Turbidí Pérez Madrid María Antonia Martínez García Director Departamento Relaciones Interna- Dora Anadela Aguirre Hidalgo cionales Vicepresidenta Primera Presidenta de la Asociación Rumiñahui y Vocal María del Carmen Quintanilla Barba María Dolores Agudo Masa del Foro S.D.L.Im., S.E. Inmigración y Emi- gración (Foro Integración Social de los Inmi- Vicepresidenta Segunda Carmen González Lahidalga grantes), Madrid Portavoces Rosario Soto Rico Angela Alemani Asociación de Mujeres Juristas Themis, Madrid María Assumpta Baig i Torras Victoria Martínez Ocón Susana Camarero Benítez Encarnación Ocaña Pérez Enriqueta Chicano Jávega Inmaculada Loroño Ormaechea Josep Mariné Federación de Mujeres Progresistas, Madrid María Virtudes Monteserín Rodrí- Alcalde de la Alforja Ana María Pérez Del Campo Noriega guez Encarnación Mihi Tenedor Federación Nacional de Asociaciones de Diputada Cortes de Aragón Mujeres Separadas y Divorciadas, Madrid Portavoces Adjuntos Antonio Clemente Olivert Marisa Soleto María Dolores Pérez Anguita Diputado Cortes Valencianas Fundación Mujeres, Madrid Elsa Orozco Kaiser Vocales Antonia Parrado Rojas Delegada Igualdad Ayuntamiento Córdoba Coordinadora Programa de Atención Integral Joaquín Antonio Bellón Martínez de la Mujer con Discapacidad en Andalucía, María José Nicolás Martínez Sevilla José María Burgos García Diputada Asamblea Regional de Murcia Encarnación Talavera Muñoz Belén María Do Campo Piñeiro María Pilar Collado Capilla Vicepresidenta de la Asociación y Vocal de la Directora Delegación Comunitat Valenciana en Confederación, Asociación para la Promoción María Isabel Flores Fernández Madrid de la Mujer con Discapacidad LUNA de Anda-

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Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)/Organisations non gouvernementales (ONG)

Montserrat Boix Sara Añino Villaba Milagro Rodríguez Marin Mujeres en Red, Madrid Fundación Secretariado Gitano, Madrid Delegada, Sevilla Marta Ortiz Díaz Francisca Sauquillo María Francisca Fernández Reyero Presidenta, Coordinadora Española para el Movimiento por la Paz, el Desarme y la Liber- Asociación Española de Mujeres Separadas y Lobby Europeo de Mujeres, Madrid tad, Madrid Divorciadas “Carmen Garcia Castellón”, Astrid Ruiz Thierry Rocío Nieto Rubio Madrid Board Member, Madrid Asociación para la Prevención, Reinserción Ana María García Fernández y Atención de la Mujer Prostituida, Madrid María Soledad Muruaga López de Abogada, Madrid Guereñu Sara Lucía Díaz Martín Esperanza Rodríguez Saavedra Presidenta, Asociación de Mujeres para la Vocal, Federación Mujeres Jovenes, Madrid Salud, Madrid Abogada, Madrid Consuelo Abril González Pilar Pascual Pastor Presidenta, Comisión para la Investigación de María Teresa González Galiana Coordinadora, Madrid Malos Tratos a la Mujer, Madrid Médicos del Mundo, Madrid

Others/Autres

Ms Maria Bustelo María Luisa Revilla Blanco Isabel Antunez Nieto Associate Professor, MAGEEQ and QUING re- Vocal Asesora del Gabinete de la Presidencia Diputada provincial de Badajoz, Grupo Social- search projects, Political Science and Public del Gobierno, Madrid ista, Diputación de Badajoz, Badajoz Administration, Complutense University at Madrid, Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid Isabel Martínez Lozano Carmen Hermosín Bono Vocal Asesora del Gabinete de la Vicepresi- Diputada por Sevilla, Grupo parlamentario Ms Mireia Espiau denta del Gobierno, Madrid Socialista, Congreso de los Diputados, Madrid Responsible for Gender Equality, EUDEL, As- sociation of Basque Municipalities, Bilbao Juan López Sandra Figaredo Gutiérrez Asistente de Carmen Hermosín, Madrid Ms Emanuela Lombarda Subdirector General de Ordenación Académica Director, Department of Political Science and Pilar Requena Marco Administration, Faculty of Political Science and Balbina Del Carmen Cortijo Cadenas Técnico de Programas, Comisión de la Mujer Sociology, European Projects MAGEEQ and Asesora Técnica docente en la Secretaría (Federación COAMIFICOA), Madrid QUING, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid General de Ordenación Académica Susana Martín Polo Ms Silvia López Juan Antonio Redondo Parral Gerente, ASPAYM, Madrid Researcher, Department of Political Science, Subdirector General de Coordinación, Admin- Complutense University at Madrid, Madrid María Teresa Gallego Ergueta istración Periférica Ms Reyes Selvi Responsable Área de la Mujer, Madrid Paloma Marín Director, Foundation of the Community of Va- Dolores Carrion Letrada del Consejo General del Poder Judicial lencia against Domestic Violence, Valencia Subsecretaria, Ministerio de Administraciones Mr Jesús Solá Sevilla Anabel Vargas Públicas, Madrid President of the Liedra Network Association, Fiscal Adjunta del Tribunal Supremo Pilar Ramiro Collar President of the Aragonese Association of Local Authorities (ASAEL), Mayor of Herrera, Coun- Maribel Montaño Requena Concha Hernández cilman of Daroca Region, Presidency, ASAEL, Responsable de la Secretaría Federal de Igual- Zaragoza dad del PSOE María Fernanda Bolaño Adela Prat Rosalina Curras Novas Luís Martín Responsable del departamento de difusión, Difusión medio rural, Asociación Liedra, Montserrat Santos Velasco María Florentina Alarcón Hita Zaragoza Reyes Navarro Ribera Penélope Poblete Pérez Mercedes López Concejal de Asuntos Sociales, Salud y Con- Directora del Gabinete del Director del Gabi- sumo, Mujer y Festejos, Ayuntamiento de Luisa López nete de la Presidencia del Gobierno, Madrid Villalbilla, Madrid Advertising Agency Gisbert

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Isabel Abella Natividad Moreno Santana Spain Claudia Monzo Ana Rioz Mateos Juana María Santana Hernández Spain Sign language interpreters/ Interprètes en langue des signes Natalia Iglesias Santabarbara Spain

Secretariat of the Council of Europe/Secrétariat du Conseil de l’Europe

Secretary General of the Council of Ms Jannick Devaux Ms Sandra Doña Europe/Secrétaire Général du Deputy Secretary to the Committee/Secrétaire Study visitor/Visiteuse d’études, Equality Divi- Conseil de l’Europe adjointe de la commission sion/Division Egalité Mr Terry Davis Ms Anne Muller Commissioner of Human Rights Administrative assistant to the Committee/As- Office/Bureau du Commissaire aux Private Office of the Secretary sistante administrative de la commission Droits de l’Homme General/Cabinet du Secrétaire Ms Beejul Tanna Mr Manuel Lezertua Général Administrative Assistant to the Committee/As- Director of the Office/Directeur du Bureau sistante administrative de la commission Mr Gianluca Esposito Directorate of Communication/ Advisor/Conseiller Congress of Local and Regional Direction de la Communication Authorities of the Council of Protocol/Protocole Europe/Congrès des pouvoirs Ms Seda Pumpyanskaya Director of Communciation/Directrice de la Mr Muammer Topaloğlu locaux et régionaux du Conseil de Communication Director of Protocol l’Europe Ms Louise Ansari Mme Isabelle Flecksteiner Ms Dolores Ríos Deputy Director of Communication/Directrice Assistante au Directeur du Protocole Secretary of the Committee on Social Cohesion adjointe de la Communication Ms Cathie Burton Directorate General of Human Parliamentary Assembly/ Press Officer/Attachée de Presse Assemblée parlementaire Rights/Direction générale des droits de l’homme Mr Pierre Kaerle Mr Mateo Sorinas Cameraman Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assem- M. Philippe Boillat Mr Sandro Weltin bly/Secrétaire Général de l’Assemblée Parle- Director General of Human Rights/Directeur mentaire général des droits de l’homme Photographer/Photographe Ms Liri Kopaçi-Di Michele Ms Marta Requena Interpreters/Interprètes Deputy-Head of the Private Office of the Presi- Head of the Equality Division/Chef de la Divi- Ms Sally Bailey-Ravet dent of the Parliamentary Assembly/Chef sion Égalité Head of the Team of Interpreters/Chef d’equipe Adjoint du Cabinet du Président de l’Assemblée d’interprètes, Interpretation Department of the Parlementaire Ms Renate Zikmund Council of Europe/Service de l’Interprétation Principal Administrator, Equality Division/Ad- du Conseil de l’Europe Mr Francesc Ferrer ministratrice principale, Division Egalité Administrative Officer, Communication Unit/ Ms Fausta Libardi Administrateur, Unité de Communication Ms Johanna Nelles Madrid, Spain Administrator, Equality Division/Administra- Ms Tanja Kleinsorge trice, Division Egalité Mr Massimo Campagnola Head of the Secretariat of the Committee on Paris, France Equal Opportunities for Women and Men/Chef Ms Taina Riski du Secrétariat de la Commission sur l’égalité des Advisor, Equality Division/Conseillère, Divi- Mr Paul Belopolsky chances pour les femmes et les hommes sion Egalité Paris, France Ms Sylvie Affholder Mme Yvette Schiller Ms Jolyn Jeelof-Wuhrmann Madrid, Spain Deputy Secretary to the Committee/Secrétaire Administrative Assistant, Equality Division/ adjointe de la commission Assistante administrative, Division Egalité Mr Vladislav Glasunov Paris, France Mr Lamine Diallo Ms Louise Everts Deputy Secretary to the Committee/Secrétaire Administrative Assistant, Equality Division/ Ms Astrid Borg adjoint de la commission Assistante administrative, Division Egalité Sceaux, France

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 129 Ms Ariane Corbin-Favier Ms Maria Sánchez Puig Ms Elsa Yndurain Paris, France Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain Ms Catherine Hess-Rothey Ms Grita Loebsack de Sáenz Ms Elena Cisneros Cristóbal Paris, France Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain Blueprint of the Council of Europe Campaign blank Page Outline of the Campaign A recent Stocktaking Study pre- Blueprint of the pared by the Council of Europe1 I. Introduction pointed out that not all member states Campaign to provide adequate resources for Violence against women is the victims of violence, collect national Combat Violence result of an imbalance of power data on the number of cases of vio- between women and men, leading to lence occurring in the family or do- against Women, serious discrimination against mestic unit that come to the attention women, both within society and the of the police and/or health services including family. Violence in the family or do- and track neither referral nor judicial mestic unit occurs in every Council of outcomes in a systematic process. Domestic Europe member state despite positive Thus, there is no baseline from which developments in law, policies and the effectiveness of legal and other Violence practices. Violence against women is a measures for combating violence violation of human rights, the very against women can be measured. nature of which deprives women of To this end, member states of the prepared by the Task their ability to enjoy fundamental Council of Europe are urged to prior- Force to Combat freedoms. It often leaves women vul- itise preventing and combating vio- nerable to further abuse and is a major lence against women, including vio- Violence against obstacle to overcoming inequality lence in the family or domestic unit Women, including between women and men in society. and are encouraged to become ac- Violence against women is a detri- tively involved in implementing this domestic violence (EG- ment to peace, security and democ- Council of Europe Campaign that TFV) and adopted by racy in Europe. calls for strong commitment at the na- States have a responsibility to re- tional level. the Committee of spect, protect and fulfil the human Ministers on 21 June rights of all their citizens. Therefore, II. Definition states must ensure that they have 2006 taken all reasonable measures to pre- In accordance with the definition vent, investigate and punish all forms contained in the appendix to Recom- of violence against women, including mendation Rec (2002) 5 of the Com- in the family and domestic unit. Vio- mittee of Ministers to member states lence against women is a complex on the protection of women against issue, particularly when it occurs violence, the term “violence against within the home, which can be com- women” is to be understood as any act pounded by the response of authori- of gender-based violence, which ties to whom women turn for help. results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or While the specific approaches of suffering to women, including threats governments to violence against of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary women will vary depending on partic- deprivation of liberty, whether occur- ular country situations, all require a ring in public or private life. This in- multifaceted response. This needs to cludes: address both the root causes of violence and its consequences, as well as 1. Stocktaking Study on the measures and challenge attitudes and behaviours actions taken in the Council of Europe mem- and extend to legal, policy and practi- ber states to combat violence against women, cal measures. 2006.

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“violence occurring in the family or quently be allocated the necessary fi- ` establish effective legal protection, domestic unit”, including, inter alia, nancial resources. All member states including protection orders, for all physical and mental aggression, emo- should be committed to preventing women victims of violence, and tional and psychological abuse, rape this type of violence, to protect its regularly monitor and evaluate its and sexual abuse, incest, rape between victims and provide adequate serv- effective implementation; spouses, regular or occasional part- ices, legal redress and compensation ` ensure that immigration laws and ners and cohabitants, crimes commit- as well as to prosecute, punish and administrative procedures do not ted in the name of honour, female provide treatment to the perpetrators. prevent women from leaving genital and sexual mutilation and In addition, member states should violent relationships due to fear of other traditional practices harmful to raise awareness of this problem with deportation, loss of legal status or women, such as forced marriages. all available means, in particular revoked custody over the children; This definition is used for the purpose through the media and educational ` identify and put in place measures of the Council of Europe Campaign to curricula. to increase the rate of reporting, Combat Violence against Women, Patriarchal culture is an important prosecution and sanctions of per- including Domestic Violence. force in legitimising power inequali- petrators of violence against ties between women and men. It is women occurring in the family or III. Main theme therefore essential that member states domestic unit; address discriminatory traditions and ` provide victims with legal aid, Bearing in mind the Action Plan attitudes as well as gender stereotypes psycho-social support and guaran- adopted during the 3rd Summit of the as root causes of violence against tee protection for witnesses; Council of Europe and Recommenda- women. ` develop risk assessment and safety tion Rec (2002) 5 of the Committee of Low income, unemployment and planning as standard procedure in Ministers, the theme of the Campaign crime prevention to prevent vio- will be: Prevent and combat violence poverty are major risk factors for violence against women in the family or lence against women, and ensure against women occurring in the family special attention is given to high or domestic unit (domestic violence). domestic unit. Therefore, states should take effective measures to risk victims who face repeated inci- promote economic independence of dents of violence. IV. Aims of the Campaign women. b. Support and protection for victims The aims of the Council of Europe Member states should commit ` provide the necessary resources for Campaign to Combat Violence themselves to elaborate and imple- free 24-hour helplines staffed by against Women, including Domestic ment concrete and effective measures adequately trained personnel and Violence are: for preventing and combating violence other emergency services for all ` to raise awareness across the against women as contained in Recom- women victims of violence; Council of Europe member states mendation Rec (2002) 5 through legis- ` provide adequate support and ad- that violence against women is a lation and national plans of action and, vocacy services, that meet quality human rights violation and en- at the end of this Campaign, to report standards, to all victims of violence courage every citizen to challenge on progress achieved. and empower women and ensure it; All measures contained in this Rec- that services are accessible to all ` to urge states to demonstrate polit- ommendation are equally important women, including socially ex- ical will by providing adequate re- and should be fully implemented. cluded women and recent mi- sources to deliver concrete results Recognising the different stages of grants, refugees, women from in ending violence against women; member states in implementing this ethnic minority groups and those ` to promote the implementation of Recommendation, member states are with disabilities; effective measures for preventing urged to make significant progress ` provide resources for an adequate and combating violence against during the Campaign in the following number of safe shelters for women women, through legislation and areas: victims of violence who have to flee national action plans for the imple- from violence (one place in a mentation of Recommendation a. Legal and policy measures women’s shelter per 7 500 inhabit- Rec (2002) 5 of the Committee of ` review and amend, where neces- ants) as well as for women’s advo- Ministers and to regularly monitor sary, national legislation in order to cacy services and crisis centres in the progress achieved; identify and fill gaps in the protec- all regions of the country and tion of women from all forms of provide these services with the V. Objectives violence occurring in the family or necessary human and financial re- Protection of women against vio- domestic unit, repeal laws that dis- sources; lence in the family or domestic unit criminate against women and ` develop a co-ordinated, well- should be placed at the highest politi- criminalise any act of such violence resourced multidisciplinary spe- cal level in all Council of Europe against women including rape cialist sector to increase capacity member states, and should conse- between spouses; building across core national and

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local agencies such as health, jus- ring in the family or domestic unit, women occurring in the family or do- tice, social welfare and education, protecting its victims and prose- mestic unit. in order to provide women victims cuting the perpetrators at national, Domestic violence is a human rights of violence with immediate, com- regional and local level. violation prehensive and coordinated support; d. Awareness-raising Violence against women occurring ` organise integrated training on the ` publicly denounce violence against in the family or domestic unit should continuum of violence against women occurring in the family or not be regarded as a private matter. women for professionals who deal domestic unit as a violation of Violence against women both violates with women victims of violence oc- women’s human rights and commit and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment curring in the family or domestic to taking action against it at the of their human rights and fundamen- unit (e.g. police, medical profes- highest political level; tal freedoms. Therefore, states have the responsibility to act with due dili- sionals, judicial officials, etc.); ` raise awareness on violence against gence to prevent this type of violence, ` include the issue of violence women occurring in the family or to protect its victims, to award them against women as a violation of domestic unit using all available compensation and to prosecute and women’s human rights and a public means, in particular through the punish the perpetrators. Conse- health issue in the education cur- media and educational curricula to quently, states have an obligation to ricula of all studies and training for challenge prevailing gender stereo- take all reasonable measures to ensure judicial and security personnel, types, and discriminatory cultural that women are not exposed to vio- health care professionals, social norms and public opinion about its lence and provide protection for those workers, teachers and others; acceptability; at risk as well as redress for victims. ` encourage at all levels the work of ` encourage national and commu- Culture, custom, family or religion NGOs involved in combating vio- nity leaders and opinion formers to should never be used as an excuse for lence against women, and establish publicly acknowledge the gravity of turning a blind eye to human rights vi- active co-operation with these violence against women occurring olations against women in the home. NGOs, including appropriate loin the family or domestic unit, to gistic and financial support; condemn its perpetration and the Domestic violence seriously injures ` provide financial support, housing, use of custom, tradition or religion women and damages the whole of independent rights to residence as to excuse it; society, including future generations well as training and employment to ` translate, if they have not done so, Many women in many countries women victims of violence to into their national language(s) and die as a result of violence occurring in enable them to freely decide disseminate Recommendation Rec the family or domestic unit. Further- whether or not to leave their (2002) 5 and its Explanatory Mem- more, the physical and psychological violent partner; orandum; health of the surviving victims is seri- ` encourage the establishment of na- ` support specific awareness raising ously affected. This type of violence tionally co-ordinated and locally initiatives aimed at men in order to also has serious consequences for the based programmes for perpetra- mobilise them to take an active part families as well as society as a whole tors. These programmes must have in eliminating all forms of violence and is often perpetuated from one at their core the need for women’s against women, including violence generation to another. Violence safety and be organised in close co- in the family or domestic unit. against women, over and above the operation with services for women personal and social consequences, has victims. a high economic cost (medical care, VI. Messages psychological treatment, absentee- c. Data collection ism, less productivity at work etc.). ` ensure the systematic collection of Combating domestic violence calls for Ending violence against women in the statistical data disaggregated by joint public action family or domestic unit is the respon- sex, by type of violence as well as by Violence against women occurring sibility of everyone. Being silent the relationship of the perpetrator in the family or domestic unit (domes- means complicity. to the victim in all fields. This col- tic violence) continues to be a serious lection should be carried out by na- problem that extends to all Council of Domestic violence calls for men’s tional statistics offices or other Europe member states, regardless of active participation to combat bodies (e.g. national observatories culture, religion, times of peace, con- violence against women on domestic violence); flict or disaster. It takes on many forms During this campaign, active par- ` develop and use a methodology and is too frequently tolerated. There- ticipation of men in activities aimed at that allows for gender analysis and fore, urgent action is required by gov- combating violence against women comparison with other member ernments, parliaments, local and re- should be encouraged. Men have the states of the Council of Europe; gional authorities and international responsibility to stand up and chal- ` collect and disseminate good prac- governmental organisations as well as lenge violence occurring in the family tices for preventing violence occur- civil society to stop violence against or domestic unit. To this end, they

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 135 Stop domestic violence Blueprint of the Council of Europe Campaign against women have an important role to play and can ` Social and health-care workers and Spain, in November 2006 (around In- bridge the gap to other men as well as state-run social services organisa- ternational Day for the Elimination of encourage them to speak out against tions Violence against Women on 25 Nov- such violence. ` National women’s NGOs provid- ember and marking the beginning of ing support services to women the 16 Days of Activism against VII. Target groups ` Education professionals and Gender Violence). The Campaign will The Council of Europe will work groups end in the first half of 2008. with a variety of partners and target ` Trade unions groups to deliver the Campaign to ` All women X. Division of responsibilities Combat Violence against Women, in- ` Women victims and survivors The implementation of the Cam- cluding Domestic Violence. These in- ` Men as agents of change paign is carried out involving the clude: ` Youth audience Committee of Ministers through the ` Heads of State ` Youth workers Directorate General of Human Rights ` Heads of Government – DG II (Equality Division) for the ` Ministers of national governments VIII. Slogan intergovernmental dimension of the ` Presidents of parliaments Campaign, the Parliamentary Assem- ` Members of parliament The slogan of the Council of bly of the Council of Europe for the ` Members of regional and local Europe Campaign is “Stop domestic parliamentary dimension and the authorities violence against women”. Congress of Regional and Local Au- ` International intergovernmental thorities of the Council of Europe for organisations IX. Duration the local and regional dimension. Fur- ` International and regional Preparations for the Council of thermore, this Campaign is carried women’s and human rights non- Europe Campaign began at the begin- out in partnership with governments governmental organisations ning of 2006. A high-level conference and parliaments of the member states, ` National opinion formers to launch the Campaign, with partici- international intergovernmental or- ` Local community leaders pants from governments, parlia- ganisations as well as NGOs involved ` Regional and national business ments, local and regional authorities, in the protection of women against leaders international intergovernmental or- violence. ` Law-enforcement officials ganisations and NGOs was organised ` Members of the judiciary in the Spanish Senate in Madrid,

Action to be carried out in the framework of the Council of Europe Campaign The Council of Europe Campaign on 27 November 2006 in the Spanish d. Activities to be carried out by the includes two implementation levels Senate in Madrid, Spain. Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) and through which the Campaign is Congress of Local and Regional The Task Force to Combat Violence carried out. The first level includes ac- Authorities against Women, including Domestic tivities directly carried out by the The Parliamentary Assembly of the Violence had recommended that the Council of Europe, reflecting its inter- Council of Europe will implement the launching conference of the Council governmental, parliamentary and parliamentary dimension of the Cam- of Europe Campaign be organised at local and regional dimensions. The paign. Similarly, the Congress of Local the highest political level and with second level consists of national cam- and Regional Authorities will imple- wide participation of NGOs working paigns and national activities carried ment the local and regional dimension in this field. out by the member states of the of the Campaign. Council of Europe at national, local and regional level. b. Media and campaign activities e. Setting up a special Campaign website The launching Conference of the A special Web site devoted to the I. Council of Europe activities Campaign was given wide media cov- erage throughout Council of Europe Council of Europe Campaign to member states. Combat Violence against Women, in- a. A launching conference cluding Domestic Violence was A high-level conference to launch created at http://www.coe.int/ c. Regional seminars the Council of Europe Campaign to stopviolence/, providing detailed in- Combat Violence against Women, in- Five high-level seminars will be or- formation on the campaign and its ac- cluding Domestic Violence with par- ganised in the requesting Council of tivities. The Web site also provides in- ticipants from governments, parlia- Europe member states highlighting formation on national activities and ments, local and regional authorities, the different objectives of the Cam- campaigns and provides a link to na- international intergovernmental or- paign. Member states are encouraged tional campaign websites. In addition, ganisations and NGOs was organised to undertake this activity. it serves as an interactive forum for

136 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Blueprint of the Campaign to Combat Violence against Women, including Domestic Violence domestique faite aux femmes exchanging information and good Council of Europe will encourage c. Key Opportunities for practices. member states with experience and Campaigning expertise in legislative, policy and f. Dissemination of Campaign mater- ` Date: 8 March. Significance: Inter- other measures to share their knowl- ial for member states and Council of national Women’s Day edge with other member states to Europe Information and Field offices support the national campaigns. International Women’s Day is a key ` Campaign material was distributed Focal Points are encouraged to dis- opportunity to organise public events to participants at the Council of seminate campaign material as widely and carry out media work in partner- Europe’s launching Conference as possible for all requesting actors at ship with women’s organisations in and will be further distributed to national level, in particular social and the field of violence against women participants at regional seminars as health care workers, the police, the ju- occurring in the family or domestic well as to the Council of Europe’s diciary, policy makers and NGOs unit. All member states participating Information and Field Offices. working to combat violence against in the Council of Europe Campaign ` Campaign material will be distrib- women. are invited to prioritise this type of uted to NGOs and the general Each member state will inform the violence as their theme for Interna- public by the Council of Europe Council of Europe Secretariat about tional Women’s Day 2007 and 2008 Secretariat. the appointment of a national Focal and to promote the messages of the Point. Subsequently, information con- Campaign. II. Activities organised by the cerning all 46 national Focal Points ` Date: 15 May. Significance: Inter- member states will be published on the Council of national Day of the Family Europe’s Web site. a. Setting up Focal Points International Day of the Family Each member state will appoint a b. Campaign Action Plans provides an important opportunity to high-level official and a focal point for National Task Forces are encour- highlight violence against women in the purpose of the Council of Europe aged to develop their own National the family or domestic unit. Member Campaign as well as for national cam- Campaign Action Plan based on the states are invited to organise public paigns. The high-level official will Blueprint. The following steps should campaigning and media activities to champion the Council of Europe Cam- be included: speak out against such violence. paign to Combat Violence against ` Analysis of the country situation to ` Date: 25 November-10 December. Women, including Domestic Violence, identify success and gaps in com- Significance: International Day for with the support of a Focal Point. bating violence against women. the Elimination of Violence against Focal Points should be supported by a ` Collection and/or organisation of Women and 16 Days of Activism national Task Force on violence existing data to develop a baseline Against Gender Violence against women occurring in the national information sheet. family or domestic unit which should ` Define concrete activities based on International Day for the Elimina- include women’s NGOs and others the objectives in the Blueprint to tion of Violence against Women and working to combat violence against fill the gaps. the 16 Days of Activism campaign women. The role of the national Task ` Earmark appropriate resources, provide an opportunity for media Force is to support the delivery of identify time-frame, etc. action and campaigning. Member member states’ national campaigns to ` Campaign Action Plans should be states participating in the Council of combat violence against women, in- shared with the Council of Europe Europe campaign are invited to speak cluding violence in the family or do- for information and exchange. out publicly on violence against mestic unit. Member states are invited to women occurring in the family or do- It should be advisable that this submit to the Council of Europe Sec- mestic unit and join women’s non gov- Focal Point appointed by national retariat an interim report by 2 July ernmental organisations and others at authorities would be a person holding 2007 and a final report on activities the national level that are participat- responsibilities at national level in the and concrete results of their national ing in the 16 Days of Activism to cam- field of combating violence against campaigns in 2008 for consideration paign together on ending violence women. National Focal Points will by the Task Force. In accordance with against women. contribute to the Council of Europe its mandate, the Task Force will evalu- Member states are also invited to Campaign by providing information ate progress at national level and es- use key national dates to publicly and making available national good tablish instruments for quantifying highlight the Campaign and to issue practices to combat violence against developments at pan-European level joint statements during Committee of women which will be published on the with a view to drawing up proposals Ministers’ meetings over the course of Council of Europe website. The for action. the Campaign.

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Campaign material

Printed material produced Audiovisual material to be ` web animation ` posters produced subject to the ` web viral ` factsheets The Campaign material produced availability of funds is available at the Council of Europe ` bookmarks ` television and radio spots website devoted to the Campaign at ` folders ` public service announcements http://www.coe.int/stopviolence/. ` booklets ` video packages ` stickers ` photographic exhibition ` calendars ` video

Timetable

Year 2006 ` Council of Europe member states ` Interim national reports on Cam- ` The blueprint for the Council of have been requested to appoint paign activities will be submitted to Europe Campaign to Combat Vio- high-level officials and national the Task Force for consideration. lence against Women, including focal points and to launch national campaigns as far as possible in Domestic Violence was finalised by Year 2008 the Task Force during its second 2006. meeting on 25-27 April and ` Closing conference of the Cam- adopted by the Committee of Min- Year 2007 paign will be organised. isters on 21 June. ` Final national reports on Cam- ` The Launching conference took ` Regional seminars will be organ- paign activities will be submitted to place in the Spanish Senate in ised in the Council of Europe the Task Force for consideration. Madrid, Spain, on 27 November. member states. ` A special Council of Europe ` National campaigns will continue ` Final activity report of the Task website devoted to the Campaign to be carried out and launched by Force (including evaluation of the was set up at http://www.coe.int/ those member states which have Council of Europe Campaign) will stopviolence/. not yet done so. be adopted.

138 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Cadre général de la campagne situation particulière de son pays, Programme de la mais toutes les approches doivent I. Introduction comporter plusieurs aspects : il faut Campagne pour s’attaquer à la fois aux causes pro- La violence à l’égard des femmes fondes de la violence et à ses consé- combattre la découle de rapports de forces inégaux quences, essayer de faire évoluer les entre femmes et hommes et aboutit à mentalités et les comportements et violence à l’égard une grave discrimination envers le prendre des mesures juridiques, poli- sexe féminin tant au sein de la société tiques et pratiques. des femmes, y que de la famille. La violence au sein Un bilan dressé récemment par le de la famille ou du foyer existe dans Conseil de l’Europe2 montre que les compris la tous les États membres du Conseil de États membres ne fournissent pas l’Europe, malgré les progrès interve- tous des ressources suffisantes pour violence nus en droit ainsi que dans les poli- les victimes de violences, ne re- tiques et les pratiques. La violence à cueillent pas tous des données natio- domestique l’égard des femmes est une violation nales sur le nombre de cas de violence des droits de la personne humaine, au sein de la famille ou du foyer signa- dont la nature même prive les femmes lés à la police et/ou aux services de préparé par la Task de leur capacité de jouir des libertés santé et ne recherchent pas tous de Force pour combattre fondamentales. Elle rend souvent les façon systématique les résultats des femmes plus vulnérables à de nou- renvois devant les tribunaux ni les dé- la violence à l’égard des veaux sévices et fait sérieusement cisions judiciaires rendues. L’on ne femmes, y compris la obstacle à la possibilité de surmonter dispose donc pas d’une base de départ les inégalités entre les hommes et les à partir de laquelle il serait possible de violence domestique femmes dans la société. La violence à mesurer l’efficacité des mesures juri- (EG-TFV) et adopté par l’égard des femmes porte préjudice à la diques et autres prises pour combattre paix, à la sécurité et à la démocratie en la violence à l’égard des femmes. le Comité des Ministres Europe. Les États membres du Conseil de le 21 juin 2006 Il incombe aux États de respecter, l’Europe sont appelés à donner la prio- de protéger et de réaliser les droits de rité à la prévention et à la lutte contre la personne humaine de tous leurs ci- la violence à l’égard des femmes, y toyens. En conséquence, les États compris la violence au sein de la doivent veiller à prendre toutes les famille ou du foyer, et sont encouragés mesures raisonnables visant à préve- à participer activement à la mise en nir, instruire et sanctionner toutes les œuvre de la Campagne du Conseil de formes de violence à l’égard des l’Europe qui demande un engagement femmes, y compris au sein de la fort au niveau national. famille et du foyer. La violence à l’en- contre des femmes, notamment II. Définition lorsqu’elle s’exerce au sein du foyer, est Conformément à la définition figu- un problème complexe, qui peut rant dans l’annexe à la Recommanda- encore être aggravé par la réaction des tion Rec(2002)5 du Comité des Mi- autorités auxquelles les femmes de- nistres aux États membres sur la mandent de l’aide.

Chaque gouvernement a une ap- 2. Étude du bilan des mesures et actions prises pour proche spécifique de la violence à combattre la violence à l’égard des femmes dans les l’égard des femmes en fonction de la Etats membres du Conseil de l’Europe, 2006.

« Stop à la violence domestique faite aux femmes » : Conférence de lancement, Madrid, 27 novembre 2006 139 Stop domestic violence Blueprint of the Council of Europe Campaign against women protection des femmes contre la vio- ` presser les gouvernements à mani- à l’égard des femmes, telles que celles lence, le terme de « violence envers les fester leur volonté politique en of- contenues dans la Recommandation femmes » désigne tout acte de vio- frant les ressources nécessaires Rec (2002) 5, au moyen de disposi- lence fondé sur l’appartenance pour pouvoir présenter des progrès tions législatives et de plans d’action sexuelle qui entraîne ou est suscep- tangibles vers l’élimination de la nationaux, et à la fin de la campagne tible d’entraîner pour les femmes qui violence à l’égard des femmes ; ils devraient rendre compte des résul- en sont la cible des dommages ou ` promouvoir l’application de me- tats obtenus. souffrances de nature physique, sures efficaces de prévention et de Toutes les mesures figurant dans la sexuelle ou psychologique, y compris lutte contre la violence à l’égard des Recommandation Rec (2002) 5 sont la menace de se livrer à de tels actes, la femmes au moyen de la législation d’égale importance et devraient être contrainte, la privation arbitraire de li- et de plans d’action nationaux pour pleinement mises en œuvre. Les États berté, que ce soit dans la vie publique mettre en œuvre la Recommanda- membres se trouvent à des stades dif- ou dans la vie privée. tion Rec (2002) 5 du Comité des férents de la mise en œuvre de la Re- Cette définition s’applique, notam- Ministres et évaluer régulièrement commandation, mais chacun est vivement, à : les progrès accomplis. ment encouragé à accomplir, pendant « la violence perpétrée au sein de la la campagne, des progrès réels dans famille ou du foyer », et notamment V. Objectifs les domaines suivants : les agressions de nature physique ou La protection des femmes contre la Mesures juridiques et politiques psychique, les abus de nature émotive violence au sein de la famille ou du ` revoir et modifier, si nécessaire, la et psychologique, le viol et l’abus foyer devrait être placée au plus haut législation nationale, pour déceler sexuel, l’inceste, le viol entre époux, niveau politique dans tous les États et combler ses lacunes en matière partenaires habituels, partenaires oc- membres de Conseil de l’Europe et de- de protection des femmes contre casionnels ou cohabitants, les crimes vrait, en conséquence, bénéficier des toutes les formes de violence au commis au nom de l’honneur, la muti- ressources financières nécessaires. sein de la famille et du foyer, abro- lation d’organes génitaux ou sexuels Tous les États membres devraient ger les lois discriminatoires à féminins, ainsi que les autres prati- s’engager à prévenir ce type de vio- l’égard des femmes et incriminer ques traditionnelles préjudiciables lence, à en protéger les victimes, à tout acte de cette violence à l’égard aux femmes, telles que les mariages prévoir des services adaptés, des des femmes, y compris le viol entre forcés. recours juridiques et des réparations ; époux ; Cette définition est utilisée aux fins ils devraient également s’engager à ` mettre en place une protection ju- de la Campagne du Conseil de l’Eu- poursuivre et sanctionner les auteurs ridique efficace, incluant notam- rope pour combattre la violence à de violences et à leur procurer un trai- ment des ordonnances de protec- l’égard des femmes, y compris la vio- tement. Les États devraient en outre tion pour toutes les femmes lence domestique. sensibiliser le public à ce problème par victimes de violences, et suivre et tous les moyens disponibles, notam- évaluer régulièrement sa mise en III. Thème principal ment les médias et les programmes œuvre effective ; Ayant à l’esprit le Plan d’action d’enseignement. ` veiller à ce que les lois sur l’immi- e adopté lors du 3 Sommet du Conseil La culture patriarcale contribue gration et les procédures adminis- de l’Europe et la Recommandation beaucoup à légitimer les inégalités de tratives n’empêchent pas les Rec (2002) 5 du Comité des Mi- pouvoirs entre les femmes et les femmes de mettre fin à une relation nistres, la campagne aura pour hommes. Il est donc essentiel que les violente par crainte d’être expul- thème : Prévenir et combattre la vio- États membres s’attaquent aux tradi- sées, de perdre leur statut juridique lence à l’égard des femmes au sein de la tions et attitudes discriminatoires ou de se voir retirer la garde de famille ou du foyer (violence domesti- ainsi qu’aux stéréotypes de genre en leurs enfants ; que). tant que causes profondes de la vio- ` préparer et mettre en œuvre des lence à l’égard des femmes. mesures destinées à faire augmen- IV. Buts de la campagne Un faible revenu, le chômage et la ter la proportion des cas de vio- La Campagne du Conseil de l’Eu- pauvreté sont des facteurs importants lence au sein de la famille ou du rope pour combattre la violence à de risque de violences à l’égard des foyer qui font l’objet d’un signale- l’égard des femmes, y compris la vio- femmes au sein de la famille ou du ment, donnent lieu à des poursui- lence domestique, a pour but de : foyer. C’est pourquoi les gouverne- tes contre l’auteur et aboutissent à ` sensibiliser l’opinion publique dans ments devraient prendre des mesures sa condamnation ; les États membres du Conseil de efficaces pour promouvoir l’indépen- ` procurer aux victimes une aide ju- l’Europe au fait que la violence à dance économique des femmes. ridique et un soutien psychosocial l’égard des femmes est une viola- Les États membres devraient s’en- et garantir la protection des tion des droits de la personne hu- gager à préparer et mettre en œuvre témoins ; maine et encourager tout citoyen à des mesures concrètes et efficaces ` développer l’évaluation des risques la combattre ; pour prévenir et combattre la violence et l’organisation de la sécurité en

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tant que procédure standard de la foyer (par exemple, police, profes- et de poursuite des auteurs, aux ni- prévention de la criminalité pour sionnels des soins de santé, services veaux national, régional et local. prévenir la violence à l’égard des judiciaires, etc.) ; Sensibilisation femmes et garantir qu’une atten- ` faire figurer la question de la vio- ` tion particulière est portée aux vic- lence à l’égard des femmes en tant dénoncer publiquement la vio- times à haut risque qui sont expo- que violation des droits de la per- lence à l’égard des femmes au sein sées à des actes de violence répétés. sonne humaine et question de de la famille ou du foyer en tant que santé publique dans les pro- violation des droits humains des Soutien et protection des victimes grammes d’enseignement de femmes et s’engager à la combattre ` fournir les ressources nécessaires toutes les études et formations du au plus haut niveau politique ; au fonctionnement de lignes télé- personnel judiciaire, des forces de ` sensibiliser le public à la violence à phoniques d’urgence gratuites et sécurité, des professionnels des l’égard des femmes au sein de la fa- disponibles 24 heures sur 24 avec soins de santé, des travailleurs so- mille ou du foyer en utilisant tous du personnel spécialement formé ciaux, des enseignants, etc. ; les moyens disponibles, notam- ainsi qu’au fonctionnement ` encourager à tous les niveaux l’ac- ment les médias et les programmes d’autres services d’urgence pour tion des ONG qui luttent contre les d’enseignement, afin de renverser toutes les femmes victimes de violences à l’égard des femmes et les stéréotypes de genre actuelle- violences ; instaurer avec ces ONG une coopé- ment répandus, les normes cultu- ` fournir un soutien approprié et des ration active comprenant un sou- relles discriminatoires et la tolé- services de défense des droits des tien financier et logistique rance de cette violence par femmes, qui répondent à des nor- approprié ; l’opinion publique ; mes de qualité et donnent aux ` fournir un soutien financier, un hé- ` encourager les dirigeants natio- femmes la capacité d’agir, et veiller bergement, un droit de séjour indé- naux et locaux et les faiseurs d’opi- à ce que ces services soient accessi- pendant ainsi qu’une formation et nion à reconnaître publiquement la bles à toutes les femmes, y compris un emploi aux femmes victimes de gravité de la violence à l’égard des aux femmes en situation d’exclu- violences, afin qu’elles puissent dé- femmes au sein de la famille ou du sion sociale, aux femmes migrantes cider librement de quitter ou non foyer et à condamner sa perpétra- récemment arrivées, aux femmes leur partenaire violent ; tion ainsi que le recours à la cou- réfugiées, aux femmes de minori- tume, la tradition ou de la religion ` encourager la mise en place de pro- tés ethniques et aux femmes pour la justifier ; grammes pour les auteurs de vio- handicapées ; lences, coordonnés au niveau na- ` faire traduire, si ce n’est déjà fait, ` fournir les ressources permettant tional et répartis au niveau local. dans la ou les langues nationales et de disposer d’un nombre suffisant Ces programmes doivent être cen- diffuser la Recommandation de foyers sûrs pour les femmes vic- trés sur la nécessité de garantir la Rec (2002) 5 et son exposé des times de violences qui doivent les sécurité des femmes et être organi- motifs ; fuir (une place en foyer pour 7 500 sés en étroite collaboration avec les ` soutenir des actions de sensibilisa- habitants) ainsi que de services de services d’aide aux femmes viction spécialement destinées aux défense des droits des femmes et de times. hommes, afin de les inciter à parti- centres de crise dans toutes les ré- ciper activement à l’élimination de gions du pays et doter ces services Collecte de données toutes les formes de violence à du personnel et du budget ` assurer la collecte systématique de l’égard des femmes, y compris la nécessaires ; données statistiques ventilées par violence au sein de la famille ou du ` mettre en place un secteur spécia- sexe, type de violence et relation foyer. lisé multidisciplinaire coordonné, entre l’auteur et la victime dans pourvu des ressources nécessaires, tous les domaines. Cette collecte VI. Messages pour créer des moyens renforcés, devrait être faite par le Bureau na- aux niveaux national et local, dans tional des statistiques ou d’autres La lutte contre la violence domestique des services clés tels que la santé, la organismes (un observatoire natio- nécessite une action concertée des justice, la protection sociale et nal de la violence domestique, par pouvoirs publics l’éducation, afin que les femmes exemple) ; La violence à l’égard des femmes au victimes de violences bénéficient ` développer et utiliser une métho- sein de la famille ou du foyer (violence d’un soutien immédiat, complet et dologie permettant une analyse de domestique) continue d’être un pro- coordonné ; genre et une comparaison avec les blème grave qui concerne tous les ` organiser une formation intégrée autres États membres du Conseil États membres du Conseil de l’Eu- sur la gamme complète des vio- de l’Europe ; rope, indépendamment de la culture lences à l’égard des femmes, à l’in- ` collecter et diffuser les bonnes pra- et de la religion, de la paix, des conflits tention des professionnels qui s’oc- tiques en matière de prévention de ou des catastrophes. Elle se manifeste cupent de femmes victimes de la violence au sein de la famille ou sous de nombreuses formes et est trop violences au sein de la famille ou du du foyer, de protection des victimes souvent tolérée. Les gouvernements,

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Le silence est un acte de aux femmes, ainsi que la société civile doivent donc complicité. ` les professionnels et groupes du se mobiliser d’urgence pour mettre fin La violence domestique nécessite secteur de l’éducation, à la violence domestique. la participation active des hommes ` les syndicats, ` toutes les femmes, La violence domestique est une pour lutter contre la violence à l’égard ` les femmes victimes et survivantes, violation des droits de la personne des femmes ` humaine Pendant la campagne, il convient les hommes en tant qu’acteurs du La violence à l’égard des femmes au d’encourager la participation active changement, sein de la famille ou du foyer ne doit des hommes aux activités destinées à ` les jeunes, pas être considérée comme une affaire combattre la violence à l’égard des ` les éducateurs. privée. Elle porte atteinte à leurs droits femmes. Les hommes doivent se mode la personne humaine et à leurs li- biliser et combattre la violence au sein VIII. Slogan bertés fondamentales et les empêche, de la famille ou du foyer. Ils ont un rôle Le slogan pour la campagne du partiellement ou totalement, de les important à jouer dans cette perspec- Conseil de l’Europe est « Stop à la vio- exercer. Il incombe par conséquent tive et ils peuvent faire le lien avec lence domestique faite aux femmes ». aux États d’agir avec la diligence d’autres hommes et les encourager à voulue pour prévenir ce type de vio- s’élever contre cette violence. IX. Durée lence, protéger les victimes, les in- La préparation de la Campagne du demniser et poursuivre et sanctionner VII. Groupes cibles Conseil de l’Europe a commencé au les auteurs. Les États sont donc tenus Le Conseil de l’Europe mènera sa début de l’année 2006. Une conférence de prendre toutes les mesures raison- Campagne pour combattre la violence de haut niveau a été organisée pour nables pour garantir que les femmes à l’égard des femmes, y compris la vio- lancer la campagne, avec des partici- ne sont pas exposées à la violence et lence domestique, en collaboration pant(e)s des gouvernements, des par- assurer la protection de celles qui sont avec divers partenaires et groupes lements, des autorités locales et régio- en danger ainsi que l’indemnisation cibles : nales, d’organisations internationales des victimes. La culture, la coutume, ` les chefs d’État, intergouvernementales et d’ONG. la famille et la religion ne doivent Elle s’est tenue au Sénat espagnol de ` les chefs de gouvernement, jamais servir de prétexte pour fermer Madrid en novembre 2006. La campa- ` les yeux sur les violations des droits les ministres des gouvernements gne se terminera à la fin du premier se- humains des femmes à la maison. nationaux, mestre 2008. ` les présidents de parlements, La violence domestique blesse gravement les femmes et nuit à la ` les parlementaires, X. Partage des responsabilités société tout entière, y compris aux ` les élus locaux, La mise en œuvre de la campagne générations futures ` les organisations internationales est assurée par le Comité des Mi- De nombreuses femmes, dans de intergouvernementales, nistres, par l’intermédiaire de la Di- nombreux pays, meurent des suites de ` les organisations non gouverne- rection générale des droits de la violence au sein de la famille ou du mentales internationales et régio- l’homme – DG II (Division Égalité), foyer. En outre, la santé physique et nales de femmes et de défense des pour la dimension intergouverne- psychologique des victimes survivan- droits de la personne humaine, mentale de la campagne, par l’Assem- tes est gravement compromise. Ce ` les faiseurs d’opinion nationaux, blée parlementaire du Conseil de l’Eu- type de violence a aussi des répercus- ` les dirigeants locaux, rope pour la dimension parlementaire sions importantes sur les familles et et par le Congrès des pouvoirs locaux ` les chefs d’entreprises régionales et sur la société dans son ensemble et se et régionaux du Conseil de l’Europe nationales, perpétue souvent d’une génération à pour la dimension locale et régionale. l’autre. La violence à l’égard des ` les membres des forces de l’ordre, Cette campagne est en outre menée femmes, en plus et au-delà des consé- ` le personnel des services judici- en partenariat avec les gouverne- quences personnelles et sociales, a aires, ments et les parlements des États également un coût économique élevé ` les travailleurs sociaux, les profes- membres, des organisations interna- (soins médicaux, traitement psycho- sionnels de santé et les organisa- tionales intergouvernementales et des logique, absentéisme, baisse de la pro- tions de services sociaux gérées par ONG œuvrant pour la protection des ductivité au travail, etc.). Mettre fin à l’État, femmes contre la violence.

Actions à mener dans le cadre de la Campagne du Conseil de l’Europe La Campagne du Conseil de l’Eu- mise en œuvre qui sont ceux auxquels niveau comporte les activités directe- rope comportera deux niveaux de la campagne sera menée. Le premier ment menées par le Conseil de l’Eu-

142 “Stop domestic violence against women”: Launching conference, Madrid, 27 November 2006 Stop à la violence Programme de la Campagne pour combattre la violence à l’égard des femmes, y compris la violence domestique domestique faite aux femmes rope, reflétant ses dimensions inter- e. Création d’un site Web nationale pour combattre la violence à gouvernementale, parlementaire ainsi spécialement consacré à la campagne l’égard des femmes, y compris la vio- que locale et régionale. Le second Un site Web spécialement consa- lence au sein de la famille ou du foyer. niveau consiste en campagnes et acti- cré à la Campagne du Conseil de l’Eu- Il est souhaitable que ce point de vités nationales organisées par les rope pour combattre la violence à contact désigné par les autorités Etats membres du Conseil de l’Europe l’égard des femmes, y compris la vio- nationales soit une personne exerçant aux niveaux national, local et régional. lence domestique, a été créé pour des responsabilités au niveau national donner des informations détaillées dans le domaine de la lutte contre la I. Les activités du Conseil de sur la campagne et ses activités. Il violence à l’égard des femmes. Les l’Europe permet également de se renseigner points de contact nationaux apporte- sur les activités et les campagnes ront leur concours à la Campagne du a. Conférence de lancement nationales et comporte des liens vers Conseil de l’Europe en communi- Une conférence de haut niveau a les sites Web des campagnes natio- quant des informations et en faisant été organisée pour lancer la Cam- nales. De plus, il sert de forum interac- part des bonnes pratiques en vigueur pagne du Conseil de l’Europe pour tif pour échanger des informations et dans leur pays, qui seront publiées sur combattre la violence à l’égard des des bonnes pratiques. Ce site peut être le site Web du Conseil de l’Europe. Le femmes, y compris la violence domes- consulté à l’adresse http:// Conseil de l’Europe encouragera les tique, avec des participant(e)s des www.coe.int/stopviolence/. États membres disposant d’une expé- gouvernements, des parlements, des rience et de compétences en matière f. Diffusion des documents de la autorités locales et régionales, d’orga- de mesures législatives, politiques et campagne auprès des États membres, nisations internationales intergouver- autres à partager leur savoir avec des Bureaux d’information et des nementales et d’ONG. Elle s’est tenue d’autres États membres, qui pourront Bureaux extérieurs du Conseil de au Sénat espagnol de Madrid en no- s’en inspirer dans leurs campagnes l’Europe vembre 2006. nationales. Les documents de la campagne ont La Task Force pour combattre la été distribués aux participants lors de Les points de contact sont invités à violence à l’égard des femmes, y la conférence de lancement et lors des diffuser les documents de la campa- compris la violence domestique, avait séminaires régionaux ainsi qu’aux gne aussi largement que possible au recommandé d’organiser la confé- Bureaux d’information du Conseil de niveau national, auprès de tous les rence de lancement de la Campagne l’Europe et à ses Bureaux extérieurs. acteurs qui en feront la demande, en du Conseil de l’Europe au niveau poli- particulier auprès des travailleurs so- tique le plus élevé et d’y associer large- Les documents de la campagne seront distribués aux ONG et au ciaux, des professionnels des soins de ment les ONG travaillant dans ce do- santé, de la police, des services judici- maine. grand public par le Secrétariat du Conseil de l’Europe. aires, des responsables politiques et b. Médias et campagnes des ONG luttant contre la violence à La conférence de lancement de la II. Activités organisées par les l’égard des femmes. Chaque État membre informera le Campagne a bénéficié d’une large États membres couverture médiatique au sein des Secrétariat du Conseil de l’Europe de Etats membres du Conseil de l’Eu- a. Création de points de contact la nomination d’un point de contact rope. Chaque État membre désignera national. Par la suite, les informations concernant les 46 points de contact c. Séminaires régionaux un(e) fonctionnaire de haut niveau et un point de contact aux fins de la cam- nationaux seront publiées sur le site Cinq séminaires de haut niveau Web du Conseil de l’Europe. seront organisés dans les États pagne du Conseil de l’Europe et des membres qui en feront la demande campagnes nationales. Le/la haut(e) b. Plan d’action des campagnes fonctionnaire se fera le champion de la pour mettre en lumière les différents Chaque Task Force nationale est Campagne du Conseil de l’Europe objectifs de la campagne. Les États encouragée à élaborer son propre plan pour combattre la violence à l’égard membres sont encouragés à participer d’action pour la campagne nationale des femmes, y compris la violence do- à cette activité. en s’inspirant du programme général. mestique, avec l’aide d’un point de Les étapes suivantes devraient être d. Activités à organiser par contact. Les points de contact de- incluses : l’Assemblée parlementaire (APCE) et vraient être soutenus par une Task le Congrès des pouvoirs locaux et Force nationale sur la violence à ` analyse de la situation nationale régionaux l’égard des femmes au sein de la pour identifier les succès et les la- L’Assemblée parlementaire du famille ou du foyer, qui devrait com- cunes de la lutte contre la violence Conseil de l’Europe mettra en œuvre porter des ONG de femmes et d’autres à l’égard des femmes ; la dimension parlementaire de la cam- ONG engagées dans la lutte contre la ` collecte des données et/ou organi- pagne. De même, le Congrès des pou- violence à l’égard des femmes. Le rôle sation des données existantes pour voirs locaux et régionaux s’occupera de la Task Force nationale est de sou- établir une fiche d’information na- de sa dimension locale et régionale. tenir la mise en œuvre de la campagne tionale sur la situation de départ ;

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` définition d’activités concrètes, La Journée internationale de la lence à l’égard des femmes et 16 fondées sur les objectifs définis femme est une excellente occasion Jours d’activisme contre la violence dans le programme général, pour d’organiser des manifestations pu- faite aux femmes combler les lacunes ; bliques et de collaborer avec les La Journée internationale pour ` médias, en partenariat avec les orga- prévision des ressources néces- l’élimination de la violence à l’égard nisations de femmes, sur le thème de saires, établissement d’un calen- des femmes et les 16 Jours d’activisme la violence à l’égard des femmes au drier, etc. ; contre la violence faite aux femmes sein de la famille et du foyer. Tous les ` communication des plans d’action sont aussi de bonnes occasions pour États membres participant à la cam- des campagnes nationales au des actions médiatiques et des campa- pagne du Conseil de l’Europe sont Conseil de l’Europe pour informa- gnes. Les États membres participant à invités à donner la priorité à ce type de tion et échange. la campagne du Conseil de l’Europe violence comme thème de la Journée Les États membres sont invités à sont invités à s’élever publiquement internationale de la femme en 2007 et soumettre au Secrétariat du Conseil contre les violences à l’égard des 2008 et à promouvoir les messages de de l’Europe un rapport intérimaire femmes au sein de la famille ou du la campagne. pour le 2 juillet 2007, puis un rapport foyer et à s’associer aux organisations ` Date : 15 mai. Signification : Jour- final sur les activités et les résultats non gouvernementales de femmes et née internationale de la famille concrets de leur campagne nationale aux autres ONG nationales engagées La Journée internationale de la en 2008, pour examen par la Task dans les 16 Jours d’activisme, afin de famille est une bonne occasion pour Force. Conformément à son mandat, faire campagne ensemble pour l’élimi- appeler l’attention sur la violence à la Task Force évaluera les progrès ac- nation de la violence à l’égard des l’égard des femmes au sein de la complis au niveau national et élabo- femmes. rera des instruments permettant de famille ou du foyer. Les États membres quantifier les progrès observés au sont invités à organiser des cam- Les États membres sont également niveau paneuropéen en vue de formu- pagnes publiques et des activités mé- invités à utiliser les dates clés natio- ler des propositions d’action. diatiques pour s’élever contre cette nales pour mettre en lumière la Cam- violence. pagne et à faire des déclarations com- c. Dates clés pour faire campagne ` Dates :25 novembre-10 décembre. munes au cours des réunions du ` Date : 8 mars. Signification : Jour- Signification : Journée internatio- Comité des Ministres tout au long de née internationale de la femme nale pour l’élimination de la viola Campagne.

Matériel de la campagne

Matériel produit à ce jour Matériel audiovisuel à ` Vidéo ` affiches produire, sous réserve de ` Animation Web ` Auto propagation par le Web (Web ` fiches d’information disponibilité de financement viral) ` marque-pages ` Messages à la radio et à la télévision Le matériel de la campagne produit ` dossiers ` Communications des pouvoirs pu- à ce jour est disponible sur le site Web ` brochures blics du Conseil de l’Europe consacré à la ` autocollants ` Kits vidéo campagne, consultable à l’adresse ` calendriers ` Exposition de photos http://www.coe.int/stopviolence/.

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Année 2006 ` Un site Web du Conseil de l’Europe Année 2007 spécialement consacré à la cam- ` Le programme général de la Cam- ` Des séminaires régionaux seront pagne du Conseil de l’Europe pour pagne a été créé ; il est consultable à l’adresse http://www.coe.int/ organisés dans les États membres combattre la violence à l’égard des du Conseil de l’Europe. femmes, y compris la violence do- stopviolence/. mestique, a été mis au point par la ` Il a été demandé aux États ` Les campagnes nationales se pour- Task Force lors de sa deuxième réu- membres du Conseil de l’Europe de suivront ou seront lancées par les nion qui s’est tenue du 25 au désigner un(e) fonctionnaire de États membres qui ne l’auront pas 27 avril et a été adopté par le Co- haut niveau ainsi qu’un point de encore fait. contact et de lancer des campagnes mité des Ministres le 21 juin. ` Des rapports nationaux intérimai- nationales, dans la mesure du pos- ` La Conférence de lancement s’est res sur les activités de campagne sible dès 2006. tenue au Sénat espagnol de Madrid seront soumis à la Task Force pour le 27 novembre 2006. examen.

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Année 2008 ` Les rapports nationaux finals sur ` Un rapport d’activité final de la ` Une Conférence de clôture de la les activités de campagne seront Task Force sera adopté (compre- campagne sera organisée. soumis à la Task Force pour exa- nant une évaluation de la cam- men. pagne du Conseil de l’Europe).

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