Vision-setting report 2016, para. 55
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- The Istanbul Convention builds on existing international and regional instruments and international and national legal and policy advances. It contains a specific provision on shelters; article 23 in fact states that parties should "take the necessary legislative or other measures to provide for the setting-up of appropriate, easily accessible shelters in sufficient numbers to provide safe accommodation for and to reach out proactively to victims, especially women and their children." The Council of Europe has developed minimum standards for support services, in which, for example, one place in a women's shelter per 7,500 inhabitants should be provided, and the minimum standard should be one place per 10,000 inhabitants. According to another standard, one shelter should be available for every 10,000 inhabitants, providing safe emergency accommodation, qualified counselling and assistance in finding long-term accommodation.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 55
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