A/HRC/35/30 Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Activities of the Special Rapporteur ............................................................................................. 3 A. Reporting .............................................................................................................................. 3 B. Cooperation with regional organizations and independent global and regional mechanisms on violence against women ................................................................ 4 C. Participation in conferences and consultations and other activities ...................................... 4 D. Country visits and communications ...................................................................................... 5 Human rights-based approach to integrated services and protection measures on violence against women: focus on shelters and protection orders ............................................ 5 A. International and regional human rights frameworks on shelters and protection orders ....... 5 B. Protection of women’s human right to live free from violence ............................................ 8 C. States’ human rights obligations to provide for shelters and protection orders .................... 9 D. Shelters and protection orders: gaps, challenges and good practices .................................... 10 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 18 A. Specific recommendations to States ..................................................................................... 18 B. General recommendations to States ...................................................................................... 21 C. General recommendations to UN-Women and other relevant stakeholders ......................... 21 III. IV. 2