Special_Rapporteur_on_Violence_Against_Women
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
United Nations Special Rapporteur
On 4 March 1994 the Human Rights Council passed Resolution 1994/45 on the question of integrating the rights of women into the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations and the elimination of violence against women. This Resolution established the mandate of the "Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women its causes and consequences". The initial appointment was for a three-year period.[1] As of November 2021[update] the special rapporteur was Reem Alsalem.[2]