1. The work of UNODC on violence against women
Briefing for the NGO Committee
on the Status of Women Vienna
15 September 2016
Sven Pfeiffer Justice Section/Division of Operations 1

2. 2 Outline Mission of UNODC and its Justice Section
Normative framework in the area of VAW
Recent examples of UNODC work
Tool development
Research and analysis
Technical assistance
Inter-agency cooperation and partnerships with civil society 2

3. Mission of UNODC
“Achieving security and justice for all by making the world safer from crime, drugs and terrorism”
2030 Agenda
SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions)
SDG 5 (Gender Equality)
Division of labour within UNODC
Violence against women (Justice Section)
Trafficking in persons, especially women and children (Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section) 3

4. The UNODC Justice Section
crime prevention victim support and assistance legal aid police reform gender in the criminal justice system judiciary alternatives to imprisonment prison reform prosecution services social reintegration justice for children 4

5. International normative framework on VAW
International obligations of the State (due diligence)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
Internationally agreed goals and targets
Beijing Platform for Action
Sustainable development goal 5.2
Internationally agreed standards and norms
Updated Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (A/Res/65/228) 5

6. The updated Model Strategies and Practical Measures
Criminal procedure
Criminal law
Police, prosecutors and other criminal justice officials
Crime prevention
Coordinated, systematic
and sustained approach
Training
Health and social services
Sentencing and
corrections
Victim support
and assistance
Research and
evaluation
International cooperation 6

7. Recommendations for action against GRK
General recommendations
Data collection and analysis
Prevention
Investigation, prosecution and sanctions
Victim support and assistance 7

8. Recent examples of UNODC work on VAW: tools
Handbook + Training curriculum on Effective Police Responses to Violence against Women
Handbook on Effective Prosecution Responses to Violence against Women and Girls
Module on essential justice and police services for women and girls subject to violence
Strengthening Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Responses to Violence against Women 8

9. Recent examples of UNODC work on VAW: research
Global studies on homicide
Highlight link between intimate/family violence and gender-based killing of women
Global reports on trafficking in persons
More women as perpetrators than for other crimes
Women victimized disproportionately for certain forms of trafficking in persons 9

10. Recent examples of UNODC work on VAW
Support provided from headquarters (Justice Section)
Normative support to intergovernmental bodies
Tool development
Legislative and policy advice
E.g. inputs to draft law on violence against women in Somalia
Trainings and workshops
E.g. regional training of trainers on effective prosecution responses to violence against women and girls (4-6 May 2016 in Bangkok)
Programme development and backstopping of implementation 10

11. Recent examples of UNODC work on VAW
Support provided by field offices in
Mexico
Panama
Peru
Egypt
Palestine
Southern
Africa
Kyrgyzstan
Myanmar
Thailand
Viet Nam 11

12. Recent examples of UNODC work on VAW: Viet Nam
UNODC engagement since 2008
Goal: strengthen efforts to prevent and respond to domestic violence
Importance of partnerships
One UN framework
National actors
Donors
Civil society and private sector 12

13. Recent examples of UNODC work on VAW: Viet Nam
Results
Data collection and analysis
survey report on law enforcement practices and legal support
assessment of women in the criminal justice system
Legislative advice
Review of criminal code and code of criminal procedure
Capacity building
Police, prosecutors, judges, legal aid providers
Advocacy and public awareness 13

14. Recent examples of UNODC work on VAW: Viet Nam
Country-wide campaign “say no to violence”
Writing competition
Painting competition
Exhibition at the National Arts and Culture Centre
TV Series on Preventing Domestic Violence 14

15. Inter-agency cooperation and partnerships
Main UN partners for UNODC’s work on VAW
UN Women
UNFPA
OHCHR
UNDP
Key civil society organizations
ACUNS
Penal Reform International 15

16. 16 Sven Pfeiffer Justice Section UNODC Tel.: +43 1 26060 4569
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Sven Pfeiffer
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