Appointed to look into the causes and consequences of violence against women
i, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women has the power to transmit appeals to countries on alleged cases of VAW, undertake fact-finding missions to countries and submit annual thematic reports to the UN General Assembly. This mandate created an institutional mechanism for regular in-depth review and reporting on violence against women around the world. The work is conducted within the framework of the international human rights
i regime and includes recommendations on how to elliminate violence against women and its causes and remedy its consequences.
