Seminar

Preventing, Combating and Responding to Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Trafficking in Human Beings in the Context of Asylum and Migration

organized by

the Lithuanian National Courts Administration

in cooperation with UNHCR and the Council of Europe

30 October 2018

Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania

Rinktinės str. 5A

Vilnius, Lithuania

Selected Bibliography

UN/UNHCR

Conventions and Protocols

United Nations General Assembly, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, p. 137: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3be01b964.html

Russian version: http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain/opendocpdf.pdf?reldoc=y&docid=4714a6812

United Nations General Assembly, Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 31 January 1967, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 606, p. 267: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3ae4.html

United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto. 2004:

https://www.unodc.org/documents/treaties/UNTOC/Publications/TOC%20Convention/TOCebook-e.pdf

Interagency Coordination Group Against Trafficking (ICAT), Issue Brief No. 1 What is the Difference between Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants?, October 2016:

http://icat.network/sites/default/files/publications/documents/UNODC-IB-01-draft4.pdf

ICAT, Issue Brief No. 2 Trafficking in Persons in Humanitarian Crises, June 2017:

icat.network/sites/default/files/publications/documents/ICAT-IB-02-Final.pdf

ICAT, Issue Brief No 3. Trafficking in Persons and Refugee Status, September 2017:

icat.network/sites/default/files/publications/documents/ICAT-IB-03-V.2.pdf

ICAT, Issue Brief No. 4 The Gender Dimensions of Trafficking in Persons, October 2017:

icat.network/sites/default/files/publications/documents/ICAT-IB-04-V.1.pdf

ICAT, Issue Brief No. 6 Trafficking in Children, July 2018:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwiDs92joJ_eAhVHJlAKHXCAB7IQFjAAegQIBxAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Ficat.network%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fpublications%2Fdocuments%2FICAT-IB-06-Trafficking%2520in%2520Children.pdf&usg=AOvVaw27x4i4cpFw3qBDiF6uRthy

ICAT, A Toolkit for Guidance in Designing and Evaluating Counter-Trafficking Programs, 2016:

http://icat.network/sites/default/files/publications/documents/16-10273_ICAT_toolkit.pdf  

ICAT, Providing Effective Remedies for Victims of Trafficking in Persons Issue Paper, 2016:

http://icat.network/sites/default/files/publications/documents/Ebook%20ENG_0.pdf

UNHCR Documents

UNHCR, Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2017, p.10, June 2017: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5b2d1a867.html

UNHCR, Handbook and Guidelines on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status under the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, December 2011:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4f33c8d92.html

a.      Documents focusing on sexual and gender based violence

·         countries of origin of asylum seekers

UNHCR, UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Afghanistan, p. 71, August 2018:           http://www.refworld.org/docid/5b8900109.html

UNHCR, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response In Refugee Situations in the Middle East and North Africa, November 2015: http://www.refworld.org/docid/568f9a014.html

UNHCR, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response In Refugee

Situations in the Middle East and North Africa, November 2015: http://www.refworld.org/docid/568f9a014.html

UNHCR, UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection

Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Iraq, May 2012:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4fc77d522.html

UNHCR, UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection

Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Eritrea, April 2011, p.27: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dafe0ec2.html

UNHCR, UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection

Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Somalia, May 2010, p.18, 26:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4be3b9142.html

·         Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

UNHCR, Too Much Pain: Female Genital Mutilation & Asylum in the European Union - A Statistical Overview, February 2013: http://www.refworld.org/docid/512c72ec2.html

UNHCR, Too Much Pain: Female Genital Mutilation & Asylum in the European Union - A Statistical Update, March 2014:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/5316e6db4.html

Companion video: Too Much Pain - The Voices of Refugee Women.

Female Genital Mutilation in the EU, May 2013: http://www.refworld.org/docid/51a701594.html

UNHCR, UNHCR's Contribution to the European Commission's Consultation on Female Genital Mutilation in the EU, May 2013:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/51a701594.html

UNHCR, Guidance Note on Refugee Claims relating to Female Genital Mutilation, May 2009:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4a0c28492.html*

-  Asylum Procedure in the EU

UNHCR, Initial Assessment Report: Protection Risks for Women and Girls in the European Refugee and Migrant Crisis - Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, January 2016:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/56a078cf4.html

UNHCR, Position Paper on Violence against Women and Girls in the European Union

And Persons of Concern to UNHCR, March 2014: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5326ab594.html

UNHCR, Improving Asylum Procedures: Comparative Analysis and Recommendations

for Law and Practice. Key Findings and Recommendations, March 2010: http://www.unhcr.org/4ba9d99d9.html

UNHCR Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, Comparative analysis of gender-related persecution in national asylum legislation and practice in Europe, May 2004:

http://www.unhcr.org/40c071354.pdf

·         Interpretation of legal instruments and positions of the UNHCR

UNHCR, UNHCR's Dialogues with Refugee Women, February 2013: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5231b1214.html

UNHCR, Women and Girls Fleeing Conflict: Gender and the Interpretation and Application of the 1951 Refugee Convention, September 2012: http://www.refworld.org/docid/504dcb172.html

UNHCR, Field Handbook for the Implementation of UNHCR BID Guidelines, November 2011 (update in the forthcoming 2018 UNHCR Guidance):

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e4a57d02.html 

UNHCR, Action against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: An Updated Strategy,

Division of International Protection, June 2011:

http://www.unhcr.org/4e1d5aba9.pdf

UNHCR, Comments on Articles 48 and 48 bis of the Draft Council of Europe

Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,

November 2010: 

http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4cf4ff022.html

UNHCR, Key Gender Related Findings and Recommendations, March 2010: http://www.unhcr.org/4be01d0a9.html

UNHCR, Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender

Identity, November 2008:

http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/48abd5660.html

UNHCR, Operational Protection in Camps and Settlements. A Reference Guide of Good Practices in the Protection of Refugees and Other Persons of Concern, June 2006: http://www.refworld.org/docid/44b381994.html

UNHCR, Ensuring Gender Sensitivity in the Context of Refugee Status Determination and Resettlement. Module 1: Ensuring Gender Sensitivity in Refugee Status Determination (Resource Package), October 2005:

 http://www.refworld.org/docid/43e73af14.html

UNHCR, Ensuring Gender Sensitivity in the Context of Refugee Status Determination and Resettlement. Module 2: Ensuring Gender Sensitivity in Refugee Status Determination - Procedural Issues (Resource Package), October 2005: http://www.refworld.org/docid/43e73b644.html

UNHCR, Ensuring Gender Sensitivity in the Context of Refugee Status Determination and Resettlement. Module 3: Ensuring Gender Sensitivity in the Context of Resettlement (Resource Package), October 2005:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/43e73bef4.html

UNHCR, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Refugees, Returnees and

Internally Displaced Persons: Guidelines for Prevention and Response, May 2003:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/3edcd0661.html

UNHCR, Guidelines on International Protection No 1: Gender-Related Persecution within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol 3 relating to the Status of Refugees, May 2002:

http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3d36f1c64.html

UNHCR, Guidelines on International Protection No 2: “Membership of a particular

social group” within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967

Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, May 2002:

http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3d36f23f4.html

UNHCR,Position Paper on Gender-Related Persecution, January 2000:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/3bd3f2b04.html

UNHCR, Compilation of Conclusions adopted by the Executive Committee on the international protection of refugees: Conclusions No. 1 – 101, Legal Publications, January 2005, of particular relevance: Conclusions No. 39, 1985, (e); No. 54, 1988; No.60, 1989; No. 64, 1990; No. 79, 1996, (o); No. 81, 1997, (t); No. 85, 1998, (j); No. 87,1999, (n); No. 93, 2002, (b); No. 98, 2003; No. 99, 2004, (r); No. 105, 2006, (j) vi and (n) ii: http://www.unhcr.org/41b041534.html

UNHCR, Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women, July 1991:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3310.html

·         Particular vulnerable situations

UNHCR, Age, Gender and Diversity - Accountability Report 2016, June 2017:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/595cda5d4.html

UNHCR, Resettlement of Children and Adolescents at Risk, June 2016:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/58344f244.html

UNHCR, Resettlement and Women-at-Risk: Can the Risk Be Reduced?, January 2013:

 http://www.refworld.org/docid/5497f4294.html

UNHCR, Conclusion on Women and Girls at Risk, October 2006:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/45339d922.html

UNHCR, Evaluation of UNHCR’s efforts to prevent and respond to sexual and gender based violence in situations of forced displacement, October 2008: http://www.unhcr.org/48ea31062.pdf

UNHCR, Handbook for the Protection of Women and Girls, January 2008: http://www.refworld.org/docid/47cfc2962.html

UNHCR, Note on Refugee Claims Based on Coercive Family Planning Laws or Policies, August 2005:

http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4301a9184.html

Alice Edwards, Refugee protection in international law: age and gender dimensions in international refugee law, January 2003:

http://www.unhcr.org/419c74784.html

b.      Documents related to human trafficking

UNHCR, Guidelines on International Protection: The application of Article 1A(2) of

the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees to victims of trafficking and persons at risk of being trafficked, April 2006:

http://www.unhcr.org/443b626b2.html

UNHCR, Comments on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims (COM(2010)95, 29 March 2010), June 2010:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/4c0fa7092.html

UNHCR, A Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions, 7th edition, June 2014, Chapter Smuggling and trafficking, page 501 f.: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5698c1224.html

UNHCR, Prevent. Combat. Protect: Human Trafficking, November 2011:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4edcbf932.html

Joint United Nations Submission on the Future European Union Comprehensive Anti-Trafficking Strategy, 12 May 2011:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dfa0afe2.html

UNHCR, Trafficking for sexual exploitation: victim protection in international and domestic asylum law, April 2011: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dc253a22.html

UNHCR, The Identification and Referral of Trafficked Persons to Procedures for Determining International Protection Needs, October 2009:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4ad317bc2.html

UNHCR, Human Trafficking and Refugee Protection: UNHCR's Perspective, September 2009:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/4ae17da12.html

UNHCR, IOM, Developing Standard Operating Procedures to Facilitate the Protection of Trafficked Persons, 2009:

http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/57fde2bd4.pdf 

Handbooks /Toolkits Relating to European Regional Courts

UNHCR, The Case Law of the European Regional Courts: the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights Refugees, asylum-seekers, and stateless persons, June 2015:

 http://www.refworld.org/docid/558803c44.html

UNHCR, Toolkit on How to Request Interim Measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of the European Court of Human Rights for Persons in Need of International Protection, February 2012;  http://www.refworld.org/docid/4f8e8f982.html

UNHCR legal interventions (selection)

1.      Third party interventions before the European Court of Human Rights

UNHCR, Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of M.B. v. Spain (No. 15109/15) before the European Court of Human Rights, 15 January 2016:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/56a22d9b4.html

UNHCR, Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the cases of N.D. and N.T. v. Spain (Nos 8675/15 and 8697/15) before the European Court of Human Rights, 15 November 2015:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/59d3a81f4.html

UNHCR, Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of F.G. v. Sweden (No. 43611/11), 13 October 2014: http://www.refworld.org/docid/543e3b9b4.html

UNHCR, UNHCR's oral intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case Hirsi and Others v. Italy (No. 27765/09), Strasbourg, 22 June 2011: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e0356d42.html

UNHCR, UNHCR's oral intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case Hirsi and Others v. Italy (No. 27765/09), Strasbourg, 22 June 2011: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4e0356d42.html

UNHCR, UNHCR intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece (No. 30696/09), June 2010: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4c19e7512.html

UNHCR, UNHCR intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece (No. 30696/09), June 2010: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4c19e7512.html

UNHCR, Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of I.M. v. France, (No. 9152/09), September 2009: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4abb61992.html  (only in French)

2.      Interventions before the Court of Justice of the European Union

UNHCR, Written Observations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the cases of A and Others (C-148/13, 149/13 and 150/13), August 2013, C-148/13, C-

149/13 & C-150/13: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5215e58b4.html

See: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union, A, B, C v.

Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie, Joined cases C-148/13 to C-150/13,

Judgement of 2 December 2014: http://www.refworld.org/docid/547d943da.html

And: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union, Opinion of

Advocate General: A, B and C, Joined Cases C-148/13, C-149/13 and C-150/13,

July 2014: http://www.refworld.org/docid/53c8e84b4.html

UNHCR, UNHCR intervention before the Court of Justice of the European Union in the cases of Minister voor Immigratie en Asiel v. X, Y and Z, September 2012, C-199/12, C-

200/12, C-201/12: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5065c0bd2.html

See: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union, X, Y and Z v.

Minister voor Immigratie, Integratie en Asiel, Joined Cases C-199/12 to

C-201/12, Judgement of 7 November 2013:

http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=144215&doclang=EN

And: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union, Opinion of

Advocate General: X, Y and Z, Joined Cases C-199/12 to C-201/12, July 2013:

http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=139426&pageIn

dex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=853600

Regional/ Country reports & recent selected press releases

UNHCR, UNHCR: Art Therapy to Prevent and Respond to SGBV – Egypt, December 2017:  http://www.refworld.org/docid/5a38dd264.html

UNHCR, UNHCR seeks support for alternatives to dangerous refugee journeys, July 2017: http://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2017/7/596db7284/unhcr-seeks-support-alternatives-dangerous-refugee-journeys.html

UNHCR, Refugees and migrants face heightened risks while trying to reach Europe – UNHCR report, February 2017: 

http://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2017/2/58b458654/refugees-migrants-face-heightened-risks-trying-reach-europe-unhcr-report.html

UNHCR, Report warns refugee women on the move in Europe are at risk of sexual and

gender-based violence, Press Release, January 2016:

http://www.unhcr.org/569f99ae60.html

UNHCR, UNFPA, and WRC, Initial Assessment Report: Protection Risks for

Women and Girls in the European Refugee and Migrant Crisis (Greece and the former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), January 2016:

http://www.unhcr.org/569f8f419.html

UNHCR, Report warns refugee women on the move in Europe are at risk of sexual and

gender-based violence, Press Release, January 2016:

http://www.unhcr.org/569f99ae60.html

UNHCR, UNHCR concern over testimonies of abuse and sexual violence against

refugee and migrant women and children on the move in Europe, Briefing Note, October

2015:

http://www.unhcr.org/562a150f6.html

UNHCR, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response In Refugee

Situations in the Middle East and North Africa, November 2015: http://www.refworld.org/docid/568f9a014.html

UNHCR, Evaluation of Implementation of 2005 IASC Guidelines for Gender-based

Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings in the Syria Crisis Response, October

2015:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/568f9abe4.html

Executive Summary of the report: http://www.refworld.org/docid/568f98f84.html

UNHCR, Echoes From Syria Issue 3, August 2014, Protection Sector/issue 3:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/53f1b2b34.html

UNHCR, Les violences faites aux femmes pendant leur voyage clandestin: Algérie,

France, Espagne, Maroc, April 2010:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4caae5012.html

UNHCR, Update on the Recommendations of the Surveys on the Vulnerability of

Refugee Women in Thailand, Presentation on Woman at Risk (2006 Annual Tripartite

Consultations on Resettlement), June 2006:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4682730c1f.html

UNHCR, New guidelines to better protect refugee women against violence, September 2003: http://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2003/9/3f6b14de4/new-guidelines-better-protect-refugee-women-against-violence.html

UNHCR, How To Guide: Sexual and Gender Based Violence Programme in Liberia,

January 2001:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/479f3b162.html

UNHCR, How To Guide: Sexual and Gender Based Violence Programme in Guinea,

January 2001:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/479f3ae72.html

UNHCR, How To Guide: Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations. Monitoring and

Evaluation of Sexual Gender Violence Programmes, Kigoma and Ngara (Tanzania),

April 2000:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/479f3b4d2.html

UNICEF publications

UNICEF, Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe: Children on the move, September 2015:

http://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/refugee-and-migrant-crisis-europe-children-move-september-2015-december

UNICEF, Guidelines on the Protection of Child Victims of Trafficking, September 2006:

http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/0610-Unicef_Victims_Guidelines_en.pdf

UNODC Publications

UNODC, Evidential Issues in Trafficking in Persons Cases, 2017:

https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2017/Case_Digest_Evidential_Issues_in_Trafficking.pdf

UNODC, Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2016, December 2016: http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/2016_Global_Report_on_Trafficking_in_Persons.pdf

UNODC, Multiple Systems Estimation for estimating the number of victims of human trafficking across the world, June 2016, at p. 39: 

http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tip/TiPMSE.pdf 

UNODC, Trafficking in persons to Europe for sexual exploitation, June 2016:

http://www.unodc.org/documents/publications/TiP_Europe_EN_LORES.pdf

UNDOC, Issue Paper: The Concept of Exploitation in the Trafficking in Persons Protocol, 2015:

https://www.unodc.org/documents/congress/background-information/Human_Trafficking/UNODC_2015_Issue_Paper_Exploitation.pdf

UNODC, The role of organized crime in the smuggling of migrants from West Africa to the European Union, January 2011:

http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Migrant-Smuggling/Report_SOM_West_Africa_EU.pdf

UNODC, Model Law against Trafficking in Persons, 2010:
https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Model_Law_against_TIP.pdf

UNODC, Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons, October 2008: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4a7944fe2.html

Databases

UNHCR

Refworld: Special sections are dedicated to sexual orientation and gender identity issues, trafficking and Gender Equality and Women on Refworld:

http://www.refworld.org/sogi.html

http://www.refworld.org/thb.html

http://www.refworld.org/women.html (respectively)

The International Commission of Jurists has an Online Database on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity available at: https://www.icj.org/themes/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity/

Council of Europe

Conventions and Protocols

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, November 1950, as amended by Protocol No. 11 and No. 14:

http://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/rms/0900001680063765

The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, November 2011:

https://rm.coe.int/168008482e

Lithuanian version: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680462539

Latvian version:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680462538

Norwegian version:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168046253b

Swedish version:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680462544

Danish version: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168046252f

Estonian version:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680462531

Finnish version: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680462532

Council of Europe, Explanatory Report to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, 2011: https://rm.coe.int/16800d383a

Council of Europe, Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, July 2007: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4d19a904615b.html

Council of Europe, Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, May 2005:

http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/197.htm

Latvian version: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680648991

Norwegian version: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680648998

Russian version: https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/rms/09000016805a937a

Council of Europe, European Social Charter (Revised), October 1961:

https://www.coe.int/en/web/conventions/full-list/-/conventions/rms/090000168007cf93

Handbooks and Guides

Council of Europe (Steering Committee for Human Rights – CDDH) Guide to good and promising practices aimed at prventing and combating female genital mutilation and forced mariage, July 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/steering-committee-for-human-rights-cddh-guide-to-good-and-promising-p/168073418d

Council of Europe/ European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Handbook on European Law Relating to the Rights of the Child, June 2015: http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-ecthr-2015-handbook-european-law-rights-of-the-child_en.pdf

Council of Europe/European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Handbook on European Law relating to asylum, borders and immigration, June 2014: http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Handbook_asylum_ENG.pdf

Council of Europe, Handbook on Protecting Migrants under the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter, February 2013: http://www.coe.int/t/democracy/migration/Source/migration/ProtectingMigrantsECHR_ESCWeb.pdf

Council of Europe, Positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights: A guide to the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights, Human rights handbooks, No. 7, January 2007:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/49f183a32.html

Other publications

Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse (T-EC), 4^th Activity report of the Lanzarote Committee, June 2018:

https://www.coe.int/en/web/children/lanzarote-committee#{%2212441908%22:[3]}

Council of Europe Action Plan on Protecting Refugee and Migrant Children in Europe, May 2017:

https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=090000168071484e

Council of Europe, Combating violence against women: minimum standards for support services, September 2008: https://www.coe.int/t/dg2/equality/domesticviolencecampaign/Source/EG-VAW-CONF(2007)Study%20rev.en.pdf

Secretary General

Home page: http://www.coe.int/en/web/secretary-general/home

Protecting children affected by the refugee crisis: A shared responsibility- Secretary General's proposals for priority actions, March 2016:

https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=09000016805c5ee7

Committee of Ministers

Home page: http://www.coe.int/en/web/cm

Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy 2018 – 2023, March 2018:

https://rm.coe.int/ge-strategy-2018-2023/1680791246

Declaration on the need to intensify the efforts to prevent and combat female genital mutilation and forced mariage in Europe, September 2017: https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=0900001680747e57

Guidelines on human rights protection in the context of accelerated asylum procedures,July 2009: https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1469829&Site=CM

Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Home page: http://www.coe.int/en/web/execution

Video on the supervision process (with further links to its translation into several languages); http://www.coe.int/en/web/execution/supervision-video

Database of the Department of Execution of Judgments (HUDOC.EXEC):

https://hudoc.exec.coe.int/eng#{%22fulltext%22:[%22human%20trafficking%22],%22EXECDocumentTypeCollection%22:[%22CEC%22]}

Pending cases: https://hudoc.exec.coe.int/ENG#{%22EXECDocumentTypeCollection%22:[%22CEC%22],%22EXECIsClosed%22:[%22False%22]}

Submissions from States, applicants, NGOs and NHRIs:

http://www.coe.int/en/web/execution/submissions

Decisions and Interim resolutions of the Committee of Ministers:

http://www.coe.int/en/web/execution/decisions-and-interim-resolutions

Cases closed by final resolution: http://www.coe.int/en/web/execution/closed-cases

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)

Home page:  http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/Home-EN.asp

Resolutions

PACE,Resolution 2159 (2017)1, Protecting refugee women and girls from gender-based violence, 2017:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=23700&lang=EN

PACE, Resolution 2136 (2016), Harmonising the protection of unaccompanied minors in Europe, 2016:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=23179&lang=EN

PACE, Resolution 2128(2016), Violence against migrants, 2016: http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=22980&lang=EN

PACE, Resolution 1983(2014), Prostitution, trafficking and modern slavery in Europe, 2014:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=20716&lang=EN

PACE, Resolution 1922(2013): Trafficking of migrants workers for forced labour, 2013:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=19480&lang=EN

PACE, Resolution 1810 (2011): Unaccompanied children in Europe: issues of arrival, stay and return, 2011:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=17991&lang=EN

PACE, Resolution 1765(2010): Gender-related claims for asylum, 2010

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/X2H-Xref-ViewHTML.asp?FileID=17915&lang=en

Recommendations

PACE, Recommendation 2011(2013), Trafficking of migrants workers for forced labour, 2013: 

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=19481&lang=EN

PACE, Recommendation 1985(2011), Undocumented migrant children in an irregular situation: a real cause for concern, 2011:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=18041&lang=EN

PACE, Recommendation 1969 (2011): Unaccompanied children in Europe: issues of arrival, stay and return, 2011:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=17993&lang=EN

PACE, Recommendation 1940(2010): Gender-related claims for asylum, 2010:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-en.asp?FileID=17916&lang=en

PACE, Recommendation 1868 (2009), Action to combat gender-based human rights violations, including the abduction of women and girls, April 2009:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=17730&lang=en

Reports

PACE,Report 14284 (2017)1, Protecting refugee women and girls from gender-based violence, 2017:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=20559&lang=EN

PACE, Report 14066(2016), Violence against migrants, 2016:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=22565&lang=EN

PACE, Report 14142(2016), Harmonising the protection of unaccompanied minors in Europe, 2016:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=23017&lang=EN

PACE, Report 13446 (2014), Prostitution, trafficking and modern slavery in Europe, 2014:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=20559&lang=EN

PACE, Report 13086(2013): Trafficking of migrants workers for forced labour, 2013:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=19239&lang=EN

PACE, Report 12718 (2011), Undocumented migrant children in an irregular situation: a real cause for concern, 2011:

http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-en.asp?FileID=13007&lang=en

PACE, Report 12539 (2011): Unaccompanied children in Europe: issues of arrival, stay and return, 2011:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=12776&lang=EN

PACE, Report 12350(2010): Gender-related claims for asylum, 2010:

http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-EN.asp?FileID=12509&lang=EN

Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)

Home page: http://www.coe.int/en/web/istanbul-convention/grevio

GREVIO, Prevention of violence against women: Article 12 of the Istanbul Convention, 2014:

https://rm.coe.int/168046e1f0

GREVIO, Ensuring data collection and research: Article 11 of the Istanbul Convention, 2016:

https://rm.coe.int/1680640efc

GREVIO, thematic factsheet, Protecting migrant women, refugee women and women asylum-seekers from gender-based violence: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168046eabd

GREVIO’s Country-Monitoring work:

-First (baseline) evaluation France, State report received on 5 April 2018 (only in French): https://rm.coe.int/state-report-france-2018-version-finale/16807b56bd

-First (baseline) evaluation Finland, State report received on 3 May 2018: https://rm.coe.int/baseline-report-finland-2018/16807c55f2

-GREVIO Baseline Evaluation Report Denmark, published on 24 November 2017: https://rm.coe.int/grevio-first-baseline-report-on-denmark/16807688ae

- GREVIO Baseline Evaluation Report Austria, published on 27 September 2017: https://rm.coe.int/grevio-report-austria-1st-evaluation/1680759619

-First (baseline) evaluation Sweden, State report received on 4 September 2017: https://rm.coe.int/state-report-on-sweden/168073fff6

-First (baseline) evaluation Montenegro, State report received on 11 July 2017: https://rm.coe.int/grevio-inf-2017-6/168073368f

- First (baseline) evaluation Turkey, State report received on 3 July 2017: https://rm.coe.int/turkey-state-report/1680737201, Annex 3:https://rm.coe.int/annex-3-laws-and-regulations/16807bf41e  Annex 4: https://rm.coe.int/annex-4-national-action-plan-vaw/16807bf41f

Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)

Home page: http://www.coe.int/en/web/anti-human-trafficking/home?desktop=true

GRETA, 7^th General Report on GRETA’s general activities covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2017, (March 2018):

http://rm.coe.int/greta-2018-1-7gr-en/16807af20e

Greta, 5^th General Report on GRETA’s general activities covering the period from 1 October 2014 to 31 December 2015, February 2016 (thematic section about the identification and protection of victims of trafficking among asylum seekers, refugees and migrants):

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168063093c

GRETA, Compendium of good practices on the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, 2016: https://rm.coe.int/16806af624

GRETA, Rules of procedure for evaluating implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by the parties, 2014: https://rm.coe.int/native/16805a983c

GRETA, Report concerning the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by Spain, September 2013:

http://rm.coe.int/greta-2013-16-fgr-esp-public-en/168071c836

GRETA, Report concerning the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings by Spain, 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2013-16-fgr-esp-public-en/168071c836

GRETA’s Country Monitoring work, inter alia:

Austria:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, September 2011:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2011-10-fgr-aut-en-rev/168078b7d9

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, September 2011:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680630cad

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, September 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680630caf

2nd Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's 2nd Report and Government’s Comments, October 2015:
https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680630cb4

• Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, November 2015:
  https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680630cb0
• Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, November 2016:
  https://rm.coe.int/16806fd4a2

Estonia:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, April 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/168070ad21

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, June 2018:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2018-6-fgr-est-en/16808b292c

Belarus:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, February 2016:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680630bf6

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, July 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2017-16-fgr-byr-en/168072f2bf

Russian: https://rm.coe.int/greta-2017-16-fgr-byr/168075c1a0

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, October 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/cp-2017-26-byr-en/168075e9b9

Finland:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, June 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631bee

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, June 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631beb

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, June 2014:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631bed

Appendix 1: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631bea

Appendix 2: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631bf1

·         Post visit questions:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631bf0

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, September 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/cp-2017-20-rr-fin-en/16807455b4

Annex to the report: “Women of Nigerian origin in Finland who have been subjected to trafficking for sexual exploitation: practice in applying the Aliens Act”, 2016:

https://rm.coe.int/annex-nigeria-fin-ombudsman/16807455b3

2nd Evaluation Round:

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, February 2018:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2018-2-rq2-fin/168078b19b

Hungary:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, May 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/168070a5f3

·         GRETA's Report (Hungarian):

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631c48

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, June 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631c44

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, June 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/report-submitted-by-the-authorities-on-measures-taken-to-comply-with-c/168073fa2b

Urgent Procedure

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, April 2018:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2018-13-upro-hun-en/16807bf672

Iceland:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, September 2014:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631c6f

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, December 2014:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631c49

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, February 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/16807006ce

2nd Evaluation Round

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's 2nd Questionnaire, October 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2017-31-rq2-isl-en/16807612bb

Ireland:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, September 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631cbe

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, October 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631c8e

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, November 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631c92

2nd Evaluation Round:

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, November 2016:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806c03e1

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, September 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2017-28-fgr-irl-en/168074b426

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, October 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/cp-2017-29-irl-en/168075e9d0

Latvia:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, January 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631cbc

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, February 2013: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631c8c

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, February 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/cp-2013-2-lva-lv/168074435c (in Latvian)

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, February 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806dbfba

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, March 2012:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631cbb

2nd Evaluation Round:

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's 2nd Questionnaire, November 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806dbddc

Appendix 1 : https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631cc4

Appendix 2: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631cc5

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, March 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2017-2-fgr-lva-w-cmts-en/1680782ac0

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, March 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/16806fd3f7

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, March 2017 (in Latvian):

https://rm.coe.int/cp-2013-2-lva-lv/168074435d

Lithuania:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, June 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680631dc5

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, June 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/report-submitted-by-the-authorities-on-measures-taken-to-comply-with-c/168073fa9b

2^nd Evaluation Round:

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, February 2018: https://rm.coe.int/greta-2018-4-rq2-ltu/168078b19d

Poland:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA Report and Government’s Comments, May 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680632f48

Polish:https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680692413

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, June 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680632341

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, May 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680632343

2nd Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA Report and Government’s Comments,  November 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2017-29-fgr-pol-en/168077c9ce

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, February 2018:

https://rm.coe.int/cp-2018-5-pol-en/1680789571

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's 2nd Questionnaire, March 2016:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168063bb58

Norway:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, May 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321c1

                       

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, June 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321be

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, June 2015:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321c0

2nd Evaluation Round:

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's 2nd Questionnaire, February 2016:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321c3

Appendix 1 : https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321b3

Appendix 2 : https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321b4

Appendix 3 : https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321b5

Appendix 4 :

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321b1

Appendix 5 : https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321b2

Appendix 6 : https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321bc

Appendix 7 : https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321b6

Appendix 8 : https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321b7

Appendix 9 : https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806321b8

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, June 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2017-18-fgr-nor-en/1680782abc

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, October 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/cp-2017-30-nor-en/168075e9d2

Sweden:

1st Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, May 2014:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168063c456

·         Recommendation of the Committee of the Parties, July 2014:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168063c453

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, September 2013:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168063c455

·         Government’s Reply to the Committee of the Parties’ Recommendation, June 2016:

https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016806c067f

2nd Evaluation Round:

·         GRETA's Report and Government’s Comments, June 2018:

https://rm.coe.int/greta-2018-8-fgr-swe-en/16808b1cd7

·         Government's Reply to GRETA's Questionnaire, April 2017:

https://rm.coe.int/168070acc5

Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe

Homepage: http://www.coe.int/en/web/ingo/home

Conference of INGOs, Recommendation on "Gender based violence as a political weapon", June 2014:

 https://rm.coe.int/16802f0444

Conference of INGOs, Recommendation on "Gender Equality: a universal value, principle and human right to be respected and promoted in all fields”, June 2012:

https://rm.coe.int/16802f0422

Migration Roadmap 2017 – 2018:

http://rm.coe.int/doc/09000016806ecd51

Commissioner for Human Rights

Home page:  http://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner

Women's rights and gender equality in Europe , Report of the round-table with human rights defenders organised by the Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, January 2016:

https://rm.coe.int/ref/CommDH(2016)15

Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees

Home page:https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/special-representative-secretary-general-migration-refugees-tomas-bocek

Special Representative of the Secretary General on migration and refugees, Thematic Report on migrant and refugee children, March 2017:

https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=09000016806fdd08

Report on the fact-finding mission to Bulgaria by Ambassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on migration and refugees , visit conducted 13- 17 November 2017, April 2018:

https://rm.coe.int/report-of-the-fact-finding-mission-by-ambassador-tomas-bocek-special-r/16807be041

Report on the fact-finding mission to Turkey byAmbassador Tomáš Boček, Special Representative of the Secretary General on migration and refugees, visit conducted 30 May – 4 June 2016, August 2016:

https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=0900001680699e93

Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) – Online courses

Home page: http://www.coe.int/en/web/help/home

Online Course UNHCR/HELP on Asylum and the ECHR: http://help.elearning.ext.coe.int/course/view.php?id=1662

Combating Trafficking in Human Beings:

https://www.coe.int/en/web/anti-human-trafficking/help-online-training-course

Online course on Violence against Women:

https://www.coe.int/en/web/istanbul-convention/help-online-course

Video on asylum HELP/ECtHR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HqF_ttSuH4&feature=youtu.be

European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)

Home page: http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home

ECtHR, Questions and Answers for Lawyers, 2016:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwiN8dbSisLdAhXKblAKHWWzD8kQFjAAegQIAhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccbe.eu%2Ffileadmin%2Fspeciality_distribution%2Fpublic%2Fdocuments%2FPD_STRAS%2FPDS_Guides___recommendations%2FEN_PDS_20161021_The-European-Court-of-Human-Rights-Questions-Answers-for-Lawyers.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2zQMcwJznzxIfSyKK-bUok

Video on lodging an application: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA_iGhvxYFM&feature=youtu.be

Video on admissibility conditions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcbDDhs5ZVA&list=PLT-6qb4oU5fhzKQdkQk6O7UPNhSuAWsB9&index=1

Application Form:

 http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=applicants/forms&c

Authority Form:

 http://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=applicants/forms&c&c

Practical Guide on Admissibility Criteria, 2017:

https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Admissibility_guide_ENG.pdf

Fact Sheet on Interim Measures, January 2017:

http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Interim_measures_ENG.pdf

Practical Information on Interim Measures:

http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Interim_Measures_ENG.pdf

Practice Directions for Requests on Interim Measures, September 2016:

http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/PD_interim_measures_ENG.pdf

Information Note on the Court’s case-law, April 2018: https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/CLIN_2018_04_217_ENG.pdf

Overview of the case-law of the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights 2017: https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Short_Survey_2017_ENG.PDF

Case-Law Guidelines and Factsheets

ECtHR, Factsheet Domestic Violence, January 2018:

https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Domestic_violence_ENG.pdf

ECtHR, Factsheet Violence against Women, February 2018:

https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Violence_Woman_ENG.pdf

ECtHR, Factsheet on “Protection of Minors”, March 2018:

https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Minors_ENG.pdf

ECtHR, Factsheet on “Trafficking in human beings” Cases, June 2017:

https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Trafficking_ENG.pdf

ECtHR, Factsheet on “Slavery, Servitude and Forced Labour” Cases, March 2017:

http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Forced_labour_ENG.pdf

ECtHR, Factsheet on “Children’s Rights”, April 2018:

https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/FS_Childrens_ENG.pdf

ECtHR, Guide on Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights- Prohibition of slavery and forced labour, updated April 2018:

https://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Guide_Art_4_ENG.pdf

Selection of Judgments

Dornean v. the Republic of Moldova, No. 27810/07, Judgment of 29 May 2018: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-183203

Bistieva and Others v. Poland, No. 75157/14, Judgment of 10 April 2018:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-182210

N.D. and N.T.v.Spain, Nos. 8675/15 and 8697/15, Judgment of 3 October 2017:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-177683 (only in French). (The case has been referred to the Grand Chamber and the hearing will take place on 26 September 2018)

S.M. v. Spain, No. 29659/16, Decision of 26 September 2017: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-178304

Ž.B. v. Croatia, No. 47666/13, Judgment of 11 July 2017: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-175142

Bălșan v. Romania, No. 49645/09, Judgment of 23 May 2017: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-173619; legal summary: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-11517

B.V. v. Belgium, No. 61030/08, Judgment of 2 May 2017: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-173246(only in French)

Chowdury and Others v. Greece, No. 21884/15, Judgment of 30 March 2017:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-172365

Talpis c. Italie, No. 41237/14, Judgment of 2 March 2017: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-171508;

legal summary: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-11577

J. and Others v. Austria, No. 58216/12, Judgment of 17 January 2017:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-170388

R.B.A.B. And Others v. The Netherlands, No. 7211/06, Judgment of 07 September 2016:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-163451

J.K. And Others v. Sweden, No. 59166/12, Judgment of 23 August 2016:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-165442

O.M. v. Hungary, No. 9912/15, Judgment of 5 July 2016:
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-164466

Halime Kılıç v. Turkey, No 63034/11, Judgment of 28 June 2016: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=001-164689

R.D. v. France, No 34648/14, Judgment of 16 June 2016: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-163615 ;

Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-177806

Wulamatu BANGURA v. Belgium, No. 52872/10, Decision of 14 June 2016: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-164997

A.N. c. France, No. 12956/15, Decision of 16 April 2016 (inadmissible):

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-162839(French only)

F.G. v. Sweden, No. 43611/11, Judgment of 23 March 2016:
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-161829

M. G. c. Turkey, No. 646/10, Judgment of 22 March 2016: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-161521;

legal summary: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-11115

M.G.C. v. Romania, No. 61495/11, Judgment of 15 March 2016: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-161380

Civek c. Turkey, No 55354/11, Judgment of 23 February 2016: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-161058;

legal summary: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-11049

L.E. v. Greece, No. 71545/12, Judgment of 21 January 2016:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-160218 (only in French)

Sow c. Belgique, No. 27081/13, Judgment of 19 January 2016: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-160213

R.H. v. Sweden, No. 4601/14, Judgment of 10 September 2015: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-157325; legal summary: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-10684

L.O. v. France, No. 4455/14, Judgment, 18 June 2015:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-155655

Y. v. Slovenia, No 41107/10, Judgment of 28 May 2015: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-154728; legal summary: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-10546

W.H. v. Sweden, No. 49341/10, Grand Chamber Judgment (striking out) of 8 April 2015: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-153915

S.Z. v. Bulgaria, No. 29263/12, Judgment of 3 Mars 2015: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-152630; legal summary: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-10572

Durmaz v. Turkey, No. 3621/07, Judgment of 13 November 2014: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-147871

Tarakhel v. Switzerland, No. 29217/12, Judgment of 4 November 2014: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-148070

O.G.O. v. the United Kingdom, No. 13950/12, Decision of 18 February 2014: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-141830

O’Keeffe v. Ireland, No. 35810/09, Grand Chamber Judgment of 28 January 2014: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-140235; legal summary: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-9263; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-118266

T.M. and C.M. v. the Republic of Moldova, No. 26608/11, Judgment of 28 January 2014: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-140240

W. v. Slovenia, No. 24125/06, Judgment of 23 January 2014: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-140030

M.K.N. v. Sweden, No. 72413/10, Judgment of 09 December 2013:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-121572

N.A. c. République de Moldova, No. 13424/06, Jugement of 24 septembre 2013 : http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-126438

F.A. v. the United Kingdom, No. 20658/11, Decision of 10 September 2013: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-127061

B. v. the Republic of Moldova, No. 61382/09, Judgment of 16 July 2013: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-122372; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-179890

Mudric v. the Republic of Moldova, No. 74839/10, Judgment of 16 July 2013: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-122375; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-179890

Eremia v. The Republic of Moldova, No. 3564/11, Judgment of 28 May 2013: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-119968 (Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-179890)

Valiulienė v. Lithuania, No. 33234/07, Judgment of 26 March 2013: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-117636; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-177911

C.N. v. the United Kingdom, No 4239/08, Judgment of 13 November 2012: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-114518

E.M. v. Romania, No. 43994/05, Judgment of 30 October 2012:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-114091(only in French)

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-7228 (legal summary in English)

C.N. and V. v. France, No. 67724/09, Judgment of 11 October 2012: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-114032

A.A. And Others v. Sweden, No. 14499/09, judgment of 28 September 2012:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-111553

M. and others v. Italy and Bulgaria, No. 40020/03, Judgment of 31 July 2012:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-112576; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-159339

D.J. v. Croatia, No. 42418/10, Judgment of 24 July 2012: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-112321

Kalucza v. Hungary, No. 57693/10, Judgment of 24 April 2012: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-110452

Idemugia c. France, No. 4125/11, Decision of 27 March 2012 (inadmissible):

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-110416 (French version only)

V.F. v. France, No. 7196/10, Decision of 29 November 2011:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-108003

V.C. v. Slovakia, No. 18968/07, Judgment of 8 November 2011: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-107364; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-142706

Omeredo v. Austria, No. 8969/10, Decision of 20 September 2011: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-106527

D.H. v. Finland, No. 30815/09, Strike-out decision of 28 June 2011:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-105576

L.R. v. the United Kingdom, No. 49113/09, Strike-out decision of 14 June 2011:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-105427

B. L. v. France, No. 25037/09, Decision of 17 May 2011: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-105071

Izevbekhai and Others v. Ireland, No. 43408/08, Decision of 17 May 2011: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-105081

Hajduová v. Slovakia, No. 2660/03, Judgment of 30 November 2010: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-101945; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-109747

A v. Croatia, No. 55164/08, Judgment of 14 October 2010: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-101152

N. v. Sweden, No. 23505/09, Judgment of 20 July 2010

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-99992; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-122072)

Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia, No. 25965/04, Judgment of 7 January 2010:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-96549; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-172518)

M. v. the United Kingdom, No. 16081/08, Decision of 1 December 2009: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-96462

E. S. and Others v. Slovakia, No. 8227/04, Judgment of 15 September 2009: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-93955; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-109727

Opuz v. Turkey, No. 33401/02, Judgment of 9 June 2009: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-92945

S.M v. Sweden, No. 47683/08, Inadmissibility decision of 10 February 2009:

http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-91630

Branko Tomašic and Others v. Croatia, No. 46598/06, Judgment of 15 January 2009: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-90625

Bevacqua and S. v. Bulgaria, No. 71127/01, Judgment of 12 June 2008: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-86875; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-116504

Maslova and Nalbandov v. Russia, No. 839/02, Judgment of 24 January 2008: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-84670; legal summary: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-2283

Kontrová v. Slovakia, No. 7510/04, Judgment of 31 May 2007: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-80696

Emily COLLINS and Ashley AKAZIEBIE v. Sweden, No. 23944/05, Decision of 8 March 2007:
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-79864

Siliadin v. France, No 73316/01, Judgment of 26 July 2005: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-69891

M.C. v. Bulgaria, No. 39272/98, Judgment of 4 December 2003: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-61521; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-104387)

Miriam Abraham Lunguli v. Sweden, No. 33692/02, Decision of 1 July 2003: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-23301

Jabari v. Turkey, No. 40035/98, Judgment of 11 July 2000: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-58900; Execution: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-2283; Case Reports (pages 151-163): http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-2283

List of relevant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights on domestic violence and violence against woman: https://www.coe.int/en/web/istanbul-convention/echr-case-law

List of relevant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights on trafficking in human beings: https://www.coe.int/en/web/anti-human-trafficking/judgments-of-the-court

Selection of national case- law

France – National Asylum Court, No. 16015058, 30 March 2017: http://www.cnda.fr/content/download/96447/929953/version/1/file/CNDA%20GF%2030%20mars%202017%20Mme%20F.%20n%C2%B016015058%20R.pdf

France – National Asylum Court, Decision No. 10012810, 24 March 2015:

http://www.asylumlawdatabase.eu/sites/www.asylumlawdatabase.eu/files/aldfiles/CNDA%2C%2024%20march%202015%2C%20no.10012810%20.pdf (french version)

http://www.asylumlawdatabase.eu/en/case-law/france-national-asylum-court-24-march-2015-decision-no-10012810 (English case summary)

Other Selected Publications

CNDA and UNHCR, L’identificazione delle vittime di trata tra i richiedenti protezione internazionale e procedure di referral, September 2017:

http://bit.ly/2FttAeK (Italian version)

Regionforskningsinstituttet NIBR, Forebygging og oppfølging av enslige mindreårige asylsøkere som forsvinner fra mottak og omsorgssentre, 2017:

http://www.hioa.no/Om-HiOA/Senter-for-velferds-og-arbeidslivsforskning/NIBR/Publikasjoner/Forebygging-og-oppfoelging-av-enslige-mindreaarige-asylsoekere-som-forsvinner-fra-mottak-og-omsorgssentre(English summary pages 18-28)

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Refugee Status Claims Based on Sexual

Orientation and Gender Identity - A Practitioners' Guide, February 2016:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/56cabb7d4.html

Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Guidelines for Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings: Reducing risk, promoting resilience and aiding recovery,

August 2015:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/563713544.html

Eurostat, Trafficking in human beings, 2015:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-statistical-working-papers/-/KS-TC-14-008-1

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Main results report: Violence against women: an EU-wide survey, March 2014:

http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra-2014-vaw-survey-main-results-apr14_en.pdf

European Union, Council of the European Union, Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast), June 2013:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013R0604&from=en

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, EU-MIDIS Data in focus report 5: Multiple Discrimination, November 2012:

https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/85da6cf8-8e76-4517-804e-5a684579f007/language-en/format-PDF

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Equality is a core component of fundamental rights protection. Yet gender inequalities persist in today's society, and are often compounded by other forms of discrimination, preventing women from enjoying their full rights, 08 March 2012:

http://fra.europa.eu/en/press-release/2012/women-still-face-inequalities-and-often-multiple-forms-discrimination

European Parliament and Council of the European Union, Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, 5 April 2011:

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:101:0001:0011:EN:PDF

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Press release: Women still face inequalities and often multiple forms of discrimination, March 2012:

http://fra.europa.eu/en/press-release/2012/women-still-face-inequalities-and-often-multiple-forms-discrimination

European Parliament, Directorate General for Internal Policies, Policy Department C: Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs Gender Equality, Gender related asylum claims in Europe, A comparative analysis of law, policies and practice focusing on women in nine EU Member States France, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, November 2012: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/etudes/join/2012/462481/IPOL-FEMM_ET(2012)462481_EN.pdf

International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and

Justice: A Comparative Law Casebook, September 2011:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/4f9eae7c2.html

IOM, The IOM Handbook on Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking, 2007:

http://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/iom_handbook_assistance.pdf

Inter-Agency Standing Committee, Women, Girls, Boys and Men: Different Needs -

Equal Opportunities, IASC Gender Handbook in Humanitarian Action, December 2006:

http://www.refworld.org/docid/46978c842.html

Asylum Aid, Gender issues in assessing asylum claims: spreading good practice across

the European Union, Briefing by the Refugee Women’s resource Project at Asylum Aid

tabled by the UK Government at the Intergovernmental Consultations on Asylum,

Refugees and Migrations, November 2005:

https://www.asylumaid.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Gender_issues_in_the_asylum_claim_in_the_EU_Nov_2005.pdf

Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, National Referral Mechanisms- Joining Efforts to Protect the Rights of Trafficked Persons: A Practical Handbook, March 2004:

https://www.osce.org/odihr/13967

UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in Strasbourg

29 October 2018