Sloth-Nielsen, JuliaHeléne CombrinckNULLFaculty of Law2014-02-092025-03-032011/02/282011/02/282014-02-092025-03-032010https://hdl.handle.net/10566/20228Doctor Legum - LLDThe thesis firstly looks at how women's right to freedom from violence has developed in international (global) human rights law since the early 1990s. In this regard, the study finds that while the issue of violence against women (and women's rights generally) was barely on the international human rights agenda at the beginning of this period, an enormous degree of development has subsequently taken place. Through the adoption of documents such as General Recommendation No. 19 by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the Declaration on Elimination of Violence against Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action, international norms and standards were set regarding role of the State in providing women with protection against violence.enright to freedom from violenceViolence against womenGender-based violenceDue diligenceHuman rightsInternational lawState obligationsEqualityConstitutionState liabilityThesisUniversity of the Western Cape