Procedural Issues in US Civil Domestic Violence Cases:

• Can a Petitioner Violate Her Own Order for Protection?
• Advocates in Minnesota Challenge Myths regarding Domestic Violence Orders for Protection
• United States Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Victims of Domestic Violence

Procedural Issues in US Criminal Domestic Violence Cases:

• Protecting Victims of Violence through the Domestic Abuse No Contact Order
• Two Minnesota Prosecutors Explain the Need for Increased Criminal Penalties for Strangulation in Domestic Violence Cases

Domestic Violence Issues:

• Barriers to Justice for Battered Mothers and Their Children
• Domestic Violence in the U.S. Military: Who Commits It, What the Victims Experience, and How the Military Responds
• "And Then He Choked Me: Understanding and Investigating Strangulation" by Allison Turkel
• Immigration Help for Individuals Surviving Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence and the Right to Property in U.S. Caselaw
• VAW Activism Sets the Stage for Legal Change in Conformance with Women's Human Rights
• AWID Presentation: "New Tools for Changing Old Strategies in Combating Violence against Women"
• StopVAW at the AWID Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 27-30 October 2005
• Presentation on Women and Armed Conflict
• A University Professor Tells How She Uses STOPVAW in the Classroom
• Expanding the Reach of STOPVAW
• New Tactics in Human Rights

Commentary on National Laws

• The Advocates for Human Rights Comments on Albanian Domestic Violence Law
• Commentary on the Polish Domestic Violence Law
• Commentary on the Draft Law on the Amendment to Article 3.65, Part 2, Item 1 of the Civil Code (Lithuania)
• Call for Comments on the Montenegro Draft Law on the Protection from Violence in the Family
• Former Lobbyist Discusses Azerbaijan's New Law on Trafficking
• The Advocates for Human Rights Comments on New Romanian Law on Domestic Violence
• The Advocates for Human Rights Comments on New Mongolian Domestic Violence Law

Regional Law and Policy

• The Advocates and Network Women's Program Conclude National Violence Against Women Monitor Two-Day Meeting
• Hungarian Domestic Violence Case before CEDAW: Victory or Another Pile of Papers for the Archives
• The Law on Protection against Domestic Violence in Bulgaria: Insights and History
• Russian Translations of Domestic Violence Training Modules Now Available

Reports

• United Nations Releases "Good Practices in Legislation on Violence Against Women"
• An Overview of the International Human Rights of the Girl Child
• American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative’s CEDAW Assessment Tool Report for Moldova
• Research on Violence Against Georgian Women and Their Right to Adequate Housing