Legislation in the Member States of the Council of Europe in the Field of Violence Against Women, prepared in part by Jill Radford, United Kingdom, for the Council of Europe's Steering Committee for Equality Between Men and Women, March 2004 (Doc. EG 2004 2).
This report details national legislation dealing with violence against women in 38 of the 45 Council of Europe member states. In 1995, the Council requested member states to complete a questionnaire on relevant legislation, and subsequent research completed by the Council allowed for a survey of the varying legislation of member states. The report consists of two volumes, ending with a list of good practices and effective legislation prohibiting violence against women. Pages 155-161 in Volume II contain information about Macedonia.

2005 NGO Report to UN Division for the Advancement of Women, Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women of the Republic of Macedonia, 2005.
Findings of twenty-eight NGOs on the status of women in Macedonia.

2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Macedonia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 28 February 2005.
Section 5 of the report contains a paragraph on the status of women in Macedonia, and a subsection on trafficking.

2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Macedonia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 25 February 2004.
This report includes a section on women as well as a separate section on trafficking.

Trafficking in Human Beings in South Eastern Europe: 2003 Update to Trafficking in Human Beings in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, including the UN administered province of Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova and Romania, Barbara Limanowska, UNICEF, UNOHCHR, OSCE/ODIHR, 2003 (PDF, 312 pages).
This report provides an overview of the situation and responses to trafficking in persons from 2002 to April 2003. It examines prostitution, migration and trafficking, followed by a description of each country's responses, including national plans of action, legislation, victim support, trafficking in children, and prosecution.

Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2003 (Events of 2002), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 24 June 2003. (PDF, 11 pages).
This report discusses the situation of trafficking in persons in Macedonia.

Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective - Violence Against Women, Addendum 1, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 27 February 2003. (PDF, 435). 
This report has information regarding rape, prostitution, trafficking and domestic violence against women in Macedonia. Information on Macedonia can be found on page 385.

Survey of Legislative Frameworks for Combating Trafficking in Persons, Kristi Severance, American Bar Association, Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI), January 2003.
This survey presents an overview of the status of anti-trafficking legislation in 21 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, including Macedonia. The survey includes an overview of the scope of the problem and a summary of the role of the UN Trafficking Protocol and the human rights standards that should be applied in anti-trafficking legislation.

A Human Rights Report on Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children: Macedonia, The Protection Project, March 2002.
This report describes the background and case examples of trafficking. The report also discusses the domestic and international law on trafficking in persons in Macedonia.

A Form of Slavery: Trafficking in Women in OSCE Member States, The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF), prepared for the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings, Vienna, 19 June 2000. (PDF, 86 pages).
This report is based on information gathered in the region through questionnaires and contains data on such issues as existing legislation, government policies and NGO initiatives, existing victim support services and research for 29 countries in the CEE and FSU, including Macedonia.

Trafficking in Human Beings in Southeastern Europe: An Inventory of the Current Situation and Responses to Trafficking in Human Beings in Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, UNICEF, Area Office of the Balkans, 15 August 2000. (PDF, 109 pages).
Information on Macedonia can be found on pages 94-103.

Women 2000: An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 5 November 2000.
This is a resource for understanding current legislation regarding violence against women as well as the efficacy of such legislation and government programs.

Domestic Violence in Macedonia, Robin Phillips, Susannah Pollvogt and Karen Brooks, The Advocates for Human Rights, September 1998. (PDF, 34 pages).
This report provides a description of the prevalence of domestic violence in Macedonia, the national laws on domestic violence, and international legal obligations.

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