General Resources 

Women's Human Rights Step by Step, Women Law & Development International and Human Rights Watch Women's Rights Project (1997).
This publication can be ordered through the website of Women Law and Development International.

Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence Against Women, World Health Organization, WHO/FC FCH/H/G GWH/WH/0 01.1 (2001).

CEDAW Assessment Tool, Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) of the American Bar Association.

The International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development (ICHRDD) and Amnesty International: 

• A Methodology for Gender-Sensitive Research (Agnès Callamard, 1999);
• Documenting Human Rights Violations by State Agents: Sexual Violence (Agnès Callamard, 1999);
• Investigating Women's Rights Violations in Armed Conflicts (Agnès Callamard, 2001). 

These three publications can be ordered through the ICHRDD website, under "Publications" and "Women's Rights."

The Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Professional Training Series:

• Manual No. 7, Training Manual on Human Rights Monitoring; and
• Manual on Human Rights Reporting under Six Major International Human Rights Instruments.

Shadow Reports 

Producing NGO Shadow Reports to CEDAW, International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW).

Bringing Rights to Bear: An Analysis of the Work of U.N. Treaty Monitoring Bodies on Reproductive and Sexual Rights, the Center for Reproductive Rights, November 2002.