last updated 18 May 2007

The UN website contains a page on the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, which includes reports, NGO statements, draft resolutions and information about issues in focus and country visits.

UN Fact Sheet No. 27, Seventeen Frequently Asked Questions about United Nations Special Rapporteurs (PDF, 24 pages), provides background information into the mandate of the rapporteurs generally. Most UN Fact Sheets can be accessed on the web.

Frontline, an Irish NGO, has created a manual, entitled Human Rights, Human Wrongs. The manual provides detailed information on special rapporteurs, as well as the complaint mechanism.