Regional law and policy is in the process of developing through regional organizations such as the Council of Europe (COE), and is in the process of being developed in the European Union (EU). Although there is relatively little law that deals specifically with domestic violence, the obligations imposed by the EU's legal framework regarding violence against women would govern Member States' obligations with regard to domestic violence. Similarly, while the COE has yet to create a binding instrument concerning domestic violence, the problem has been receiving increasing attention and both the COE and its Council of Ministers have issued a number of recommendations on domestic violence.