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An Essay on Violence Against Women - Domestic Violence and International Legal Documents Concerning This IssueV iolence against women and especially domestic violence against women is the most ignored human rights violation by legal systems. In the recent period, however, some significant changes have been made to tackle with the violence against women on national and international levels and states have adopted efficient policies and enacted important legislations on this issue. In spite of this progress, the inadequency of domestic legislations and the problems of implementation of existing regulations indicate that more efficient legal ways which must be in compliance with international standards in international legal documents should be adopted in order to prevent violence against women and to protect the victims and a widespread belief in this necessity has arisen lately. The first part of this study aims to briefly explore the concepts of violence against women, domestic violence against women, and the types of violence. In the second part, international legal documents on violence against women will be analysed in detail and our estimation on this issue will be presented

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