International law aspects of violence against women

65 11. Resumé Mezinárodněprávní aspekty násilí na ženách The international legal aspects of the violence against women The theme of this thesis is concerning with the violence against women. There are three basic areas of violence against women: 1. the area of a humanitarian law 2. trafficking in women 3. discrimination against women The humanitarian law is connected with a status of women in an army conflict. An army conflict does not necessary need to take place in several countries. There is also a possibility of a national conflict. The basic international documents in this field are Geneva Conventions and Protocols to them. Presently almost all the states in the world are contract parties of these Conventions. In 2002 The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court entered into force. International Criminal Court is the is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. This court, among other things, helps to women as victims of the violence to be better protected. Trafficking in women is a very actual theme. There are millions of girls and women all over the world who became victims of this type of human trafficking. This is an international, organized,..