In 1992, during the 11th session of the CEDAW committee, the United Nations issued General Recommendation Number 19, which pertains specifically to the issue of violence against women. Although the provisions of this recommendation are not legally binding, as a signatory to CEDAW, India has a general obligation to take cognizance of these recommendations.
The General Recommendation No. 19 can be of particular importance in cases of domestic violence, as it clarifies:
“Traditional attitudes by which women are regarded as subordinate to men or as having stereotyped roles perpetuate widespread practices involving violence or coercion, such as family violence and abuse, forced marriage, dowry deaths….(etc). Such prejudices and practices may justify gender-based violence as a form of protection or control of women. The effect of such violence on the physical and mental integrity of women is to deprive them the equal enjoyment, exercise and knowledge of human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
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