Table of Contents -- Preface (Carin Benninger-Budel, Christina Hausammann, Stella Jegher, Regula Ludi, Brigitte Schnegg) -- Acknowledgements -- introduction (Carin Benninger-Budel) -- Section I Due Dilligence: Standards, Problems and Outlook -- The Due Diligence standard: What Does it Entail for Women's Rights? (Yakin Ertürk) -- The History and Development of the Due Diligence standard in international Law and its Role in the Protection of Women against Violence (Joanna Bourke-Martignoni) -- Preventing Violence against Women: The Due Diligence standard with Respect to the Obligation to banish Gender stereotypes on the Grounds of Article 5 (a) of the CEDAW Convention (Rikki Holtmaat) -- Emerging Human Rights Obligations for non-state Actors (Ineke Boerefijn and Eva Naezer) -- Due Diligence and the Power of Economic Players (Helen O'Connell) -- Due Diligence and the Fight against Gender-based Violence in the inter-American system (Elizabeth A.H. Abi-Mershed) -- Applying the Due Diligence Principle in Asia Pacific (Lisa Pusey) -- Section II Due Dilligence in Context -- Domestic Violence -- South Africa's Response to Domestic Violence (Dee Smythe) -- Violence against Women by non-state Actors, a Responsibility for the state under Human Rights Law: Amnesty international's Work on Domestic Violence (Lisa Gormley) -- Spain: More Rights, but the Obstacles Remain (María Naredo Molero) -- Trafficking in Women -- Human Trafficking: A brief introduction to issues of Responsibility and Accountability (Anne Gallagher) -- Problems with the implementation of the Due Diligence standard from the Perspective of Countries of Origin in the OsCE Region (Shivaun Scanlan) -- Human Trafficking in Germany (Nivedita Prasad and Babette Rohner) -- Violence against Women Legitimised with Arguments of 'Culture'.

Violence against Women, Cultural/Religious Traditions and the international standard of Due Diligence (Judith Wyttenbach) -- Violence against Women Legitimised by Arguments of 'Culture' - Thoughts from a Pakistani Perspective (Farida Shaheed) -- Controlling Women's sexuality, sustaining Dominant Culture(s), Legitimising Gender-based Violence: The Case for Due Diligence (Susana T. Fried) -- Violence in Armed Conflict -- Violence against Women in Armed Conflict (Theodor Winkler) -- Table of Cases -- The Contributors -- The supporting Organisations -- index.