- RESUMÉ Mezinárodněprávní aspekty násilí na ženách The international legal aspects of the violence against women The main purpose of my thesis is to describe basic legal instruments which regulates area of violence against women and analyse a development of a legal regulation adopted by regions and whole international community. Minor purpose of this thesis is to evaluate possible connection between violence against women and religion. Violence against women is still everyday problem in each part of the world. The thesis is composed of six principal chapters. Chapter one describes basic forms of violence against women which are determined by Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, since 1993. The Declaration defines Violence against Women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, includin threats of such acts, cercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occuring in public or in private life." Chapter two presents several areas which are specific for the violence against women and also demonstrates basic legislations adopted in each area. These areas are international humanitarian law, which includes Geneva Conventions and general section of human rights including women...