In view of these statistics, the committee calls for the Commission and Member States to consider violence against women as a violation of human rights, and as a "structural phenomenon and a crucial barrier to efforts to overcome inequality".
Padome 2005. gada 13. jūnija deklarācijā konstatē, ka “nav ievērojama progresa cilvēktiesību jomā Kubā”, vienlaikus tā atzīst, ka daži nosodāmi pasākumi ir atlikti.