Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls 1997, para. 1d
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[Recalling:] The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993, which proclaims, inter alia, that gender-based violence and all forms of sexual harassment and exploitation, including those resulting from cultural prejudice, are incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person and which stresses the importance of working towards the eradication of any conflicts which may arise between the rights of women and the harmful effects of certain traditional or customary practices,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Harmful Practices
Health
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
1997
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls (1997), A/RES/52/99, PP 1d.