Elimination of violence against women 2002, para. 14a
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[Stresses that States have an affirmative duty to promote and protect the human rights of women and must exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish acts of all forms of violence against women, and calls upon States:] To apply international human rights norms and to ratify and implement fully international human rights instruments that relate to violence against women and girls;