Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (2015), para. 05
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Reaffirming the obligation of all States to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and reaffirming also that discrimination on the basis of sex is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 5 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 6 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 7 the Convention on the Rights of the Child 8 and the Optional Protocols thereto, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 10 and other international human rights instruments, such as the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 11 and that its elimination is a cross-cutting issue and an integral part of efforts towards the elimination of all forms of violence against women,