Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women 2006, para. 7
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Recognizing that violence against women is rooted in historically unequal power relations between men and women and that all forms of violence against women seriously violate and impair or nullify the enjoyment by women of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and constitute a major impediment to the ability of women to make use of their capabilities,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Violence
Person(s) affected
Men
Women
Year
2006
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women (2006), A/RES/61/143, PP 7.