Closing the gap in international human rights law: lessons from three regional human rights systems on legal standards and practices regarding violence against women 2015, para. 40
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The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms reflects Western European standards and morals as applicable to the European context. It entered into force on 3 September 1953. The Convention lists both substantive and ancillary rights, including the right to an effective remedy and the prohibition of discrimination. Subsequent amending protocols guarantee a number of other rights, including the right of equality between spouses (see Protocol No. 7, art. 5), and the general right not to suffer discrimination (see Protocol No. 12, art. 1).
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences