Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. j
Paragraph
Original document
Document type
Regional treaty
Paragraph text
For the purpose of the present Protocol: j) Violence against women means all acts perpetrated against women which cause or could cause them physical, sexual, psychological, and economic harm, including the threat to take such acts; or to undertake the imposition of arbitrary restrictions on or deprivation of fundamental freedoms in private or public life in peace time and during situations of armed conflicts or of war;
Document legal status
Legally binding
Document body
Regional bodies: African Union
Document means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Humanitarian
Violence
Person(s) affected
Women
Document year
2003
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003), Article 1, j.