Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (2016), para. 03
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Affirming the obligation of all States to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and also that all forms of discrimination, including discrimination against women and girls, are contrary to the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 2 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 3 the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 5 and other human rights instruments,