Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence 2016, para. 16a
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[Also urges States to take effective action to protect victims of all forms of violence, including domestic violence, including by:] Providing relevant, comprehensive and victim-centred legal protection to support and assist victims of domestic violence in a gender-sensitive manner, within the framework of their national legal systems, including, as appropriate, legislative or other measures throughout the criminal and civil justice system;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence (2016), A/RES/71/170, OP 16a.