Adequacy of the international legal framework on violence against women 2017, para. 46
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Civil society organizations considered that the details of States’ “respect, protect, fulfil” obligations should be openly spelled out, including with clear parameters for showing when there was a violation of human rights. There was also a need for specific language to highlight the responsibility of States for the actions of non-State actors.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences