Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 1993, para. 4c
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[States should condemn violence against women and should not invoke any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid their obligations with respect to its elimination. States should pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating violence against women and, to this end, should:] Exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and, in accordance with national legislation, punish acts of violence against women, whether those acts are perpetrated by the State or by private persons;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
1993
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993), A/RES/48/104, OP 4c.