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(c) The work carried out by civil society, including non-governmental
organizations, such as women’s organizations, grass-roots movements and
individuals, in raising awareness of such crimes and their harmful effects;
2.
Expresses its concern that women continue to be victims of crimes
committed in the name of honour, and at the continuing occurrence in all regions of
the world of such violence, which takes many different forms, and at failures to
prosecute and punish perpetrators;
3.
Calls upon all States:
(a) To fulfil their obligations under the relevant international human rights
instruments and to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 7 and
the outcome document of the special session of the General Assembly;8
(b) To continue to intensify efforts to prevent and eliminate crimes against
women committed in the name of honour, which take many different forms, by
using legislative, administrative and programmatic measures;
(c) To investigate promptly and thoroughly, prosecute effectively and
document cases of crimes against women committed in the name of honour and
punish the perpetrators;
(d) To take all necessary measures to ensure that such crimes are not
tolerated;
(e) To intensify efforts to raise awareness of the need to prevent and
eliminate crimes against women committed in the name of honour, with the aim of
changing the attitudes and behaviour that allow such crimes to be committed by
involving, inter alia, community leaders;
(f) To encourage the efforts of the media to engage in awareness-raising
campaigns;
(g) To encourage, support and implement measures and programmes aimed
at increasing the knowledge and understanding of the causes and consequences of
crimes against women committed in the name of honour, including the provision of
training for those responsible for enforcing the law, such as police personnel and
judicial and legal personnel, and to strengthen their capacity to respond to
complaints of such crimes in an impartial and effective manner and take necessary
measures to ensure the protection of actual and potential victims;
(h) To continue to support the work of civil society, including nongovernmental organizations, in addressing this issue and to strengthen cooperation
with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations;
(i) To establish, strengthen or facilitate, where possible, support services to
respond to the needs of actual and potential victims by, inter alia, providing for them
the appropriate protection, safe shelter, counselling, legal aid, health-care services,
rehabilitation and reintegration into society;
(j) To address effectively complaints of crimes against women committed in
the name of honour, inter alia, by creating, strengthening or facilitating institutional
mechanisms so that victims and others can report such crimes in a safe and
confidential environment;
(k) To gather and disseminate statistical information on the occurrence of
such crimes, including information disaggregated by age;
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