A/RES/57/179 (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; 3

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