and returnee women may be subject to particular human rights abuse;
(i)
Encourage incorporation of a gender perspective in national programmes
of action and in human rights and national institutions, within the
context of human rights advisory services programmes;
(j)
Provide training in the human rights of women for all United Nations
personnel and officials, especially those in human rights and
humanitarian relief activities, and promote their understanding of the
human rights of women so that they recognize and deal with violations
of the human rights of women and can fully take into account the
gender aspect of their work;
(k)
In reviewing the implementation of the plan of action for the United
Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (1995-2004), take into
account the results of the Fourth World Conference on Women.
Strategic objective I.2.
Ensure equality and non-discrimination
under the law and in practice
Actions to be taken
232. By Governments:
(a)
Give priority to promoting and protecting the full and equal enjoyment
by women and men of all human rights and fundamental freedoms without
distinction of any kind as to race, colour, sex, language, religion,
political or other opinions, national or social origins, property,
birth or other status;
(b)
Provide constitutional guarantees and/or enact appropriate legislation
to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex for all women and girls
of all ages and assure women of all ages equal rights and their full
enjoyment;
(c)
Embody the principle of the equality of men and women in their
legislation and ensure, through law and other appropriate means, the
practical realization of this principle;
(d)
Review national laws, including customary laws and legal practices in
the areas of family, civil, penal, labour and commercial law in order
to ensure the implementation of the principles and procedures of all
relevant international human rights instruments by means of national
legislation, revoke any remaining laws that discriminate on the basis
of sex and remove gender bias in the administration of justice;
(e)
Strengthen and encourage the development of programmes to protect the
human rights of women in the national institutions on human rights
that carry out programmes, such as human rights commissions or
ombudspersons, according them appropriate status, resources and access
to the Government to assist individuals, in particular women, and
ensure that these institutions pay adequate attention to problems
involving the violation of the human rights of women;
(f)
Take action to ensure that the human rights of women, including the
rights referred to in paragraphs 94 to 96 above, are fully respected
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