Eliminating discrimination against women in cultural and family life, with a focus on the family as a cultural space 2015, para. 65
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The obligation of the State to protect women and girls' right to equality in the family compels the authorities to prevent discrimination by private actors. Due diligence as a principle of State action should result in a global model of prevention, protection, prosecution, punishment and redress for acts of discrimination and violence against women in cultural and family life.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Person(s) affected
Families
Girls
Women
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
WG Discrimination Against Women, Report to the HRC (2015), A/HRC/29/40, para. 65.