Modalities for the establishment of femicides/gender-related killings watch 2016, para. 82b
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[States should undertake to do the following:] Review and update legislation on violence against women in order to strengthen the prevention of violence against women, the prosecution of perpetrators and the provision of services and compensation for victims of such violence. States should, in particular, repeal all criminal provisions on homicide, femicide and violence against women that include factors, including passion, honour, provocation and violent emotion, that allow perpetrators to escape criminal responsibility for femicide;
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences