Existing legal standards and practices regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems and activities being undertaken by civil society regarding the normative gap in international human rights law 2015, para. 6
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Both the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council have adopted resolutions on the broad theme "Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights". In paragraph 5 (h) of its resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006, the Assembly specifically stated that the Council should, inter alia, work in close cooperation in the field of human rights with Governments, regional organizations, national human rights institutions and civil society. In its resolution 12/15, adopted in 2009, the Council reaffirmed the fact that regional arrangements (mechanisms) played an important role in promoting and protecting human rights and that they should reinforce universal human rights standards, as contained in international human rights instruments.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences