Elimination of violence against women 2004, para. 15g

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[Stresses that States have an affirmative duty to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls and must exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish all acts of violence against women and girls, and calls upon States:] To intensify efforts to develop and/or utilize legislative, educational, social and other measures aimed at the prevention of violence against women and to ensure women's full and equal access to justice, including the adoption and implementation of laws, dissemination of information, active involvement with community based players, and training of legal, judicial and health personnel on gender based violence and related issues, and, where possible, through developing and strengthening support services;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2004
Paragraph type
OP
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
15g