Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls 1998, para. 3
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Reaffirming the obligation of all States to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as stated in the Charter of the United Nations, reaffirming also the obligations contained in later human rights instruments, in particular article 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and mindful of article 2, subparagraph (a), of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Health
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
1998
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls (1998), A/RES/53/117, PP 3.