Gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19 2017, para. 25
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In addition, both international humanitarian law and human rights law have recognized the direct obligations of non-State actors in specific circumstances, including as parties to an armed conflict. Those obligations include the prohibition of torture, which is part of customary international law and has become a peremptory norm (jus cogens).
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Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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General Comment / Recommendation
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Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
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2017
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Other
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Responsibility for acts or omissions of non-State actors