Gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19 2017, para. 6
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Despite those advances, gender-based violence against women, whether committed by States, intergovernmental organizations or non-State actors, including private persons and armed groups, remains pervasive in all countries, with high levels of impunity. It manifests itself on a continuum of multiple, interrelated and recurring forms, in a range of settings, from private to public, including technology-mediated settings and in the contemporary globalized world it transcends national boundaries.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women