Elimination of violence against women 2003, para. 14b

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[Stresses that States have an affirmative duty to promote and protect the human rights of women and girls and must exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and punish acts of all forms of violence against women and girls, and calls upon States:] To fully achieve and implement the goals set and commitments made relating to eliminating violence against women contained in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted in September 1995 by the Fourth World Conference on Women (A/CONF.177/20, chap. I) and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century";
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
2003
Paragraph type
OP
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
14b