Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child 2007, para. 14.9.d
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[The Commission [...] urges Governments [...] to:] [14.9. Violence and discrimination] (d) Condemn violence against women and girls and refrain from invoking any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid their obligations with respect to its elimination, and hold up to public scrutiny and eliminate those attitudes that foster, justify, or tolerate violence;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Violence
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2007
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child (2007), para. 14.9.d.