Violence against women as a barrier to the effective realization of all human rights 2014, para. 13
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Individuals cannot influence the decision-making processes affecting their lives, livelihoods and the life of their community without their human rights being respected, protected and fulfilled. Having a voice and stake in community action, requires active political participation and civic engagement in various areas of social, political, civil, and economic aspects of community life. Thus citizenship rights that embrace multiple sites of political participation and civic engagement, establish a relationship between individuals and the State and also among individual citizens. This implies not only rights and responsibilities, but also interaction and influence within the community. States, in turn, have an affirmative obligation to promote and protect all human rights, in order to enable the effective exercise of citizenship rights.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences