Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 1993, para. 5
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Affirming that violence against women constitutes a violation of the rights and fundamental freedoms of women and impairs or nullifies their enjoyment of those rights and freedoms, and concerned about the long-standing failure to protect and promote those rights and freedoms in the case of violence against women,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Declaration / Confererence outcome document
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Violence
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
1993
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993), A/RES/48/104, PP 5.