Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls 1997, para. 1f
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[Recalling:] The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action, adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women, which, inter alia, call upon Governments to enact and enforce legislation against the perpetrators of practices and acts of violence against women, such as female genital mutilation, female infanticide, prenatal sex selection and dowry-related violence, and to give vigorous support to the efforts of non-governmental and community organizations to eliminate such practices,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Harmful Practices
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
1997
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Traditional or customary practices affecting the health of women and girls (1997), A/RES/52/99, PP 1f.