Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Eliminating domestic violence 2015, para. 14

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  • Resolution
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Underscoring the fact that shame, stigma, fear of reprisals and negative economic consequences, such as loss of livelihood or reduced household income, prevent many women and girls from leaving dangerous relationships, reporting or acting as witnesses in cases of domestic violence, and seeking redress and justice for these crimes,

Document legal status
  • Negotiated soft law
Document body
  • United Nations Human Rights Council
Document means of adoption
  • Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Gender
  • Violence
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Document year
  • 2015
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PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Eliminating domestic violence (2015), A/HRC/RES/29/14, PP 14.
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14