Working towards the elimination of crimes against women and girls committed in the name of honour 2000, para. 1
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Expresses its concern at the fact that women continue to be victims of various forms of violence, including those that are identified in the outcome document of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century", and at the continuing occurrence in all regions of the world of such violence, including crimes against women committed in the name of honour, which take many different forms, and also expresses its concern at the fact that some perpetrators assume that they have some justification for committing such crimes;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Vote
Topic(s)
Gender
Violence
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2000
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Working towards the elimination of crimes against women and girls committed in the name of honour (2000), A/RES/55/66, OP 1.