Continuum of violence against women from the home to the transnational sphere: the challenges of effective redress 2011, para. 57
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The due diligence standard has challenged the traditional codification of international law that limited States' responsibility regarding human rights to the public sphere. It has now become clear that, by failing to respond to violence perpetrated in private spaces including intimate partner violence and/or domestic violence, States may be held responsible for not fulfilling their obligation to protect and punish violence and abuse in a non-discriminatory way.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences