A/RES/68/191
United Nations
Distr.: General
11 February 2014
General Assembly
Sixty-eighth session
Agenda item 108
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/457)]
68/191. Taking action against gender-related killing of women
and girls
The General Assembly,
Deeply concerned that the global prevalence of different manifestations of the
gender-related killing of women and girls 1 is reaching alarming proportions,
Concerned about violent gender-related killing of women and girls, while
recognizing efforts made to address that form of violence in different regions,
including in countries where the concept of femicide or feminicide has been
incorporated into national legislation,
Aware that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2 affirms the principle
of the inadmissibility of discrimination and proclaims that all human beings are
born free and equal in dignity and rights and that everyone is entitled to all the
rights and freedoms set forth in the Declaration, especially to the right to life,
liberty and security of person, without distinction of any kind, including distinction
based on sex,
Emphasizing the importance of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence
against Women, 3 which defines violence against women as any act of gender-based
violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological
harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary
deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private spheres,
Conscious of the commitments undertaken by States parties through the
adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, 4 which requires State parties to take all appropriate political, social,
economic and cultural measures, including legislation, to ensure the full
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1
Gender-related killing of women and girls is criminalized in some countries as “femicide” or
“feminicide” and has been incorporated as such into national legislation in those countries.
2
Resolution 217 A (III).
3
Resolution 48/104.
4
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