A/RES/70/176
Taking action against gender-related killing of women and girls
Recalling further its resolution 69/147 of 18 December 2014 on the
intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls,
Taking note with appreciation of the political declaration on the occasion of
the twentieth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women adopted by the
Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-ninth session, 6 which focused on the
20-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, 7
Expressing its gratitude to the Government of Thailand for hosting and
chairing the meeting of the open-ended intergovernmental expert group on genderrelated killing of women and girls, held in Bangkok from 11 to 13 November 2014,
as mandated by resolution 68/191,
Taking note with appreciation of the recommendations of the above-mentioned
expert group meeting, 8
Welcoming the Doha Declaration on Integrating Crime Prevention and
Criminal Justice into the Wider United Nations Agenda to Address Social and
Economic Challenges and to Promote the Rule of Law at the National and
International Levels, and Public Participation, 9 in particular the endeavour of
Member States to mainstream a gender perspective into criminal justice systems by
developing and implementing national strategies and plans, in order to promote the
full protection of women and girls from all acts of violence, including genderrelated killing of women and girls,
Stressing the importance of eliminating all forms of violence against all
women and girls in the public and private spheres and significantly reducing all
forms of violence and related death rates everywhere, in the context of the
post-2015 development agenda, 10
Stressing also that States have the obligation to promote and protect all human
rights and fundamental freedoms for all, including women and girls, to take
measures to prevent and investigate acts of violence against women and girls and to
prosecute and punish those responsible, no matter who the perpetrators of such
crimes are, and to eliminate impunity,
Expressing appreciation for the work undertaken by the United Nations system
in preventing and responding to all forms of violence against women and girls,
Viewing with appreciation the considerable input of many civil society
organizations, as well as academia, in addressing the different forms of violence
against women and girls, through research and direct action in their respective
communities,
Taking note of national and international judicial decisions that condemn mass
killing of women and girls,
Remaining alarmed by the high level of impunity with regard to gender-related
killing of women and girls and the fact that violence against women and girls is
among the least prosecuted and punished crimes in the world,
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6
Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2015, Supplement No. 7 (E/2015/27), chap. I,
sect. C, resolution 59/1, annex.
7
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.
8
See E/CN.15/2015/16.
9
Resolution 70/174, annex.
10
See A/68/970 and Corr.1.
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