(c) To condemn violence against women and not invoke custom, tradition or practices in the name of religion to avoid their obligations to eliminate such violence; (d) To enact and, where necessary, reinforce or amend penal, civil, labour and administrative sanctions in domestic legislation to punish and redress the wrongs done to women and girls subjected to any form of violence, whether in the home, the workplace, the community or society, in custody or in situations of armed conflict, and to ensure that they conform with relevant international human rights instruments and humanitarian law; (e) To adopt laws, where necessary, and reinforce existing laws that punish police, security forces or any other agents of the State who engage in acts of violence against women in the course of the performance of their duties, and to review existing legislation and take effective measures against the perpetrators of such violence; (f) To cooperate with the International Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the apprehension and prosecution of individuals indicted for gender-related crimes and all other crimes within their jurisdiction; page 3

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