(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;
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