Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: situation of women and girls with disabilities 2017, para. 14b
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
[Calls upon States to take effective action to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence, exploitation and abuse, including sexual violence and abuse, against women and girls with disabilities without delay, including by:] Taking all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination on the basis of gender and/or impairment by any person, organization or private enterprise, ensuring access to justice and accountability mechanisms and remedies for the effective implementation and enforcement of laws aimed at preventing and eliminating discrimination and violence against women and girls with disabilities, taking into account the multiple, intersecting and aggravating forms of discrimination, and protecting victims and witnesses from violence while investigating, prosecuting and punishing those responsible, including private actors, and providing access to redress and reparations where human rights violations or abuses occur;
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations General Assembly
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Vote
Thèmes
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Personnes concernées
Girls
Persons with disabilities
Women
Année
2017
Reference
UNGA resolution, Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: situation of women and girls with disabilities (2017), A/RES/72/162, OP 14b.