The Convention applies to violence perpetrated by public authorities. Such acts of violence may breach that State's obligations under general international human rights law and under other conventions, in addition to breaching this Convention.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Type de document
General Comment / Recommendation
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Violence
Personnes concernées
Women
Année
1992
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 19, Violence against women (1992), para. 8.