Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Ensuring due diligence in protection 2011, para. 5i
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
[Underscores that States have the primary responsibility for protecting women and girls facing violence and, in this regard, urges States:] To promote an increase in the number of women lawyers, judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officials where women are underrepresented in these professions, and to take steps to address any barriers that may be preventing women from entering these professions, including through the use of appropriate incentives, as important steps towards enhancing women’s awareness of their rights and the ability of the judiciary and law enforcement officials to be more sensitive to the specific and differentiated needs of women and girls who face targeted, compounded and structural discrimination;
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations Human Rights Council
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
Equality & Inclusion
Gender
Violence
Personnes concernées
Girls
Women
Année
2011
Type de paragraphe
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women: Ensuring due diligence in protection (2011), A/HRC/RES/17/11, OP 5i.