CEDAW General Recommendation No. 19 - 1992 - Violence Against Women

Abstract:

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CEDAW/Pages/Recommendations.aspx

The Convention in Article 1 defines discrimination against women. The definition of discrimination includes gender-based violence, that is, violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately. It includes acts that inflict physical, mental or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such acts, coercion and other deprivations of liberty. Gender-based violence may breach specific provisions of the Convention, regardless of whether those provisions expressly mention violence. 

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