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Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women
was adopted without vote by the
United Nations General Assembly
in its resolution 48/104 of 20 December 1993. Contained within it is the recognition of "the urgent need for the universal application to women of the rights and principles with regard to equality, security, liberty, integrity and dignity of all human beings". The resolution is often seen as complementary to, and a strengthening of, the work of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
and
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
. It recalls and embodies the same rights and principles as those enshrined in such instruments as the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and Articles 1 and 2 provide the most widely used definition of
violence against women
. As a consequence of the resolution, in 1999, the General Assembly, led by the representative from the Dominican Republic, designated 25 November as the
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
.
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