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Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, also places emphasis on due
diligence.
31.
In 2011, the General Assembly adopted resolution 65/228 on strengthening crime
prevention and criminal justice responses to violence against women. In the resolution, the
Assembly reaffirmed the 1997 Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination
of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and
adopted the updated Model Strategies and Practical Measures, as developed by the
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The Model Strategies and Practical
Measures are underpinned by notions of State responsibility to act with due diligence, and
Member States are urged to be guided by the overall principle that effective crime
prevention and criminal justice responses to violence against women are human rightsbased, manage risk and promote victim safety and empowerment while ensuring offender
accountability (para. 13 (a)).
32.
The campaign of the Secretary-General entitled “UNiTE to End Violence against
Women” brings together a host of United Nations agencies and other partners to galvanize
action across the United Nations system to respond to and prevent violence against women.
UNiTE calls on governments, civil society, women’s organizations, young people, the
private sector, the media and the entire United Nations system to join forces in addressing
the global pandemic of violence against women and girls. UNiTE aims to achieve, by 2015,
the following five goals in all countries: adopt and enforce national laws to address and
punish all forms of violence against women and girls; adopt and implement multisectoral
national action plans; strengthen data collection on the prevalence of violence against
women and girls; increase public awareness and social mobilization; and address sexual
violence in conflict.20
33.
In 2010, the United Nations Development Fund for Women (now integrated into the
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWomen)) produced the National Accountability Framework to End Violence against
Women and Girls as a tool to assist Member States in their national-level efforts at
monitoring laws, policies and programmes.21 This framework draws on and expands on
many of the issues raised in the 1999 report of the first Special Rapporteur on violence
against women. It includes a checklist of key elements for promoting national
accountability to end violence against women. The 10 broad questions are:
(a)
Are various forms of violence against women and girls addressed?
(b)
Are data collection, analysis and dissemination systems in place?
(c)
Do policies and programmes reflect a holistic, multisectoral approach?
(d)
Are emergency “Frontline Services” available and accessible?
(e)
Is national legislation adequate and aligned with human rights standards?
(f)
standards?
(g)
Do decrees, regulations and protocols establish responsibilities and
Is there a National Action Plan and are key policies in place and under way?
(h)
Are sufficient resources regularly provided to enforce laws and implement
programmes?
20
21
10
See http://endviolence.un.org/.
See http://admin.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2010/1/ending-violence-againstwomen-and-girls-unifem-strategy-and-information-kit.
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