A/HRC/17/26 forms of violence against women will not be successful if they continue to be solely focused on the immediate health concerns of the victims, or on implementing legal measures that only consider the most severe forms of abuse. Violence against women happens because it can. Determining how best to protect, promote and fulfil women's rights to non-discrimination, equality and freedom from violence is fundamentally a question of law – with affirmative State obligations associated with preventing and eliminating gender-based violence, whether public or private. 106. Violence against women cannot be resolved with a one-size-fits-all programmatic approach. Combating violence against women requires multiple approaches for its elimination. In adopting multiple approaches, preventing and combating violence must become localized, but also take into account differences within community populations. In addition, multiple approaches require adequate human and material resources in order to assess and monitor how policies, laws and institutions impact violence and discrimination, including in the areas of redress and compensation to victims. 107. The interdependence of human rights requires countries to ratify all human rights treaties and optional protocols. While determining how best to protect, promote and fulfil women's rights to non-discrimination, equality and freedom from violence, it is essential that States respect their international commitments under the due diligence obligation to prevent, protect and provide compensation to women victims of violence perpetrated both in the public and private spheres, as well as to hold the perpetrators of such violence responsible for their actions. These obligations include a wide range of issues, including the adoption of legislation and public policies, and increased educational efforts aimed at addressing the prejudices and stereotypes on which gender-based violence and multiple forms of discrimination are based. Efforts should also support and empower the work being done by civil society in its efforts to combat violence against women. 108. The United Nations system and the United Nations human rights mechanisms should also strive to adopt a holistic approach to violence against women and multiple forms of discrimination. In particular, UN Women, which has the mandate to lead and coordinate United Nations efforts to protect and promote women's rights, should be mindful to integrate a holistic approach. This will require efforts at gendermainstreaming which systematically adopt a twin-track approach of both mainstreaming and specificity, which take into account women's inter- and intragender equality and non-discrimination rights, and also the right to be free of all forms of violence, both public and private. 22