UN: Joint declaration of the Special Rapporteurs on women's rights
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Rights & Democracy Recalling that women’s rights are human rights, we, the Special Rapporteurs, reaffirm our commitment to international standards of women’s rights.
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and the Special Rapporteurs on women’s rights of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights met for the first time on 28 February and 1 March 2002, in Montreal, at a meeting organized by Rights & Democracy.
Website Link:
http://www.ichrdd.ca/DeclarationSRFinalEnglish.html
Submitted on Fri, 03/08/2002 - 01:00
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