A/RES/70/176. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/176
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/70/176

General Assembly Distr.: General

8 January 2016

Seventieth session

Agenda item 106

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2015

[on the report of the Third Committee (A/70/490)]

70/176. Taking action against gende r-related killing of women

and girls

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Reca lli ng

i ts re solutio n 68/ 191 of 18 Decem ber 2 013 on ta king action agai nst

gend er-rela ted killin g o f women and gi rls, in part icular the ob ligatio n to promot e

and pr otect all hu man righ ts and fund amenta l f reedom s for all, inc luding wo men

and girls,

Dee ply co ncerne d

th at th e glob al pr evalenc e of differ ent m anifest ations of t he

gend er-rela ted kill ing of w omen an d girls is reach ing ala rming pr oporti ons, and

noti ng es peciall y that one of e very two w omen victim s of homici de is kille d by her

inti mate pa rtner o r a fa mily me mber,

1

Dee ply con cerned

also

at the scou rge of sexu al vio lence i n all s ituatio ns,

incl uding tho se of co nflict, and targ eted mass kidn apping , rape and kil ling of

wom en and girls,

Reca lli ng

the report of the Sp ecial Rapp orteur of the Hu man Rights Co uncil

on vio lence ag ainst wo men, its c auses and conseq uences

2

and Council r esoluti on

20/1 2 of 5 July 2 012 on accel erating effort s to el iminat e all f orms o f viole nce

agai nst wo men: re medies for wo men wh o have been subject ed to v iolenc e,

3

Reca lling a lso

the rep ort of t he Offi ce o f t he Unit ed Natio ns Hig h

Com mission er for H uman Ri ghts on c reating and/or s trength ening s ynergie s and

link ages on viole nce aga inst wo men a nd girl s

4

and Human Right s Coun cil reso lution

23/2 5 of 14 J une 2013 on accel erating e fforts to elimin ate all for ms of vio lence

agai nst w omen: pr eventi ng an d res pondin g to ra pe an d oth er fo rms of sex ual

viol enc e,

5

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1 See the Global Study on Homicide 2013 prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

2 A/HRC/20/16.

3 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53 and

corrigendum (A/67/53 and Corr.1), chap. IV, sect. A.

4 A/HRC/23/25.

5 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/68/53),

chap. V, sect. A.