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due diligence

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Principle of international law that mandates states to exercise due diligence in preventing and investigating violations of human rights, providing protection to victims, punishing perpetrators and compensating the victim for human rights violations. 

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CEDAW Committee’s jurisprudence developed through the committee’s General Recommendations and views and recommendations issued upon consideration of complaints under the Optional Protocol to the CEDAW Convention.

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Related term:
gender balance
Broader term:
equal access to justice for women and men, human rights of women and girls
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1093?lang=en
Filed under: 
Governance
Law and justice
Governance
Politics and policy-making

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.