Due Diligence Framework on State Accountability for Eliminating Violence against Women
- Creator
- Azis, Sarizana Abdul
- Moussa, Janine
Due Diligence Framework on State Accountability for Eliminating Violence against Women
'The ‘due diligence principle’, as it is commonly termed, holds States accountable for human rights abuses committed not only by the State or State actors, but also by non-State actors. Violence against women (VAW) is most often perpetrated by non-State actors — for example, a close male relative or an intimate partner. The due diligence principle is a critical tool in the formulation of accountability. By making the State accountable for violence perpetrated by non-State actors, public international law recognizes that VAW, regardless of who commits it, constitutes human rights violations. Due diligence has also ruptured the artificial ‘public/private sphere’ divide and the dichotomy between State and non-State actors, as States are now not only permitted but .obliged to enter the so-called ‘private sphere’ where most instances of VAW take place and where States have traditionally been barred.'
- Creator
- Azis, Sarizana Abdul
- Moussa, Janine