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Non-state actors

This manual aims to provide tools to help further the work of activists particularly those investigating and addressing violence against women perpetrated by non-state actors. It is especially designed for activists without legal backgrounds, with the aim of directing them towards legal definitions and human rights mechanisms that may help them in their efforts to ensure that states fully meet their obligation to protect.

Divided into four parts the document covers:

• Standards for documenting abuse by non-state actors
• violence against women by non-state actors, framing the issues
• human rights concepts and the human rights framework as crucial tools to address violence against women by non-state actors
• documentation work from an activists perspective

The authors conclude that human rights principles, when used as a campaign tool, are effective:

• in highlighting human rights violations
• in influencing and mobilizing public and community opinion
• in pressuring social actors, even at a very modest, localized level

The report stresses the importance of informing women of their rights. This is crucial to empowering them, and ultimately to promoting the vision of a world in which violence against women does not occur.

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