Strengthening+crime+prevention+and+criminal+justice+responses+to+violence+against+women


 * Issue 3-** **Strengthening crime prevention and criminal justice responses to violence against women**

“There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable." -Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The majority of women will experience some form of personal violence in their lifetime. It is not confined to a particular race, class, region, or country. Victims of violence against women face problems with their ability to participate in public and private life, which is why this problem needs to be addressed by the international community. Resolution 52/86 of 12 December 1997, in which it adopted the Model Strategies and Practical Measures on the Elimination of Violence against Women in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Resolutions 61/143 of 19 December 2006, 62/133 of 18 December 2007, 63/155 of 18 December 2008 and 64/137 of 18 December 2009 on the intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women,
 * Main Points:**
 * International Community Has already done:**

Colombia strongly opposes women's rights and supports, the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women was passed by the General Assembly in 1993. The Declaration defines violence against women as “an act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”
 * Country's point of view:**

Colombia feels that the importance of a comprehensive, well-coordinated, effective and adequately resourced response by the United Nations system to all forms of violence against women is needed.
 * Solutions:**