15 Steps to Protect Women’s Human Rights
by Amnesty International (AI)
1. Governments should recognize that women's human rights are universal and indivisible.
2. Ratify and implement international instruments for the protection of human rights.
3. Eradicate discrimination, which denies women human rights.
4. Safeguard women's human rights during armed conflict.
5. Stop rape, sexual abuse and other torture and ill-treatment by government agents and paramilitary auxiliaries.
6. Prevent "disappearances" and extrajudicial executions by government agents and compensate the victims.
7. Stop persecution because of family connections.
8. Safeguard the health rights of women in custody.
9. Release all prisoners of conscience immediately and unconditionally.
10. Ensure prompt and fair trials for all political prisoners.
11. Prevent human rights violations against women refugees and asylum-seekers and displaced women.
12. Abolish the death penalty.
13. Support the work of relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations.
14. Promote women's rights as human rights through official programs of education and training.
15. Armed political groups should safeguard women's human rights.
