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tion comes before parliament for ratification, and work to review and adapt
legislation to ensure implementation of its provisions.
Similar commitments are enshrined in the UN World Programme of
Action concerning Disabled Persons (UN GA 37/52), and regional plans
such as those embodied in the African Decade of Disabled Persons (2000-
2009).
In developing strategies for implementing this groundbreaking treaty
at a national level, parliamentarians can advocate for ratification and
incorporation into national law. In addition, opportunities to connect implementation
to recognition and service provision for survivors of armed
violence are present for parliamentarians to act upon.
The WHO Global Campaign for Violence Prevention
The WHO’s global campaign is based on the recommendations from the
first ever World Report on Violence and Health (2002). It aims to “raise
awareness about the problem of violence, highlight the crucial role that
public health can play in addressing its causes and consequences and
encourage action at every level of society.” 51 Goals from this campaign are
of significance for national action and include:
1. Create, implement and monitor a national action plan for violence
prevention
2. Enhance capacity for collecting data on violence
3. Define priorities for, and support research on, the causes, consequences,
costs and prevention of violence
4. Promote primary prevention responses
5. Strengthen responses for victims of violence
6. Integrate violence prevention into social and educational policies, and
thereby promote gender and social equality
7. Increase collaboration and exchange of information on violence
prevention
8. Promote and monitor adherence to international treaties, laws and
other mechanisms to protect human rights
9. Seek practical, internationally agreed responses to the drugs trade and
the global arms trade
The WHO proposes four practical country-level recommendations to
strengthen services for the victims of violence:
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