Legal Protection
With the adoption of the new Constitution defining the country’s legal system and criteria, this department develops and expands its work within the Constitutional framework in order to further gender equality in the country. It liaises with the Ministry of Justice and the Commission of Judicial Reform to ensure that women’s human rights be explicitly recognized and protected in the judicial system and the standards set under international human rights instruments and being fulfilled.
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