Stop Violence Against Women
A project of The Advocates for Human Rights

International Symposium: "Due Diligence and Violen

The "Due Diligence and Violence Against Women" International Symposium will be held at the University of Berne in Switzerland from September 21-23. This symposium is open to academics, students, representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations and politicians. The symposium will serve as an information forum for the international legal concept of due diligence and launch an interdisciplinary debate focusing on four main topics: violence in the family, trafficking in women, violence in armed combat, and violence legitimized with arguments of "culture."

For details and registration information, please visit: http://www.izfg.unibe.ch/duediligence/e/index_e.htm

Compiled from: INSTRAW News, July 2005

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