The Due Diligence Project
The Due Diligence Project is dedicated to reimagining effective implementation of women’s human rights at the international, national, community and personal levels. It has a targeted mandate to undertake in-depth analysis to sharpen and refine accountability standards and work with key stakeholders to incorporate human rights norms and standards into State policies and programmes and apply human rights norms to contemporary and emerging issues and enhance implementation. With the increasingly critical role of non-State transnational industry actors, the Due Diligence Project has also expanded its mandate to include the human rights norms and standards applicable to business entities.
Paper on Due Diligence and Accountability for Online Violence against Women
Resources
Research into information communication technology (digital and online) related violence against women and girls (ICT VAWG) in five countries i.e. India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines and the Republic of Korea.
The Due Diligence Project, through its director was involved in the design and delivery of judicial training and capacity-building covering gender sensitization and gender-based violence laws and related issues (from a human rights, constitutional, legal and religious perspectives) of over 400 district-level judges in Pakistan.
Court Companion on Gender-based Violence Cases at https://www.adb.org/publications/court-companion-gender-based-violence-cases
The Due Diligence Framework offers a comprehensive framework for approaching violence against women based on the international legal principle of due diligence through its designation of the “5Ps” – prevention, protection, prosecution, punishment, and provision of redress. The Framework was the culmination of a three-half year research project across 48 countries to find ways to have more effective programming through the lens of State obligation to eliminate violence against women. Download