A/RES/48/104 Page 4 (c) The right to liberty and security of person; 8/ (d) The right to equal protection under the law; 7/ (e) The right to be free from all forms of discrimination; 7/ (f) The right to the highest standard attainable of physical and mental health; 9/ (g) The right to just and favourable conditions of work; 10/ (h) The right not to be subjected to torture, or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 11/ Article 4 States should condemn violence against women and should not invoke any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid their obligations with respect to its elimination. States should pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating violence against women and, to this end, should: (a) Consider, where they have not yet done so, ratifying or acceding to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women or withdrawing reservations to that Convention; (b) Refrain from engaging in violence against women; Exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate and, in (c) accordance with national legislation, punish acts of violence against women, whether those acts are perpetrated by the State or by private persons; _____________ 8/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 3; and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 9. 9/ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, article 12. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 23; and 10/ International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, articles 6 and 7. 11/ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 5; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 7; and Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. /...