Recognizing that violence against women is an offence against the dignity and integrity of the victim, which often inflicts serious physical and psychological harm, and that all forms of violence against women seriously violate and impair or nullify the enjoyment by women of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and constitute a major impediment to the ability of women to make use of their capabilities,
Reconociendo que la violencia contra la mujer es un delito contra la dignidad y la integridad de la víctima, que a menudo inflige graves daños físicos y psicológicos, y que todas las formas de violencia contra la mujer violan y menoscaban gravemente o anulan el disfrute por la mujer de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales y limitan seriamente su capacidad para aprovechar sus aptitudes,