PART TWO CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL RIGHTS ARTICLE4 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS 1. States Parties shall endeavour, by 2015, to enshrine gender equality and equity in their Constitutions and ensure that these rights are not compromised by any provisions, laws or practices. 2. States Parties shall implement legislative and other measures to eliminate all practices which negatively affect the fundamental rights of women, men, girls and boys, such as their right to life, health, dignity, education and physical integrity. ARTICLE 5 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION States Parties shall put in place affirmative action measures with particular reference to women in order to eliminate all barriers which prevent them from participating meaningfully in all spheres of life and create a conducive environment for such participation. ARTICLES DOMESTIC LEGISLATION 1. States Parties shall review, amend and or repeal all laws that discriminate on the ground of sex or gender by 2015. 2. States Parties shall enact and enforce legislative and other measures to: (a) ensure equal access to justice and protection before the law; (b) abolish the minority status of women by 2015; (c) eliminate practices which are detrimental to the achievement of the rights of women by prohibiting such practices and attaching deterrent sanctions thereto; and (d) eliminate gender based violence. ARTICLE 7 EQUALITY IN ACCESSING JUSTICE States Parties shall put in place legislative and other measures which promote and ensure the practical realization of equality for women. These measures shall ensure: