CEDAW/C/GC/35 contraception and post-exposure prophylaxis against HIV. States should provide specialized women’s support services, such as gratis helplines operating around the clock and sufficient numbers of safe and adequately equipped crisis, support and referral centres and adequate shelters for women, their children and other family members, as required; 67 (iv) Providing women in institutions, including residential care homes, asylum centres and places of deprivation of liberty, with protective and support measures in relation to gender-based violence; 68 (v) Establishing and implementing appropriate multisectoral referral mechanisms to ensure effective access to comprehensive services for survivors of such violence, ensuring the full participation of and cooperation with non-governmental women’s organizations; (b) Ensure that all legal proceedings, protective and support measures and services concerning victims/survivors respect and strengthen their autonomy. They should be accessible to all women, in particular those affected by intersecting forms of discrimination, take into account any specific needs of their children a nd other dependants, 69 be available throughout the State party and be provided irrespective of residency status or ability or willingness to cooperate in legal proceedings against the alleged perpetrator. 70 States should also respect the principle of non-refoulement; 71 (c) Address factors that heighten the risk to women of exposure to serious forms of gender-based violence, such as the ready accessibility and availability of firearms, including their export, 72 a high crime rate and pervasive impunity, which may increase in situations of armed conflict or heightened insecurity. 73 Efforts should be undertaken to control the availability and accessibility of acid and other substances used to attack women; (d) Develop and disseminate accessible information, through diverse and accessible media and community dialogue, aimed at women, in particular those affected by intersecting forms of discrimination, such as those with disabilities, those who are illiterate or those who have no or limited knowledge of the officia l languages of a country, on the legal and social resources available to victims/survivors, including reparations. D. Prosecution and punishment 32. The Committee recommends that States parties implement the following measures with regard to prosecution and punishment for gender-based violence against women: __________________ 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 16/19 See joint general recommendation No. 31/general comment No. 18. See footnote 54 above. R.P.B. v. Philippines, Jallow v. Bulgaria and V.K. v. Bulgaria. General recommendation No. 33, para. 10. In accordance with the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, of 1951, and the Convention against Torture. See also general recommendation No. 32 and A. v. Denmark. See article 7 (4) of the Arms Trade Treaty. See also the concluding observations of the Committee on the following periodic reports of States parties: Pakistan (CEDAW/C/PAK/CO/4); to Democratic Republic of the Congo (CEDAW/C/COD/CO/6-7); France (CEDAW/C/FRA/CO/7-8); Switzerland (CEDAW/C/CHE/CO/4-5); and Germany (CEDAW/C/DEU/CO/7-8); and Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 35 (2014) on liberty and security of person, para. 9. General recommendation No. 30. 17-12719