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(a) Develop and evaluate all legislation, policies and programmes in
consultation with civil society organizations, in particular women’s organizations,
including those that represent women affected by intersecting forms of
discrimination. States parties should encourage cooperation among all levels and
branches of the justice system and the organizations that work to protect and support
victims/survivors of gender-based violence against women, taking into account their
views and expertise. 78 States parties should encourage the work of human rights
organizations and women’s non-governmental organizations; 79
(b) Establish a system to regularly collect, analyse and publish statistical
data on the number of complaints about all forms of gender-based violence against
women, including technology-mediated violence, the number and type of orders of
protection issued, the rates of dismissal and withdrawal of complaints, prosecution
and conviction and the amount of time taken for the disposal of cases. The system
should include information on the sentences imposed on perpetrators and the
reparations, including compensation, provided to victims/survivors. All data should
be disaggregated by type of violence, relationship between the victim/sur vivor and
the perpetrator, and in relation to intersecting forms of discrimination against
women and other relevant sociodemographic characteristics, including the age of
the victim/survivor. The analysis of the data should enable the identification of
failures in protection and serve to improve and further develop preventive measures,
which should, if necessary, include the establishment or designation of observatories
for the collection of administrative data on the gender -based killings of women, also
referred to as “femicide” or “feminicide”, and attempted killings of women;
(c) Undertake or support surveys, research programmes and studies on
gender-based violence against women in order to, among other things, assess the
prevalence of gender-based violence against women and the social or cultural
beliefs exacerbating such violence and shaping gender relations. Studies and
surveys should take into account intersecting forms of discrimination, on the basis
of the principle of self-identification;
(d) Ensure that the process of collecting and maintaining data on gender based violence against women complies with established international standards 80
and safeguards, including legislation on data protection. The collection and use of
data and statistics should conform to internationally accepted norms for the
protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and ethical principles;
(e) Set up a mechanism or body, or mandate an existing mechanism or body,
to regularly coordinate, monitor and assess the nationa l, regional and local
implementation and effectiveness of the measures, including those recommended in
the present recommendation and other relevant regional and international standards
and guidelines, to prevent and eliminate all forms of gender -based violence against
women;
(f) Allocate appropriate human and financial resources at the national,
regional and local levels to effectively implement laws and policies for the
prevention of all forms of gender-based violence against women, provision of
protection and support to victims/survivors, investigation of cases, prosecution of
perpetrators and provision of reparations to victims/survivors, including s upport to
women’s organizations.
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Yildirim v. Austria and Goekce (deceased) v. Austria.
General recommendation No. 28, para. 36.
General Assembly resolution 68/261 on the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics.
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