A/HRC/20/35 should be closed, the complete list of camps to close, and those that may be redeveloped as new neighbourhoods, in line with the way the question is being handled in Corail. 74. Lastly, the Independent Expert recommends that relocation strategies for displaced persons should take into account the recommendations contained in the report submitted to the General Assembly in 2011 by the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing (A/66/270). B. Gender-based violence 75. Since the beginning of the humanitarian crisis, gender violence has been the subject of a great deal of attention for the international community. The previous reports of the Independent Expert have dealt extensively with this question and have included recommendations. Several United Nations reports and national and international human rights organizations have documented the phenomenon of domestic abuse or family violence, the role of gangs in and around camps and the de facto impunity of those who abuse women. 76. During a series of discussions on gender violence, women’s organizations reported that, compared with previous years, in 2011 violence against women and girls in the camps had clearly declined. The Unit for Combating Violence against Women of the National Police too reports a significant drop in complaints. 77. The Independent Expert welcomes the fact that many of his recommendations have been implemented and that specific programmes have been developed making it possible to prevent or contain this phenomenon. During his discussions with United Nations agencies, the question of how to collect statistics to document gender-based violence was raised once again. Decisions were taken in respect of the methodology to use to keep track of the problem and how it evolves over time and the way in which such violence is documented. 78. While the phenomenon is apparently becoming less widespread, there are still too many victims. The Independent Expert therefore is maintaining a number of recommendations, while reiterating that such measures complement one another, and that it is specifically by combining them that they will be most effective. 79. Women’s organizations have emphasized the difficulty encountered by victims when they wish to bring charges. In respect of the administration of justice, the Independent Expert is thus issuing a series of recommendations. In particular, all prosecutors’ offices and all courts of first instance should have special units to rule on violence committed against women. During his meetings with the Minister of Justice the Independent Expert recommended ensuring that the judicial authorities have sufficient training, in particular in respect of the provisions and means of applying international and regional human rights treaties. He recommends ending once and for all the practice whereby justices of the peace can exceed their mandates by issuing decisions in criminal cases, including rape, as such practices are conducive to impunity, weaken the criminal justice system and do not protect the right of women to receive compensation for damages. Lastly, he recommends ensuring that the police and justices of the peace quickly refer sex crimes to the public prosecutor, and that the principle should be reaffirmed that transactions conducted out of court are illegal. 80. The Independent Expert also recommends strengthening the Unit for the Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights in the Office of the Ombudsman. 81. GE.12-13208 Lastly, the Independent Expert should like once again to state that the Guidelines for 15