A/HRC/35/30/Add.3 and consequences and the elimination of violence against women and, as such, they interconnect with and complement the recommendations of the Committee. The Special Rapporteur looks forward to continuing a fruitful dialogue with the Government and other stakeholders on the implementation of the action-oriented recommendations made in the present report. Incorporation and direct application of international and regional standards 77. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Address the lack of systematic and uniform incorporation and direct application of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention of Belém do Pará at the federal and provincial levels, as provided for under article 75 of Constitution, and take measures to fully incorporate those standards into all levels of its legal system by harmonizing its laws accordingly; (b) Harmonize relevant legislation at the provincial level in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure law, health, education and other areas relating to women’s rights and violence against women with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention of Belém do Pará; (c) Accelerate the incorporation and implementation of the Latin American Model Protocol for the investigation of gender-related killings of women; (d) Provide appropriate awareness-raising and training programmes on women’s rights for government officials, members of the legislative bodies, the judiciary, lawyers, law enforcement officers, social and health workers, teachers and the general public in order to ensure that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention of Belém do Pará are directly applied at the domestic level and that laws are applied in accordance with international standards; (e) Encourage universities to introduce, along with the gender studies programmes, specific education on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the general recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its jurisprudence under the Optional Protocol to the Convention, the Convention of Belém do Pará and relevant jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Uniform implementation of Law No. 26.485 on violence against women at all levels 78. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Ensure endorsement and effective implementation by all provinces of Law No. 26.485 on violence against women; (b) Ensure compliance of all civil and criminal legislation at the federal and provincial levels with the Law on violence against women so as to eliminate contradictory provisions (see para. 55 above). National mechanism or coordinating body on violence against women 79. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government: (a) Consider giving the National Women’s Council ministerial rank in order to make it more visible and enhance its capacity to promote and monitor the implementation of policies on gender equality and on the elimination of violence against women at the federal and provincial levels; (b) Strengthen the coordinating role of the National Women’s Council and provide it with adequate budgetary and human resources for implementing, monitoring and evaluating the 2017-2019 National Action Plan. Awareness-raising campaigns to overcome the machismo culture and discriminatory stereotypes 18

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