A/HRC/17/23 adopted specific laws against femicide and other forms of violence against women. Several respondents, including Greece, were in the process of drafting such a specific law. 7. In Argentina, the law on integral protection to prevent, sanction and eradicate violence against women stresses the integral and multisectoral treatment of the phenomenon of gender-based violence. The law was accompanied by a biannual project on the promotion and generation of the necessary conditions for effective implementation of the law with the participation of civil society, the United Nations Development Programme and relevant State institutions and departments. 8. The existence of laws focusing on domestic or family violence was also emphasized by many respondents, including in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Georgia, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many of these laws are fairly recent, and the older ones often had been or were being reviewed and revised for improvements, such as in Panama, where the scope of domestic violence was widened, and in Malaysia, where expanding the definition of domestic violence to include emotional, mental and psychological harm is currently being considered. In Brazil, the “Maria da Penha” law to combat domestic and family violence established, inter alia, a tribunal for domestic and family violence against women. In Indonesia, the Law on Elimination of Domestic Violence underlines the obligation of the central and local governments to effectively address the issue. Contrary to the majority of the laws and other regulations which have a focus on women as the main victims of domestic violence, the domestic violence law in Suriname is gender neutral. 9. Mauritius, the Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom, among others, referred to specific laws on forms of sexual violence and offences. Slovenia, for example, has a specific act to prohibit sexual harassment in employment and a decree to protect workers in the State administration. The Ministry of Human Resources in Malaysia has developed codes of practice on prevention and guidelines on handling sexual harassment at the workplace for both the private and public sectors. 10. Several respondents also emphasized their legislation on human trafficking, such as Belarus, Cambodia, Guatemala, Mexico, Thailand and Turkmenistan, among others. In Malaysia, under the Anti-trafficking in Persons Act of 2007, trafficked victims will not be prosecuted for illegal entry in the country, which should facilitate reporting cases of violence. The European Union also mentioned its Directive on trafficking in human beings. Finally, the United Kingdom mentioned its acts against female genital mutilation and forced marriage. 2. Specific provisions in general legislation and legislation on gender equality 11. The common understanding of violence against women as a manifestation of discrimination against women was clearly reflected in the replies, as legislation relating to gender equality and/or non-discrimination was also underlined by Georgia, Mauritius, Mexico and Slovenia, among others, as one of the main tools to prevent violence against women. Reviews of gender equality and non-discrimination legislation are under way in several States. In Mexico, there are currently 73 initiatives to reform and harmonize legislation in the field of discrimination and equality, and a reform of the Constitution is being considered to revise all discriminatory language. Madagascar has undertaken legislative reforms to conform national legislation to its international human rights obligations. A few respondents referred to laws focusing on women in general that include provisions on violence against women, such as the Law on the Dignity and Integral Promotion of Women of Guatemala, and Singapore’s Women’s Charter. 5