A/HRC/41/42/Add.2 (b) Strengthen the investigative capacity of the human trafficking and transportation control bureau of the police, in particular in districts in border areas, and ensure the provision of adequate shelters and support facilities for victims of trafficking; (c) Establish witness protection schemes for women victims so as to encourage them to testify against their traffickers and revise the guidelines issued by the Government in 2015 that prohibit migrant women from Nepal with a child below the age of 2 years from taking up employment as domestic workers abroad. 81. On women facing intersecting and multiple forms of violence, the Government should: (a) Adopt a national action plan on violence against women that includes adequate resources, a timeline and measurable targets and requires authorities at the federal, provincial and local levels to implement relevant laws to prevent and eliminate all forms of de facto discrimination against women; (b) Ensure that women human rights defenders and women representatives from non-governmental organizations are protected from all forms of reprisal, in line with international law and the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; (c) Address the stigma and discrimination faced by, as well as the lack of protection measures in place for, lesbian and bisexual women and transgender and intersex persons, including by raising public awareness of their rights, in cooperation with civil society; (d) Strengthen the implementation of legislation and establish accessible monitoring and reporting mechanisms to detect, prevent and combat all forms of violence, including sexual violence, against women and girls with disabilities, in line with the recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (see CRPD/C/NPL/CO/1, para. 12). 82. On the situation of women in detention, the Government should: (a) Implement the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), which provide guidance on the specific characteristics and needs of women in prison, in particular rule 26, which recognizes the significant impact that loss of contact with children has on mothers (and on the best interests of the child); (b) Improve prison conditions for women, in particular to ensure that adequate health-care facilities, including facilities for obstetric and gynaecological care, adequate bedding, access to nutritious food, mother and baby facilities and suitable space for receiving visitors are provided, and adopt a gendered approach to the incarceration of women and girls, providing programmes to prevent reoffending and ensuring that girls under the age of 18 years are held separately from adult women. 83. On victims of sexual violence during the conflict, the Government should: (a) Address any obstacles in legislation that prevent the prosecution of rape or sexual violence and torture during the conflict; (b) Remove any statute of limitations for filing cases related to rape or sexual violence and torture perpetrated during the conflict, bring the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act of 2014 into line with the obligations of Nepal under international law, in consultation with civil society and victims and taking into account the ruling of the Supreme Court of 26 February 2015 that orders the amendment of the amnesty provisions of the Act, and guarantee the gender sensitivity of the Act; (c) Guarantee as a matter of urgency the access of women and girl victims of the armed conflict to adequate interim relief measures, including immediate access 19

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