A/HRC/27/21 and the executive, should adequately address gender-based and sexual violence in their work. Transitional justice mechanisms, operating independently, should fully take into account issues of gender-based and sexual violence in their methods of work, operational structures, priorities, recruitment procedures, analysis, findings and recommendations. Civil society and other independent bodies should also play a role, for instance in raising awareness of, advocating for and supporting the inclusion of issues of gender-based and sexual violence in transitional justice processes. 66. It is recommended that the Human Rights Council retain its focus on how the United Nations system addresses the various components of transitional justice in practice, through reports by OHCHR. 19