A/HRC/41/42/Add.1 (e) In the light of the Special Rapporteur’s findings, there is an urgent need for a more comprehensive and holistic national action plan on violence against women, ensuring that women and girls in all areas of the country have access to comparable levels of services and human rights protection. The Government of Canada should therefore adopt, in cooperation with independent human rights institutions and civil society organizations, a national action plan on violence against women and domestic violence, based on human right standards on prevention, services and the prosecution of violence against women accepted by Canada, such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and general recommendation No. 35 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; (f) Adopt a national action plan on violence against indigenous women or formulate it as a separate part of the recommended national action plan on violence against women and domestic violence, and ensure that this national action plan provides the same level of protection nationwide based on the implementation of international human rights standards and the recommendations contained in the 2015 report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW/C/OP.8/CAN/1). 96. Concerning the situation of violence against indigenous women, the Special Rapporteur also reiterates her full endorsement of previous recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and calls for their full implementation. In particular, she recommends that the Government of Canada: (a) Urgently repeal the remaining provisions in the Indian Act and any other national law and practices that discriminate against indigenous women and girls; (b) Adopt measures to improve the socioeconomic conditions of indigenous women and girls and provide adequate funding to support dedicated indigenous-based holistic community support services; (c) Review family laws and the Divorce Act to ensure that domestic violence is given primary consideration when a decision about child custody occurs and that protection orders are easily enforceable in all provinces and territories, while guaranteeing the freedom of movement to survivors; (d) Take the legislative or other measures necessary to ensure that a woman victim of violence is not criminalized when seeking State protection and that the exercise of any visitation or custody rights does not jeopardize the rights and safety of the women who are victims of violence, or their children; (e) Review, through a gender lens, gun control legislation in order to harmonize it with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; (f) As enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, provide awareness-raising and training programmes on women’s rights and violence against women, including on sexual violence and harassment, addressed to law enforcement officials, social and health workers, teachers and the general public, including information and guidelines on the specific needs of indigenous women, LGBTQ2 individuals, women with disabilities and other women belonging to groups that are a target of violence; (g) Strengthen existing coordination mechanisms on human rights or establish a new coordinating mechanism (composed of federal, provincial and territorial ministers for human rights) for the coordination and implementation of human rights obligations and recommendations arising from international and regional human rights mechanisms (United Nations treaty bodies, special procedures, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and independent human rights commissions), with the constructive participation of civil society and indigenous representatives; 18