A/HRC/29/3 E/CN.6/2015/6 28. In Belarus, the Trust Fund supported a project run by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UNICEF and the International Organization for Migration to strengthen capacity to prevent and address intimate partner vio lence through the creation of multisectoral teams and the development of Cooperation Protocols. In addition, referral mechanisms were established in three pilot sites (Minsk; the Moskovskiy district of Brest City; and the Kobryn and Kamieniec districts of Brest oblast) to strengthen access to social and legal services for survivors of intimate partner violence. More than 3,700 callers have benefited from a nationwide toll-free hotline for domestic violence, staffed by five trained specialists who provide psychological, legal and social support. 29. In Grenada, the standard operating procedures for medical personnel and stakeholders were approved by the Cabinet in May 2014. These were developed by the Ministry of Social Development, a Trust Fund grantee, in c ollaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Pan-American Health Organization and were designed to facilitate the implementation of a multisectoral initiative to increase outreach to survivors and improve the quality of health and justice services. 30. The Albanian Network against Gender Violence and Trafficking, led by the Refleksione Association, piloted a multisectoral project aimed at ensuring the effective implementation of new legislation in Albania on domestic violence. By the end of the project, a referral mechanism for women experiencing domestic violence has been established not only in the 10 municipalities targeted by the project, but also in 12 others where the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Refleksione Association had initiated similar projects; that is, in a total of 22 of Albania’s 65 municipalities. A network of 12 shelters and counselling centres was also established, to ensure the development and implementation of harmonized standards of services throughout Albania. Advancing transitional justice and addressing violence against women and girls in emergency settings 31. In 2014, violence in conflict and post-conflict settings continued to garner international attention. In June, the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Angelina Jolie, Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, co-chaired the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. The International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict: Basic Standards of Best Practice on the Documentation of Sexual Violence as a Crime under International Law is a result of this initiative. A current Trust Fund grantee, Physicians for Human Rights, was instrumental in designing the Protocol. 6 32. In addition, in June the Secretary-General issued a guidance note on reparations for conflict-related sexual violence that develops policy and operational guidance for United Nations action. 7 The note mentions that the Trust Fund has been a key resource for funding reparations for survivors of sexual violence in Sierra Leone. __________________ 6 7 8/13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation o f Sexual Violence in Conflict: Basic Standards of Best Practice on the Documentation of Sexual Violence as a Crime under International Law (London, June 2014). Available from http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Press/GuidanceNoteReparationsJune-2014.pdf. 14-67252

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