A/HRC/4/104 page 19 in the last 1½ years have included prosecutors, staff of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, adolescents participating in a programme to prevent violence against women, and United Nations staff in Colombia. Following a recommendation of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women after her visit to Colombia in 2001, the Office has worked to help the Attorney-General’s Office to develop an instrument to identify relevant cases for prosecutors. The Office has conducted an analysis of the impact of the legislation related to demobilization of members of illegal armed groups. As a result, it included a recommendation in relation to the need to take into account the special needs of women and girls when the “Justice and Peace Law” was being debated in Congress. This recommendation was accepted in the final draft of the law. The Office has worked with the National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation on ways to include a gender perspective in the development of criteria for reparation. It has prepared documents relating to the recommendations by the Human Rights Committee, CEDAW and the Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding the need to revise the legislation on abortion in connection with a process before the Constitutional Court. The Office has given advice to parliamentarians and NGOs on the scope of the State’s responsibilities regarding domestic and other forms of gender-based violence. Its participation in United Nations system activities includes participation in an inter-agency group which is supporting the process of drafting and debating a law on gender-based violence. 47. During the past 1½ years, the promotion and protection of the human rights of women has been integrated into the work of the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) and the OHCHR Office in that country, mainly through strengthening the fight against impunity relating to rape and other forms of sexual violence; identifying efficient and effective mechanisms and strategies to better monitor the occurrence of sexual violence and strengthen the fight against sexual violence; supporting initiatives and infrastructures in place to address sexual violence by providing medical, psychosocial and judicial assistance to the victims; sensitizing local authorities, armed groups, relevant partners and the international community on the widespread phenomenon of sexual violence in the country and on the international law applicable to the commission of the acts concerned; supporting prosecutions by Congolese justice of perpetrators of sexual violence; promoting gender balance within the Human Rights Division of MONUC by recruiting more women candidates (40 women/53 men); sensitizing and empowering women candidates for the 2006 elections with a view to making them more competitive; supporting the establishment of joint commissions (policy-army-human rights NGOs) on gender, women’s rights and judicial assistance to victims of sexual violence; advocating for the adoption and promulgation of the law on sexual violence; and advocating for greater protection of the rights of women in the Constitution of 18 February 2006. 48. Gender-based violence in Nepal has been an issue of grave concern for many years and has been exacerbated by the conflict. While some aspects such as domestic violence and trafficking have been addressed by organizations, the level of violence against women, girls and specific minorities has still to be thoroughly documented. Sexual violence in particular remains a taboo subject and awareness-raising, prevention, support to victims and accountability for perpetrators are still areas requiring extensive coordinated efforts of a range of partners. OHCHR has focused on tackling impunity for gender-based violence, working especially on monitoring and reporting and capacity-building and legal reform. OHCHR is collaborating with lawyers and NGOs to amend laws with special focus on sexual violence, including rape. It has been investigating allegations of sexual violence committed by members of the security forces