A/HRC/RES/17/11
(f)
To place a high priority on removing gender bias from the administration of
justice and enhancing the capacity of law enforcement officials to deal appropriately with
violence against women, including by providing systematic gender-sensitivity and
awareness training, as appropriate, for police and security forces, prosecutors, judges and
lawyers, integrating gender into security sector reform initiatives, developing protocols and
guidelines, and enhancing or putting in place appropriate accountability measures for
adjudicators;
(g)
To encourage the removal of all barriers to women’s access to justice and
ensure access to effective legal assistance for all female victims of violence so that they can
make informed decisions regarding, inter alia, legal proceedings and issues relating to
family law, and also ensure that victims have access to just and effective remedies for the
harm that they have suffered, including through the adoption of national legislation, where
necessary;
(h)
To adopt measures to enhance the awareness of women, and in particular
women at known risk of gender-based violence, of their rights, the law and the protection
and legal remedies it offers, including by disseminating information on the assistance
available to women and families who have experienced violence, and ensuring that timely
and appropriate information is available to all women who have been subjected to violence,
at all stages of the justice system;
(i)
To promote an increase in the number of women lawyers, judges, prosecutors
and law enforcement officials where women are underrepresented in these professions, and
to take steps to address any barriers that may be preventing women from entering these
professions, including through the use of appropriate incentives, as important steps towards
enhancing women’s awareness of their rights and the ability of the judiciary and law
enforcement officials to be more sensitive to the specific and differentiated needs of women
and girls who face targeted, compounded and structural discrimination;
(j)
To promote the establishment or support of safe and integrated centres
through which shelter, legal, health-care, psychological, counselling and other appropriate,
timely, accessible and confidential support services are provided to all women and girls
who have been subjected to violence and, where such centres are not feasible, to promote
collaboration and coordination among agencies in order to make remedies more accessible,
and to facilitate the physical, psychological and social recovery of women who have been
subjected to violence;
(k)
To ensure that mechanisms, services and procedures set up to protect women
and girls facing violence are designed in a manner that addresses the targeted, compounded
and structural discrimination that combines to increase the vulnerability of women and
girls, including those belonging to minority groups, indigenous women, refugee and
internally displaced women, stateless women, migrant women, women living in rural or
remote communities, women living in slums and informal settlements, women living in
conditions of poverty, women in institutions or in detention, women with disabilities,
elderly women, widows and women in all situations of armed conflict, women who face
trafficking, sexual or labour exploitation, and women who are otherwise discriminated
against, including on the basis of their HIV/AIDS status;
(l)
To establish a multidisciplinary, coordinated response to sexual assault that
prevents the re-victimization of women and includes specially trained police, prosecutors,
judges, forensic examiners, victim support services and, where appropriate, testimonial aids
and other accommodations, to contribute to the well-being of victims, ensure that they are
able to participate fully, and increase the likelihood of the successful apprehension,
prosecution and conviction of perpetrators;
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