CEDAW/C/78/D/130/2018 breached the author’s rights under articles 2 (b), (d) and (e) and 7 (c), read in conjunction with article 1, of the Convention and taking into consideration the Committee’s general recommendations No. 19, No. 23 (1997) on women in political and public life, No. 28, No. 30 and No. 35. Having reached that conclusion, the Committee will not examine the author’s remaining claims. 8. The Committee makes the following recommendations to the State party: (a) Concerning the author of the communication: (i) Carry out a prompt, thorough and independent investigation into the discrimination, arrest, detention and torture suffered by the author, in order to identify those responsible, and take appropriate measures to prosecute them and sanction them; (ii) Provide appropriate reparation, including adequate compensation, to the author, commensurate with the gravity and the ongoing consequences of the violations of her rights; (b) General: (i) Adopt comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation; (ii) Adopt and implement concrete and effective measures in the legislative, executive and judicial branches and at all levels of government in order to prevent and provide protection against gender-based violence against women in the public and private spheres, including through comprehensive legislation on gender-based violence against women; (iii) Design public policies, programmes, institutional frameworks and monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the competent authorities support and apply such legislation effectively and respond with due diligence to genderbased violence against women, including such violence committed by non -State actors; (iv) Take immediate and concrete measures to stop arbitrary detention, mistreatment and all forms of violence, exaction and intimidation against women, including by security forces, armed groups and militias; (v) Put in place concrete, specific and effective legislative and other measures, including a national action plan, to ensure a safe and favourable environment for women’s human rights defenders and female activists and address the current state of impunity, including with respect to non-State actors; (vi) Recognize publicly the specific place and role of women’s human rights defenders and their legitimacy in the public debate; (vii) Ensure that claims concerning violence against women are addressed promptly and thoroughly and that perpetrators, including non -State actors, are investigated, prosecuted and sanctioned, and also ensure the provision of redress for the acts of private individuals or entities, as part of the State party’s due diligence responsibility; (viii) Engage with non-State actors to prevent human rights abuses, in particular all forms of gender-based violence against women, relating to their activities in conflict-affected areas; (ix) Ensure that women who are victims of violence have access to effective civil and criminal remedies and protection, including counselling, health services and financial support; 21-04766 9/10