CEDAW/C/78/D/130/2018 (x) Provide mandatory training for the police, prosecutors, the judiciary and other law enforcement personnel with respect to combating violence against women, including training on gender sensitivity and the handling of complaints of gender-based violence against women in a gender-sensitive manner; (xi) Eliminate institutional practices and individual conduct and behaviour of public officials that constitute gender-based violence against women, or tolerate such violence, and that provide a context for the lack of a response or for a negligent response, including adequate investigation of and sanctions for inefficiency, complicity and negligence by the public authorities responsible for the registration, prevention or investigation of such violations or for providing services to victims/survivors; (xii) Take concrete, specific and effective legislative and other measures to enable, protect and promote women’s participation, on equal terms with men, in women’s rights organizations, non-governmental organizations and associations concerned with the public and political life of the country, including peace negotiation and electoral processes with a view to a sustainable and peaceful national reconstruction, and take effective measures to ensure that women are not intimidated into ceasing their participation in public and political life. 9. In accordance with article 7 (4) of the Optional Protocol, the State party shall give due consideration to the views of the Committee, together with its recommendations, and submit to the Committee, within six months, a written response, including information on any action taken in the light of those views and recommendations. The State party is requested to have the Committee’s views and recommendations translated into the State party’s language, to publish the m and to have them widely disseminated, in order to reach all sectors of society. 10/10 21-04766

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