VI Remarks I N T E G R AT I N G A G E N D E R P E R S P E C T I V E I N T O H U M A N R I G H T S I N V E S T I G AT I O N S • G U I D A N C E A N D P R A C T I C E CONCLUDING REMARKS and action-oriented recommendations on the responses that are needed to address human rights violations, protect victims’ rights and contribute to the prevention and non-recurrence of such violations. The integration of a gender perspective into human rights investigations is critical to ensuring high quality analysis that accurately depicts the different human rights violations, including by revealing underlying gender-based discrimination and violence. A gender analysis is fundamental to understanding the differentiated impact that certain human rights situations or crises have on women, men, girls and boys, as well as on LGBTI persons or persons with nonbinary gender identities, including the possible exacerbation of pre-existing forms of GBV and discrimination. A gender-sensitive analysis is therefore instrumental to tailoring specific Gender-sensitive methodologies and the integration of a gender perspective into investigations and reporting by investigative teams and CoIs/FFMs contribute to strengthening a victim-centred approach, by acknowledging and making visible the experiences of women and girls and other marginalized populations, including LGBTI persons, and breaking down narratives that reduce them to passive victims or bystanders, while reinforcing their agency and promoting their participation in sustaining peace and democracy. 58