Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring > Did the case reach the courts? If so, how was it handled by the prosecutor and by the judicial authority? > Were remedies provided? > Has there been any change in the policies and practices at the facility following investigations of SGBV? > Has there been any change in the situation of the individuals concerned? > Have there been any recorded complaints of retaliation by the authorities? Conclusion In many countries, detention monitoring mechanisms have been at the forefront of torture prevention through their regular, independent monitoring work, and some have already made progress in tackling the issue of SGBV. However, much more needs to be done to integrate the issue of SGBV in the ongoing work of monitoring mechanisms. Specifically, these mechanisms need to incorporate the issue of SGBV in their planning and learn how to identify specific situations of risk and appropriate preventive measures. This guidance document has endeavoured to provide advice and suggestions on how to do so, including by improving their capacity, increasing SGBV awareness among their own members and recognizing the challenges associated with such monitoring for SGBV. This publication has aimed to provide concrete tools that can be used by monitors and incorporated into their routine visits to places of detention, so as to include the issue of SGBV into their work. Oversight mechanisms are key to identifying and detecting abuse in places of deprivation of liberty and to contributing to change the institutional cultures of closed settings through their monitoring, reporting and advocacy work. At the same time, such efforts need to be supported by the willingness of a criminal justice system to prevent and address SGBV in all of its institutions. As has been noted, monitoring mechanisms can not only detect instances of SGBV, but they can also play a key role in contributing to the prevention of such abuse. Such a commitment will be an important first step to ensuring the protection of human rights in the facilities they monitor and contribute to promoting deprivation of liberty free of violence and abuse. 77