Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring 6.2 Reviewing Other Relevant Information and Documentation Before undertaking a visit to a particular facility, monitors should familiarize themselves with any other existing information, including anecdotal information, related to SGBV. It will also be important for monitors to assess the extent to which authorities have dedicated resources to conducting research and analysing information on the occurrence of SGBV in places of deprivation of liberty, including data collection. This should include an analysis of the resources and other support made available by the government to research and tackle the issue, and of whether the state enables other organizations to carry out independent studies. Such research is crucial for the development of informed, evidence-based policy. Country-specific research should be used to inform training programmes, for raising awareness of the problem and identifying proper responses in both policy and practice. Bearing in mind that monitoring mechanisms will have different levels of access to information, this might include, but should not be limited to: > Any existing population-based surveys of relevant stakeholders in relation to SGBV or country-wide reviews and analyses of administrative data, such as prison records, police data, court reports and complaints filed; > Any other official data on the incidence of SGBV and information on any follow-up action taken; > The findings of previous monitoring and fact-finding visits from their own or other monitoring mechanisms. Previous allegations received should be properly and confidentially recorded to allow easy access to information; > Reviews of information submitted under periodic country report processes, e.g., reporting on implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT), the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) or under the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR); > Any relevant case law related to SGBV in places of deprivation of liberty. This could include the jurisprudence from domestic and international forums, and can extend to complaints submitted to treaty-monitoring bodies or special rapporteurs; > Any academic, NGO or media reports related to SGBV in detention facilities in the country or in specific facilities. A review of media might also reveal useful information about media and public attitudes towards SGBV in places of deprivation of liberty, or the attitude of authorities towards the topic; 25