(1) Implement the law adopted in 2016 effectively and enhance the prevention and protection of victims and the prosecution of perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence and, to that end, provide systematic training on all its provisions to judges, law enforcement personnel and lawyers; (2) Ensure that victims are destigmatized and encouraged to report incidents of gender-based violence, that they have access to effective protection and redress, including compensation, and that perpetrators are prosecuted by a competent criminal court; (3) Remove obstacles faced by victims of gender-based violence to gaining access to justice, including by eliminating the requirement of a medical certificate to initiate criminal proceedings for rape; (4) Provide sufficient assistance and protection to women and girls who are victims of gender-based violence, including by increasing the number of shelters and providing medical treatment, psychosocial rehabilitation and reintegration programmes, especially in rural areas, and through the coordination of interventions and support services in cooperation with civil society organizations and international partners; (5) Effectively implement the national plan to combat gender-based violence (2010) and allocate adequate resources to ensure its implementation in a coordinated and effective manner, paying special attention to women in situations of vulnerability; (6) Intensify public awareness efforts, through consistent strategic media campaigns and educational programmes, to address gender-based violence and discrimination against women; (7) Ensure the systematic collection and analysis of data on all forms of gender-based violence against women, disaggregated by age, region and relationship between the victim and the perpetrator. Gender-based violence against women in conflict (1) Immediately issue orders to the police, the military and the Imbonerakure prohibiting all forms of violence against women; (2) Investigate, prosecute and adequately punish all cases of violence against women and ensure reparations for victims; (3) Ensure that women have access to justice by, among other things, adopting gender-sensitive procedures to investigate sexual violence, conducting training and adopting gender-sensitive codes of conduct and protocols for the police and the military and building the capacity of the judiciary so as to ensure its independence, impartiality and integrity; (4) According priority to the protection of victims and witnesses from reprisals whenever they seek access to justice or cooperate with the judiciary; (5) Ensure access by women who are victims of sexual violence to comprehensive medical treatment, mental health care and psychosocial support provided by health professionals who are appropriately trained to detect sexual violence and to treat its consequences, as well as access to forensic testing; (6) Ensure that the issue of sexual violence is raised early and consistently in the resolution of the conflict and, ultimately, that it is adequately addressed in a peace agreement, continuing to reject amnesties for gender-based crimes, in particular sexual violence.

(1) Ensure sufficient human, technical and financial resources for the effective implementation and monitoring of the law adopted in 2014 on combating trafficking in persons and its multisectoral action plan; (2) Provide continuous capacity-building for law enforcement officials on the early identification, referral and rehabilitation of victims of trafficking; (3) Prevent, prosecute and adequately punish traffickers and perpetrators of related human rights violations and adopt gender-specific protection measures for women and girls who are victims; (4) Carry out nationwide education and awareness-raising campaigns about the risks and criminal nature of trafficking; (5) Systematically collect sex-disaggregated data on both the exploitation of prostitution and trafficking in persons.

(1) Urgently finalize and adopt the draft revised Code of the Person and the Family, as well as the bill on inheritance, matrimonial regimes and gifts, in line with the recommendations accepted by the State party during the universal periodic review in 2013 (see A/HRC/23/2, para. 515); (2) Establish monitoring mechanisms for the follow-up of their effective implementation, especially in rural areas; (3) Expedite the development and adoption of legislation regulating the economic aspects of de facto unions.