GBV:
(1) Implement, as a matter of priority and within a specific time frame, a national plan for the prevention of gender-based violence against women, including indigenous women and women of African descent, women living in poverty, women with disabilities and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons, and establish a centralized system for the collection of data on gender-based violence against women, disaggregated by age and the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator;
(2) Ensure that all crimes committed against women and girls, in particular femicide, are investigated by the police, that perpetrators are prosecuted and adequately punished and that victims are provided with adequate reparations;
(3) Allocate sufficient resources to ensure that shelters for women who are victims of gender-based violence are fully operational throughout the State party and ensure that women who are victims of gender-based violence have effective access to medical treatment, psychological counselling, legal assistance and other support services;
(4) Ensure that all cases of sexual violence and of forced sterilization committed against women and girls with disabilities are duly investigated, that perpetrators are prosecuted and adequately punished and that any medical procedure is carried out only with the free and informed consent of those concerned, in accordance with international standards;
(5) Allocate sufficient human, technical and financial resources to strengthen and expand the geographical coverage of specialized courts on femicide and other forms of violence against women, harmonize the different laws and regulations on gender-based violence against women, enhance coordination among the different institutions responsible for their implementation and adopt the use of the Latin American model protocol for the investigation of gender-related killings of women to ensure the gender-sensitive investigation and prosecution of all cases of gender-based violence against women and girls.
Gender-based violence against women committed during the internal conflict
(1) Ensure the expeditious implementation of the Agreement on a firm and lasting peace;
(2) Investigate human rights violations committed in the past and provide redress to women who were victims of gender-based violence for the harm suffered;
(3) Raise awareness among women of the truth, reconciliation and reparation processes, including those relating to the Sepur Zarco case and judgment, so that women are aware of their right to bring their cases forward and seek justice;
(4) Allocate sufficient resources for the compensation of women who are victims of human rights violations, under the national reparations programme, and for the implementation of the national action plan on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000).
Guatemala

Region: Americas / Population: 17,608M / Female Population: 8,892M

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Trafficking:
(1) Build the capacity of the judiciary and the police to conduct gender-sensitive investigations of cases of trafficking for purposes of forced labour and sexual exploitation and to prosecute and adequately punish perpetrators;
(2) Proceed with the prompt investigation of the allegations of abuse and trafficking at the Hogar Seguro Virgen de la Asunción residential institution and bring those responsible for the deaths and injuries of the girls to justice without impunity and ensure that events of this type are not repeated;
(3) Recognize and take measures to address the vulnerable groups in need of special attention, including migrant women, internally displaced women and their families and women who have been deported to the State party, and increase the early detection capacity of law enforcement personnel to promptly identify victims of trafficking and facilitate their referral to the appropriate services;
(4) Ensure the protection of women and girls who have been victims of trafficking and provide them with free and immediate access to specialized shelters, medical care, psychosocial counselling, legal aid and rehabilitation and reintegration services;
(5) Enhance regional cooperation with countries of transit and destination in order to prevent trafficking through information exchange, and strengthen the capacity and resources of labour inspectors, police and border officials so as to identify forced labour, trafficking and related offences against women and girls.
Marriage:
(1) Ensure the strict application of Decrees Nos. 8-2015 and 13-2017;
(2) Harmonize the provisions of the Penal Code relating to the age of sexual consent (articles 173 and 173 bis);
(3) Address the root causes of early marriage and unions and carry out public awareness-raising programmes to end such practices, including campaigns on the negative health and education consequences of early pregnancy and marriage for girls;
(4) Adopt measures to protect the rights of girls already in child marriages and unions and to ensure the registration of all marriages. Experiencing Violence?