The Commission on Femicide was formally established on 8 March 2006. It is made up of delegates from the legislative, executive and judicial branches and representatives of human rights and security institutions and the Public Prosecutor's Office. Its coordination was delegated to the Presidential Secretariat for Women (SEPREM). Its main objective is to promote appropriate action to ensure that the State of Guatemala has a strategy and proposals for action that will enable it to tackle femicide in a comprehensive and coordinated manner through the three branches of government and with the participation of civil society.