(1) Review the Act on Protection and Defence against Domestic Violence to ensure that it covers all forms of gender-based violence and takes into account the special needs of disadvantaged and marginalized groups of women, including women with disabilities, migrant women, women living with HIV/AIDS, women using drugs and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women; (2) Pursue its efforts to prevent, protect and assist victims, as well as to prosecute and adequately punish perpetrators, of bride kidnapping, in accordance with the Committee's recommendations in its report on its inquiry under article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention (CEDAW/C/ OP.8/KGZ/1); (3) Amend the Criminal Code to explicitly criminalize marital rape and the Criminal Procedure Code to ensure that all forms of gender-based violence are subject to public, ex officio prosecution; (4) Ensure that all cases of gender-based violence are effectively investigated and prosecuted, that perpetrators are adequately punished and that victims are not mandatorily referred to reconciliation procedures; (5) Ensure the issuance and effective enforcement and monitoring of protection orders in cases of domestic violence and impose adequate, deterrent penalties for non-compliance with such orders; (6) Ensure women's and girls' access to justice and encourage reporting of gender-based violence to law enforcement bodies, including through affordable – or if necessary, free – legal assistance, relaxing of the burden of proof, and affordable access to forensic evidence, and continue to build the capacity of judges, prosecutors, the police and other law enforcement officers on gender-sensitive investigation and interrogation methods; (7) Strengthen victim support services and protection, including round-the-clock hotlines, adequate shelter, medical treatment, psychosocial counselling and economic support throughout the State party; (8) Intensify awareness-raising among the general public on the criminal nature of all forms of gender-based violence, including domestic and sexual violence, and the need for women to be able to report such cases to law enforcement authorities without fear of reprisals, stigmatization or revictimization; (9) Prosecute and adequately punish perpetrators in cases of gender-based violence, arbitrary detention and attacks against women belonging to religious and ethnic minorities, women using drugs and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women.

(1) Designate a specific government body to coordinate inter-ministerial anti-trafficking efforts, adopt and implement standard operating procedures for the national referral mechanism, and allocate adequate resources to the mechanism; (2) Expedite the adoption of the draft anti-trafficking action plan (2021–2024); (3) Strengthen the investigation, prosecution and adequate punishment of perpetrators of trafficking in women and girls, and ensure that convicted perpetrators serve their sentences; and continue addressing the root causes of corruption and complicity among law enforcement officials; (4) Ensure the early identification of victims of trafficking including among disadvantaged groups of women, address the online recruitment of victims, and strengthen training for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers on victim identification and gender- and child-sensitive investigation and interrogation procedures; (5) Ensure that women and girls victims of trafficking have adequate access to adequate support services and reintegration programmes, including shelters and counselling services, and provide adequate funding and/or subsidies for the premises and utility costs of shelters operated and victim support services provided by non-governmental organizations; (6) Ensure the systematic collection and analysis of data on trafficking, disaggregated by age, sex and nationality of victims and forms of trafficking; (7) Conduct awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of being trafficked and provide access to income-generating opportunities, financial support, legal assistance, hotlines and predeparture information to women and girls who migrate.