Law 51/2007 of 20/9/2007 includes provisions on the mandate of the Gender Monitoring Office (GMO), including:
- monitoring whether the fundamental gender principles are respected by governmental officials, as well as private, non-governmental and religious actors;
- monitoring the fight against gender-based injustice and violence (article 6.5);
- receiving complaints of gender-based injustice and submitting them to the relevant bodies for action and ensuring their settlement (article 7.5);
- submitting complaints of injustice and gender-based violence to the Judicial Police, the Prosecution and the Judiciary and ensuring their settlement (article 7.6).
There is a Consultative Committee, consisted of persons from different institutions, with an advisory role to the GMO (articles 27 and 29). The GMO started functioning on 31st October 2008 with the nomination by the Cabinet of members in the High Monitoring Council.
