CEDAW/C/CAN/CO/8-9 distribution of intimate images, but fails to cover all situations that were previously covered by section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. 25. Recalling its general recommendation No. 19 (1992) on violence against women, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Enhance its efforts to firmly combat all forms of gender-based violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence, paying particular attention to minority and indigenous women; (b) Increase reporting by women of incidents of violence, including domestic violence, to law enforcement bodies by de-stigmatizing victims, provide capacity-building programmes and cultural training regarding aboriginal women for judges, prosecutors, police officers and other law enforcement officials on the strict application of criminal law provisions on violence against women and raise awareness among the general public of the criminal nature of such acts; (c) Effectively enforce its criminal legislation at the federal, provincial and territorial levels, and ensure that all cases of violence against women are thoroughly and effectively investigated and that perpetrators are prosecuted and adequately punished; (d) Expeditiously adopt a national action plan, in consultation with civil society organizations, especially aboriginal women’s organizations, to combat gender-based violence against women and ensure that adequate human, technical and financial resources are allocated for its implementation, monitoring and assessment; (e) Strengthen services for women victims of gender-based violence, including by establishing shelters throughout the territory of the State party and ensuring the availability of psychosocial rehabilitation and reintegration programmes; (f) Systematically collect data on all forms of gender-based violence against women, disaggregated by sex, age, ethnic groups, including aboriginal women, and the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator, as well as on protection orders, prosecutions and sentences imposed on perpetrators; (g) Review and amend legislation in order to provide an adequate civil remedy to victims of cyber violence and reintroduce section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. Murdered and missing indigenous women and girls 26. The Committee commends the State party’s decision in 2015 to establish a National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, which was one of the main recommendations of the Committee’s inquiry cond ucted in 2013 (CEDAW/C/OP.8/CAN/1). However, it is concerned about: (a) The absence of any action plan or coordinated mechanism to oversee the implementation of the outstanding 37 recommendations issued by the Committee in 2015 (CEDAW/C/OP.8/CAN/1, paras. 216-220); (b) The insufficient measures taken to ensure that all cases of missing and murdered indigenous women are duly investigated and prosecuted; (c) The Terms of Reference of the national inquiry, which do not clearly require the application of a human rights based approach as called upon by the Canadian Human Rights Commission and which does not include any explicit mandate to review policing policies and practices and the criminal justice system, and does not provide any 7

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