Existing legal standards and practices regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems and activities being undertaken by civil society regarding the normative gap in international human rights law 2015, para. 34
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Systematic and adequate data collection is recognized as an essential component of effective policymaking and a crucial requirement for monitoring the implementation of measures. The Convention specifies the type of data to be collected for dissemination, by the national coordinating body, to relevant monitoring bodies. Chapter IX of the Convention contains detailed provisions concerning the monitoring system necessary for the implementation of the Convention, both nationally and regionally. States parties cannot make reservations regarding the monitoring provisions. States parties are required to set up government bodies at the regional, national and local levels to coordinate, implement, monitor and evaluate relevant policies and measures.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences