Closing the gap in international human rights law: lessons from three regional human rights systems on legal standards and practices regarding violence against women 2015, para. 26
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The role of national-level NGOs in submitting shadow reports is underused in the African human rights system. Few Africa-based women's rights NGOs are submitting such reports to the Commission. Possible explanations include the fact that the NGOs are more familiar with the United Nations system, as compared to the African system, or that they have not seen the impact of the work of the Commission, and therefore do not consider it an effective mechanism.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences