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. 52
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A mechanism was established in 2004 to follow up on the implementation of the Convention of Belém do Pará and address concerns related to non-compliance. It consists of two components: the Conference of States Parties and the Committee of Experts. The mechanism is mandated to provide for the institutionalization of the political intent of the States, to provide a consensus-based and independent system for the evaluation of progress in implementing the Convention, to promote the implementation of the Convention, and to establish a system of technical cooperation among the States parties. The follow-up process comprises multilateral evaluation and follow-up rounds. During the multilateral evaluation round, the Committee of Experts analyses the implementation of the Convention, issues recommendations based on questionnaires completed by the States parties and prepares a hemispheric report. During the follow-up round, the Committee distributes an additional questionnaire to the States parties on the implementation of its specific recommendations. To date 56 country reports, one follow-up report and two hemispheric reports have been published.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences