A/HRC/20/28 C. Country visits 38. The Working Group agreed to conduct two to three country visits each year. The members see such visits as an opportunity to deepen dialogue with Member States and to collect first-hand information on laws and practices that discriminate against women. In addition, such visits offer the opportunity to identify good practices in eliminating discriminatory laws and to better understand the contexts in which they occur and flourish. 39. The Working Group decided that country visits would be undertaken, to the extent possible, by the Chairperson-Rapporteur together with another member of the Working Group from the region where the country visit takes place. Members of the Working Group seek to avoid conducting official visits in their country of origin. As per standard practice, the final composition of the delegation will be communicated to the Government concerned prior to the visit. D. Communications 40. The Group will use communications with Governments and other actors in a spirit of soliciting dialogue on issues falling within its mandate. Relevant information may be submitted to the Working Group by a State, State organ, intergovernmental or nongovernmental organization (NGO), or any other organization or individual. The Working Group will review the information with a view to taking appropriate action. It intends to develop a form to facilitate the submission by anyone of information related to cases or situations of discrimination against women in law and in practice. E. 1. Engagement with stakeholders Member States 41. The Working Group intends to develop and maintain a constructive dialogue with States and will seek full engagement of States from all regions on issues relevant to its mandate. This dialogue will take the form of consultations, letters soliciting information on good practices in thematic areas it has identified, and the dissemination of questionnaires on specific issues of concern. 2. United Nations and other international organizations 42. The Working Group aims to build constructive partnerships with United Nations and other international organizations. At its first session, the members heard briefings from a range of United Nations entities and other international organizations, including the ILO, the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, the Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Health Organization, as well as the International Organization for Migration and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and engaged in preliminary discussions in relation to possible areas of focus for the Working Group. The Working Group also had the opportunity to meet informally with the Executive Director of UN-Women to discuss potential areas of cooperation and support by UN-Women. At its second and third sessions, the Working Group again engaged in dialogue with the ILO, IPU and UNRISD on its 2012 theme of political and public life and its 2013 theme of economic and social life. At its third session, it held a meeting with UNHCR on the issue of gender discrimination, nationality and statelessness. 11

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