Cap. 10:32 I{o, 1Il20L7 lrl.qTroNnI- Peacg ANID Rmoxcu-rarroN Cohm,qssloN PAR| ITI IfwssrrcATrvs Ftnrcnox op NarroNal Peecs ewo RecoNcu:ATloN CoulassloN 8 Investigative function of Commission (1) Atty persor affected by any dispute or conflict arising out of any action or omission on the pan of an authority or persol, may, in any one of the officially recognised langnges, rnake an oral or rvriffen complaint to the Commission requesting it to investigate such action or omission. (2) When a person by whom a complaint might have been made under this section has died or is for any lrason unable to act for himself or herself, the complaint may be rnade by his or her legal representative or a memhr of his or her farnily or such other person as the Commission considers suitable to represent him or her. (3) The Commission slrall not investigate a complaint where the action or omission complained of is the subject matter of civil and criminal proceedings before any court of competent jurisdiction. Gender (1) The Commission shall establish a Gender Unit to provide for- (a) tlre development of specific guidelines and rules on how the Commission (b) the development of strategies to encourage the participation of women, girls and other marginalised groups in the work of the Commission; will incorporate gender into its work; (c) (d) gender equity in the structure of the Commission, its secretariat and any other committees that the Commission may set up; rnainstreaming of gender imperatiyes intoevery aspectof the Commission's work; (e) (0 ensuring that all organs of the Commission shall consider and address the gender implications of their activities; developing protocols for statement taking, collection and analysis of gender and sexdisaggregated data, the conduct of interviews and hearings and other operational matters to ensure that gender coocenls are fully addressed; (g) monitoring gender related practices within the Commission and advice on best practice and principles; (h) investigating the use of sexual crimes as a weapon during and after conflicts; (i) reaching out to and identifying victims of gender based violations and provide such victims an opportunity, in private or public, to relate their own accounts of the violations or hamr thev have suffered and to set out their needs; 0) holding specific public or private hearings on tlrc gendered nature and context of violence and marginalisation; and investigate the causes of such violence and marginalisation; (k) of victims of gender-based violations and marginalisation and make recommedations which may include urgent interim measures, as to the appropriate measures required to redress such violations and marginalisation, including the policy which should be followed or measures which should be taken to restore the human and assessing the needs civil dignity of such victims; 187