Submission: Amnesty International’s submission in relation to the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill [B31 – 2022]

Amnesty International South Africa welcomes the opportunity to make this submission relating to the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill (hereafter referred to as “the Bill”). The Bill is a step towards fulfilling the resolution made at the 2018 Presidential Summit Against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) to establish a national, multi-sectoral coordinating body to oversee and coordinate the response to GBV and to serve as the custodian of the National Strategic Plan (NSP) on GBVF.