75. Complementarity and coordination 75. 1. Where applicable, States must ensure that there is good cooperation and coordination between national gender equality institutions and NHRIs. 75. 2. States must take the necessary measures to ensure complementarity between these institutions and any other mechanism for the protection and promotion of human rights, particularly NHRIs. States must encourage and promote good cooperation between these national institutions and the regional and international mechanisms for combating sexual violence and protecting women’s rights, such as the Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women; the Special Envoy of the African Union on Women, Peace and Security; the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences; and the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Explanatory Notes: Principles relating to the status and functioning of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the “Paris Principles”, 1991); Republic of South Africa, Commission on Gender Equality Act, Government Gazette, Vol. 373, No. 17341 (1996). See also the Statutes of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, which has a court that has the jurisdiction, in cases where human rights violations have taken place and under certain conditions, to order that a person who has been imprisoned be released or that compensation be paid or any other means of recourse or remedy for victims be exacted (Article 53 (2) of the Constitution of Uganda). D. MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL DATA 76. Disaggregated data States must take the necessary measures for statistics on sexual violence and its consequences to be compiled by independent authorities. In particular, statistics must be compiled on the different forms of sexual violence, their frequency, the personal characteristics of the victims and perpetrators (sex, age, possible disability, etc.), the relationships between victims and perpetrators, the location where the violence took place, the report on the violence, how long it takes to process complaints, investigations launched, prosecution undertaken, sentences handed down to perpetrators, ineffective prosecutions, dismissal of action, acquittals, claims for civil damages, reparation granted to and obtained by the victims, long and short-term consequences for the victims and those around them, including their communities and societies, caused by the violence, and the types of assistance that victims received, among other information. This disaggregated data should serve as a tool to enable States to draw up or adapt their public policy for combating sexual violence and its consequences, and should be publicly available. 77. Information States must ensure that the persons or organisations approached during statistical research are fully informed of the reasons for collecting their personal data and the measures taken to ensure its confidentiality. 78. Protection of personal data 78. 1. States must ensure that the privacy and confidentiality of the information is absolutely guaranteed by statistics authorities and statisticians and by all who work in the field of statistics, and that this information is used solely for statistical purposes. For example, the statistics collected cannot be used in legal proceedings or administrative decisions against individuals or non-state entities, or by the police and intelligence services. GUIDELINES ON COMBATING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN AFRICA 49