Data collection

Administrative data collection
8. Bearing in mind the need for administrative data collection to be carried out in relation to all forms of violence covered by the Istanbul Convention, GREVIO urges the Norwegian authorities to:
a. ensure that data collected by all relevant stakeholders (namely law-enforcement agencies, judicial authorities and social services) are disaggregated with regard to the sex of the victim and the perpetrator, their relationship and the different forms of violence and offences covered by the Istanbul Convention, and that information on the presence of child witnesses and victims is also included, with a view to differentiating between intergenerational violence and intimate partner violence.

b. harmonise data collection between law-enforcement agencies and the judiciary, with the aim, inter alia, of allowing the assessment of conviction, attrition and recidivism rates; enabling a thorough analysis of the movement of cases in the criminal justice system; and identifying gaps in the response of institutions which may contribute to low conviction rates and/or discrepancies between reporting rates and conviction rates;
c. introduce data collection in the healthcare sector in relation to all forms of violence against women;
d. ensure that the process of collecting, storing and transforming collected data complies with standards on personal data protection, as contained in the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data.

Population-based surveys
9. GREVIO encourages the Norwegian authorities to regularly conduct population-based surveys addressing all forms of violence against women covered by the scope of the Istanbul Convention

Research
10. GREVIO encourages the Norwegian authorities to continue their efforts to commission research, in particular on forms of violence covered by the Istanbul Convention which so far have not been given enough attention through research, and to expand existing research to include more topics, such as barriers to access to services and justice by women who are or might be exposed to intersectional discrimination, in close co-operation with community-based organisations and women’s rights NGOs