A/RES/65/228 (c) To promote the involvement and participation of all relevant sectors of government and civil society and other stakeholders in the implementation process; (d) To commit adequate and sustained resources and develop monitoring mechanisms to ensure their effective implementation and oversight; (e) To take into account in the implementation of the updated Model Strategies and Practical Measures the varying needs of women subjected to violence. II. Criminal law 14. Member States are urged: (a) To review, evaluate and update their national laws, policies, codes, procedures, programmes and practices, especially their criminal laws, on an ongoing basis to ensure and guarantee their value, comprehensiveness and effectiveness in eliminating all forms of violence against women and to remove provisions that allow for or condone violence against women or that increase the vulnerability or revictimization of women who have been subject to violence; (b) To review, evaluate and update their criminal and civil laws in order to ensure that all forms of violence against women are criminalized and prohibited and, if not, to adopt measures to do so, including measures aimed at preventing violence against women, protecting, empowering and supporting survivors, adequately punishing perpetrators and ensuring available remedies for victims; (c) To review, evaluate and update their criminal laws in order to ensure that: (i) Persons who are brought before the courts on judicial matters in respect of violent crimes or who are convicted of such crimes can be restricted in their possession and use of firearms and other regulated weapons, within the framework of their national legal systems; (ii) Individuals can be prohibited or restrained, within the framework of their national legal systems, from harassing, intimidating or threatening women; (iii) The laws on sexual violence adequately protect all persons against sexual acts that are not based on the consent of both parties; (iv) The law protects all children against sexual violence, sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation and sexual harassment, including crimes committed through the use of new information technologies, including the Internet; (v) Harmful traditional practices, including female genital mutilation, in all their forms, are criminalized as serious offences under the law; (vi) Trafficking in persons, especially women and girls, is criminalized; (vii) Individuals who are serving in the armed forces or in United Nations peacekeeping operations are investigated and punished for committing acts of violence against women; (d) To continually review, evaluate and update their national laws, policies, practices and procedures, taking into account all relevant international legal instruments, in order to effectively respond to violence against women, including to ensure that such measures complement and are consistent with the criminal justice system’s response to such violence and that civil law decisions reached in marital dissolutions, child custody decisions and other family law proceedings for cases involving domestic violence or child abuse adequately safeguard victims and the best interests of children; 9