CEDAW/C/GC/28 IV. A. Recommendations to States parties Implementation 37. In order to satisfy the requirement of “appropriateness”, the means adopted by States parties must address all aspects of their general obligations under the Convention to respect, protect, promote and fulfil women’s right to non-discrimination and to the enjoyment of equality with men. Thus the terms “appropriate means” and “appropriate measures” used in article 2 and other articles of the Convention comprise measures ensuring that a State party: (a) Abstains from performing, sponsoring or condoning any practice, policy or measure that violates the Convention (respect); (b) Takes steps to prevent, prohibit and punish violations of the Convention by third parties, including in the home and in the community, and to provide reparation to the victims of such violations (protect); (c) Fosters wide knowledge about and support for its obligations under the Convention (promote); (d) Adopts temporary special measures that achieve sex non-discrimination and gender equality in practice (fulfil). 38. as: States parties should also adopt other appropriate measures of implementation such (a) Promoting equality of women through the formulation and implementation of national plans of action and other relevant policies and programmes in line with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and allocating adequate human and financial resources; (b) Establishing codes of conduct for public officials to ensure respect for the principles of equality and non-discrimination; (c) Ensuring that reports of court decisions applying the provisions of the Convention on the equality and non-discrimination principles are widely distributed; (d) Undertaking specific education and training programmes about the principles and provisions of the Convention directed to all Government agencies, public officials and, in particular, the legal profession and the judiciary; (e) Enlisting all media in public education programmes about the equality of women and men, and ensuring in particular that women are aware of their right to equality without discrimination, of the measures taken by the State party to implement the Convention, and of the concluding observations by the Committee on the reports of the State party; (f) Developing and establishing valid indicators of the status of and progress in the realization of human rights of women, and establishing and maintaining databases disaggregated by sex and related to the specific provisions of the Convention. B. Accountability 39. The accountability of the States parties to implement their obligations under article 2 is engaged through the acts or omissions of acts of all branches of Government. The decentralization of power, through devolution and delegation of Government powers in both unitary and federal States, does not in any way negate or reduce the direct 9