14 been raised, they have rarely been matched by results. Insecurity and inequality are still rampant. This 56 history of missed opportunities has created disenchantment in a people anxious for change.’ 64. The nongovernmental organization Amnesty International pointed out that it had received reports of cases in which “police authorities had failed in their duty to take urgent action to prevent injury 57 to women and girls believed to be at immediate risk.” Amnesty International wrote the following in this regard: the state's failure to respond appropriately and effectively to emergency calls or reports of missing women engages its responsibility for their subsequent murders. The state must improve the ability of officers to respond to such calls, and those officers who fail to discharge their duties effectively 58 must be held to account. 65. As for the measures undertaken by the State to address the problem of violence against women, a Law to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate Intrafamily Violence (Decree 97-96) was enacted in 1996; in 2000 and 2001, the legal framework was further expanded with the addition of the regulations for enforcement of the law and the creation of the Organ to Coordinate Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Domestic Violence and Violence against Women (CONAPREVI), which is charged with 59 coordinating the institutions active in this area. The Presidential Secretariat of Women (SEPREM) was created by Government Agreement 200-2000. A National Policy for Guatemalan Women’s Advancement 60 and Development was also established, as was their Equal Opportunity Plan (2001-2006). In 2005, the Commission to Address the Problem of Femicide was created. It is made up of representatives from the Attorney General’s Office, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the Office of the Human Rights 61 Ombudsperson. On March 8, 2006, the “Specific Commission to Address Femicide in Guatemala” was 62 officially introduced. On October 6, 2006, the Supreme Court created the Women’s and Gender 63 Analysis Unit. On November 23, 2007, the Congress of the Republic adopted Resolution 15-2007, in 64 which it condemned femicide in Guatemala. Then, in 2008, the Law against Femicide and Other Forms of Violence against Women was approved. 56 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Press release on the official visit to Guatemala, May 27, 2006. Available [in Spanish] at: http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/C7F2A41A172BC438C125717D0056605A?opendocument. [Translation ours]. 57 Amnesty International, “Guatemala: No protection, no justice: killings of women (an update)”, AI AMR 34/019/2006, 2006. 58 Amnesty International, “Guatemala: No protection, no justice: killings of women (an update)”, AI AMR 34/019/2006, 2006. 59 IACHR, Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Guatemala, 2003, paragraph 297. CONAPREVI was created on November 24, 2000 and installed on January 5, 2001. Its current mandate is based on the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against women – Convention of Belém do Pará, Article 13 of the Law to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate Intrafamily Violence and Article 17 of the Law against Femicide and Other Forms of Violence against Women. 60 Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Seventh periodic report of States parties. Guatemala. January 7, 2008. Available at: http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N08/204/71/PDF/N0820471.pdf?OpenElement . 61 “The Commission includes representatives from the three branches of government, the Office of the ProcuratorGeneral, the Office of the Public Prosecutor and the Office of the Human Rights Procurator. The President of the Republic has appointed SEPREM to coordinate this effort. On 8 March 2006, the heads of the three government branches issued a joint statement recognizing the need to take a coordinated approach to the problem of femicide.” Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Pre-Session Working Group, Thirty-fifth session, 15 May-2 June 2006. Responses to the list of issues and questions for consideration of the sixth periodic report. Guatemala. CEDAW/C/GUA/Q/6/Add.1, p. 11. 62 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Seventh periodic report of States parties. Guatemala. January 7, 2008, paragraph 169. 63 The purpose of this unit is to provide an institutional response to situations of social, economic, legal, political and cultural exclusion that women endure in efforts to get access to justice in Guatemala and to respond to the crisis of violence that the population is experiencing, with particular emphasis on violence against women. Paragraph 184. 64 Congress of the Republic of Guatemala. News Bulletin, “Congress Condemns Acts of Violence against Women,” November 23, 2007, available [in Spanish] at http://www.congreso.gob.gt/gt/ver_noticia.asp?id=4472.