Content_paragraphs:  Kosovo institutions continued to take important steps to protect the rights of 
  
  women. On 25 September, the Assembly of Kosovo passed legislation incorporatin g 
  
  provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating 
  
  Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) into the 
  
  Constitution. The Special Representative welcomed the legislation as an important 
  
  step in advancing women’s rights and achieving a just and peaceful society. The 
  
  government also adopted, on 25 November, a policy aimed at preventing and 
  
  penalizing sexual harassment in public administration institutions in Kosovo.  
  
   
  
   
  
   IX. Trust-building, partnerships and cooperation