A/RES/75/274
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
29 April 2021
Seventy-fifth session
Agenda item 14
Integrated and coordinated implementation of and followup to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences
and summits in the economic, social and related fields
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 28 April 2021
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/75/L.81 and A/75/L.81/Add.1)]
75/274.
International Day of Women Judges
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 53/199 of 15 December 1998 and 61/185 of
20 December 2006 on the proclamation of international years and Economic and
Social Council resolution 1980/67 of 25 July 1980 on international years and
anniversaries,
Reaffirming the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 1 and that gender
equality and the empowerment of all women and girls will make a crucial contribution
to progress across all the Sustainable Development Goals and targets and that the
systematic mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the implementation of the
2030 Agenda is crucial,
Noting that a relatively small number of women have been judges, including at
senior judicial leadership positions, at all levels,
Noting with appreciation the work of the Global Judicial Integrity Network of
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to incorporate women’s representation
issues into judicial systems,
Reaffirming that the active participation of women, on equal terms with men, at
all levels of decision-making is essential to the achievement of equality, sustainable
development, peace and democracy,
Reaffirming also the commitment to develop and implement appropriate and
effective national strategies and plans for the advancement of women in judicial
justice systems and institutions at the leadership, managerial and other levels,
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