Measures which should be identified, implemented and monitored for effectiveness include those designed to ensure a better gender balance in membership of all United Nations bodies, including the Main Committees of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and expert bodies, including treaty bodies, and in appointments to independent working groups or as country or special rapporteurs.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Gender
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
N.A.
Year
1997
Paragraph type
Conclusion / Recommendation
Reference
CEDAW General Recommendation No. 23, Political and public life (1997), para. 48.