8.
Accordingly, it is recommended:
(a) That the World Conference take into account in its deliberations the
draft declaration on the elimination of violence against women;
(b) That Member States ensure equitable participation of women and men in
their delegations to the World Conference and integrate women’s rights issues in
their national preparations for the World Conference;
(c) That all national, regional, intergovernmental and international
organizations promote the full participation of women, especially at all levels
of the decision-making process, in their activities;
(d) That, in the preparations for the World Conference, the rights of all
women, including women with disabilities, be included at all levels of
participation, including physical accessibility as well as access to information
and communication, and in decisions of the Conference;
(e) That a comprehensive gender perspective should be always applied when
considering de jure and de facto enjoyment of human rights.
IV.
ITEM 12 (c): RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UNITED
NATIONS ACTIVITIES AND MECHANISMS
9.
The valuable work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women in monitoring and implementing the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 39/ and the relationship between
the Committee and the Commission on the Status of Women should be recognized.
It is recommended that the World Conference take the following measures:
(a) Women’s rights and concerns should be fully integrated into the
implementation of universal human rights and the gender approach should be
applied in the work of all human rights bodies and instruments, and this process
should be periodically reviewed and evaluated;
(b) Member States should ensure equitable representation of women and men
as members of all treaty bodies and working groups and in the appointment of
special and thematic rapporteurs;
(c) All human rights treaty bodies should be placed on the same footing
and, accordingly, the United Nations General Assembly should consider ways and
means of increasing the meeting time of the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women, taking into account the specific needs to fulfil
its mandate;
(d) Coordination and cooperation between the Commission on Human Rights
and the Commission on the Status of Women, as well as between the Committee on
the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and other human rights treaty
bodies and national machinery should be improved by, inter alia, mutual
representation;
(e) Reservations in all human rights treaties should be carefully
examined, especially those that might raise questions concerning their
compatibility with the object and purpose of the treaties;
(f) The Commission on Human Rights at its fiftieth session should consider
appointing a special rapporteur on violence against women;
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