A/71/398 Violence against Women, the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and the Istanbul Conven tion, that are open for accession to non-member States or for use as an source of inspiration. The group of experts indicates that the development of any new global and legally binding treaty on violence against women would entail the risk of bringing abou t possible conflicting treaty obligations with the existing regional instruments and may also result in diluting existing standards. It calls attention to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and general recommendation No. 19 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. It considers that the creation of another global convention on violence against women would be likely to entail inconsistent or even conflicting standards in the area and that the creation of an additional monitoring body would add to the monitoring fatigue of States parties. The group of experts stresses the current international political climate and economic situation, which are not conducive to the drafting of an additional instrument on women’s rights, and that creating such an instrument would pose the risk of falling behind the existing standards established by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its general recommendation No. 19, let alone more advanced standards set out in the Istanbul Convention. It believes that the introduction of another instrument at this stage, albeit at the global level, would be premature and pose a challenge to the implementation of existing norms and standards. Priority should be accorded to ensuring the full implementation of the treaties and other instruments that already exist, rather than creating new standards. D. Association of Southeast Asian Nations Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children 20. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights considers that there is no need for a separate legally binding treaty on eliminating violence against women. The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children believes that it is not necessary to have a separate legally binding treaty focused on violence against women with its own monitoring body because of the existence of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and general recommendation No. 19 and that, therefore, it would compete for attention and resources. The Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children indicates that reporting to another monitoring body would constitute an additional burden on Governments in terms of resources. It also considers that violence against women should not be isolated in terms of its sociocultural, economic and political-security contexts. It notes that the consolidation and institutionalization of the Convention would be the best strategy, instead of imposing another treaty that might undermine the power and authority of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. E. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa 21. The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa considers that, in theory, an international treaty on violence against women is n eeded, but that some 8/24 16-16456