20 Table 4: Gender balance per treaty body (August 2015) Treaty body (membership) Female Male Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (18) 4 (22.2%) 14 (77.8%) Human Rights Committee (18) 5 (27.8%) 13 (72.2%) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (18) 3 (16.7%) 15 (83.3%) 22 (95.7%) 1 (4.3%) Committee against Torture (10) 3 (30.0%) 7 (70.0%) Committee on the Rights of the Child (18) 9 (50.0%) 9 (50.0%) Committee on Migrant Workers (14) 3 (21.4%) 11 (78.6%) 13 (52.0%) 12 (48.0%) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (18) 6 (33.3%) 12 (66.7%) Committee on Enforced Disappearances (10) 2 (20.0%) 8 (80.0%) TOTAL (172) 70 (40.7%) 102 (59.3%) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (23) Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (25) Source: “Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies: Report of the Secretary-General” (A/70/257), table 4.

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