PART II  Commitments Related to Structural Components of a Democratic Society 97 Mindful of the continued under-representation of women in the OSCE area in decisionmaking structures within the legislative, executive, including police services, and judicial branches, Concerned that widespread discrimination against women, continues to undermine their effective participation in political and public life at all levels, (…) Calls on the participating States to: 1. Consider providing for specific measures to achieve the goal of gender balance in all (…) judicial and executive bodies Astana 2010 6. (…) We value the important role played by civil society and free media in helping us to ensure full respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy, including free and fair elections, and the rule of law. 2.4.2 Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Practitioners, and Impartial Operation of the Public Judicial Service Copenhagen 1990 (5) [The participating States] solemnly declare that among those elements of justice which are essential to the full expression of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all human beings are the following: (…) (5.12) - the independence of judges and the impartial operation of the public judicial service will be ensured; (5.13) - the independence of legal practitioners will be recognized and protected, in particular as regards conditions for recruitment and practice; Moscow 1991 (19) The participating States (19.1) - will respect the internationally recognized standards that relate to the independence of judges and legal practitioners and the impartial operation of the public judicial service including, inter alia, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; (19.2) - will, in implementing the relevant standards and commitments, ensure that the independence of the judiciary is guaranteed and enshrined in the constitution or the law of the country and is respected in practice, paying particular attention to the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, which, inter alia, provide for (i) prohibiting improper influence on judges;