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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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