30 Table 6: Independence and impartiality of treaty body members Treaty References to independence and impartiality International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965) ✔✔Members to serve in their personal capacity (art. 8) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) ✔✔Members to be elected and serve in their personal capacity (art. 28) ✔✔Members to solemnly declare to perform the functions impartially and conscientiously (art. 38) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) ✔✔Members to serve in their personal capacity (Economic and Social Council resolution 1985/17, para. (b)) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) ✔✔Members to serve in their personal capacity (art. 17) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) ✔✔Members to serve in their personal capacity (art. 17) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) ✔✔Members to serve in their personal capacity (art. 43) International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990) ✔✔Members to be impartial (art. 72) ✔✔Members to serve in their personal capacity (art. 72) Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (2002) ✔✔Members to serve in their individual capacity (art. 5) ✔✔Members to be independent and impartial (art. 5) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) ✔✔Members to serve in their personal capacity (art. 34) International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2006) ✔✔Members to serve in their personal capacity (art. 26) ✔✔Members to be independent and impartial (art. 26)