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mapping of major issues affecting women as users of the judiciary (e.g. as victims in
the civil and criminal jurisdictions; as witnesses, particularly in cases of SGBV; and as
offenders);
(h)
Take all necessary steps to ensure a systematic gender analysis of the
judicial sector, and the incorporation of a gender perspective in the administration of
justice.
92.
National courts and tribunals should resort more actively to the use of
comparative law and the tools available at the international level, including
international customary law, international treaties, treaty bodies' jurisprudence, the
conclusions and recommendations stemming from the universal periodic review
(UPR) mechanism and expert analysis and advice contained in reports of thematic or
country-specific special procedures of the Human Rights Council.
93.
Judges and all judicial affairs staff should be adequately trained and sensitized
on gender equality and women’s human rights and on strategies to avoid gender
stereotyping.
3.
Other recommendations
94.
The Special Rapporteur encourages the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations, in collaboration with all
United Nations Agencies when appropriate, to:
(a)
Compile the legal analysis and doctrinal positions by the Special
Procedures of the Human Rights Council together with the recommendations adopted
within the framework of the universal periodic review mechanism and the practice of
treaty bodies, in contributing to make the human rights principles of equality and
non-discrimination a reality in women's daily lives, with a view to making them
available to judiciaries across countries and regions;
(b)
Compile, in collaboration with all United Nations Agencies, the legal
analysis and doctrinal positions developed by the United Nations system, with a view
to making them available to the judiciaries across countries and regions.
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