A/HRC/17/30 88. The Special Rapporteur encourages States to avail themselves of the expertise of relevant special procedures of the Human Rights Council and the technical cooperation and assistance of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and other relevant agencies to complement ongoing efforts to: (a) Assist in conducting a comprehensive gender assessment of the justice system to identify challenges, gaps and opportunities and determine further areas of technical assistance and cooperation; (b) Assist in the design of gender-sensitive interventions (including capacitybuilding efforts) in the justice sector to integrate gender considerations in both civil and criminal justice systems; (c) Assist in the development of indicators and the determination of baselines for gender mainstreaming across the justice sector. 89. The Special Rapporteur encourages international and regional organizations, technical cooperation agencies and bilateral and multilateral donors to continue contributing to build the capacities of Governments, and other stakeholders, to identify gender-specific barriers for the full enjoyment of human rights and tailor gender-sensitive responses to discrimination and violence against women, including effective remedies and mechanisms for reparation and redress. 90. The Special Rapporteur encourages civil society organizations and national human rights institutions, and other stakeholders to establish partnerships with States to help them in addressing gender-specific barriers to the access of justice and develop a gender-sensitive administration of justice. 2. Developing a gender-sensitive judiciary 91. The judiciary and the bodies in charge of their administration and oversight should: (a) Incorporate gender considerations in the day-to-day operations and overall planning of the judicial sector; (b) Collect and use sex-disaggregated data in the planning and building of sectorial strategies; (c) Use and promote the use of gender-neutral language whenever possible in the rulings, minutes and briefing notes, so as to avoid reproducing and promoting a male-centred vision of the world; (d) Redouble efforts to ensure that women are not only considered as victims or clients within the judiciary, but also as key actors in the administration of justice, as legal professionals with strengths and capacities to contribute to the integrity of the justice system; (e) Include knowledge of women's human rights and demonstrated commitment to the goal of gender equality as requirements in the selection and appointment of judges and justices at all levels. Proposed lists of judicial candidates for appointments and promotions should ensure adequate representation of women and minorities at all levels within the judicial system; (f) Create equal conditions based on merit for appointment of judges to any kind of courts, not only family and children courts; (g) Create the conditions necessary for the mainstreaming of gender in the judiciary, for example through raising awareness among judges and court officials on women's human rights and the prohibition of non-discrimination and carrying out a 19