International Legal Mechanisms to Ensure the Principle of Gender Equality

Abstract

The peculiarities of international legal mechanisms for ensuring the principle of gender equality are studied. The issues studied in the scientific work are actualized through the prism of the historical retrospective of the international legal heritage in the field of research and outlining the main problems that remain unresolved today. The issue of gender equality, which has been exacerbated by quarantine restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is highlighted. The specifics of legal regulation within the international and European legal systems are determined. It is pointed out that the civilizational achievements of legal regulation in the field of gender equality show considerable interest on the part of international actors in these issues, however, today we still cannot say the real effective existence of such protection mechanisms. comprehension and reassessment. The legal consolidation and application of positive discrimination as a policy endowed with an arsenal of tools, measures and actions taken to ensure the rights and well-being of members of certain groups depending on their ethnic and cultural origin, social class, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy, and motherhood etc. It is emphasized that the problem of legal inequality remains widespread today, even though several international legal instruments are aimed at achieving real equality between men and women. International legal standards are a kind of minimum requirements of the international community to states that, by implementing a set of measures, will be able to overcome gender inequality. The position on the necessary measures of legal response and control in the field of gender equality the elimination of all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and private spheres, including human trafficking and sexual and other forms of exploitation; elimination of all harmful practices (child, early and forced marriages and operations that harm the female genitalia).