Elinor Hammarskjöld
Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations
Elinor Hammarskjöld

For gender mainstreaming to be truly transformative, gender considerations must be woven through our institutional and policy frameworks as well as our programmatic work. I am committed to promoting and protecting gender equality by ensuring that it remains at the centre of our work.

I support the IGC Panel Parity Pledge.

I support the IGC gender-based violence pledge.

Personal Commitments

I commit to promoting and strengthening a mentoring scheme for female staff members of the Office of Legal Affairs.
I commit to ensuring that my Office, in providing advice, continues to ensure that gender is considered, including by having equitable gender representation at the table. This in particular where advice relates to sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, gender-based violence or issues of international justice and human rights involving a gender component.