21. Recalls, with regard to the election of the members of the human rights treaty bodies, the importance of giving consideration to equitable geographical distribution and gender balance of the membership and to the representation of the principal legal systems and of bearing in mind that the members shall be elected and shall serve in their personal capacity and shall be of high moral character, acknowledged impartiality and recognized competence in the field of human rights, and encourages States parties, individually and through meetings of States parties, to consider how better to give effect to these principles;
21. 回顾关于人权条约机构成员的选举，应考虑到成员的公平地域分配和性别均衡和主要法系的代表性，并应铭记各成员是以个人身份当选和任职，应具备崇高道德，公认不带偏见，在人权领域具有公认的能力，并鼓励缔约国单独和通过缔约国会议，审议如何更好地落实这些原则；