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- ↑ Gunnar Bergby går av etter 25 år i Høyesteretts tjeneste
- ↑ Skjeie, Hege; Hernes, Helga (2 April 2016). "Ikke til å tro". Dagens Næringsliv .
- ↑ "Oppnevnte mann til kvinnekomité". Advokatbladet.
- ↑ Hilde Firman Fjellså: "Likestilling: Et liv i kamp: Anne Hellums yrkesliv startet med diskriminering. Det har ikke gitt seg ennå". Klassekampen 20 May 2016 pp. 32–33 ["En samlet kvinnebevegelse i de nordiske landene ville ha Anne Hellum innstilt til FNs kvinnekomité da det i år var Norges tur til å nominere. Slik gikk det ikke. Beslutningen har vært sterkt kritisert av en rekke ledende fagfolk. Det er stilt spørsmål om Utenriksdepartementets nominasjon av en mindre kvalifisert mann er i tråd med norsk og internasjonalt regelverk som godtar moderat, men ikke radikal kjønnskvotering."]
- ↑ 21st Meeting of States parties (New York, 29 June 2020, postponed): Election of eleven members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2020
