More than that, international standards recognise positive obligations of the State to ensure gender equality – as did the Constitutional Court of Georgia in the above-mentioned judgment. In particular, the Venice Commission draws attention to Article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) – ratified by Georgia in 1994 –, according to which the States parties to the Convention condemn discrimination against women in all its forms, agree to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating discrimination against women, and undertake to embody the principle of the equality of men and women in their national constitutions or other appropriate legislation if not yet incorporated therein and to ensure, through law and other appropriate means, the practical realisation of this principle.