New York, June 14 -- The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations recently hosted an international seminar on tearing down the barriers that keep women from equal and inclusive involvement in international law.

The event was under the auspices of the permanent missions of Belgium, Colombia, Canada, Portugal, Mexico and Spain, together with the Working Group on Gender Parity for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA).

It drew delegates from more than 80 UN member states, alongside experts, lawyers, legal advisers and advocates from networks campaigning for gender parity in international legal bodies.

In his opening speech, Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent...