CEDAW/C/CHE/CO/4-5 low-income couples, especially in relation to the potential risk that they face of falling into poverty in old age. 49. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Take the measures necessary to redress gender disparities and economic disparities (“shortfalls”) upon divorce; (b) Amend the Child Maintenance Act to introduce a federal scheme of income deficit and ensure that the shortfall in income is equally distributed between parents and that a minimal contribution to child maintenance is applied; (c) Establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure that shared custody is practised and that child maintenance orders reflect the reality in relation to the time and cost allocation between parents; (d) Develop a study, to be conducted by scientific experts and relevant women’s non-governmental organizations, to analyse the impact of the current pension system on low-income couples in relation to their falling into poverty. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 50. The Committee calls upon the State party to use the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in its efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 51. The Committee calls for the realization of substantive gender equality, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention, throughout the process of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Dissemination 52. The Committee requests the State party to ensure the timely dissemination of the present concluding observations, in the official languages of the State party, to the relevant State institutions at all levels (federal and cantonal), in particular to the Federal Council, the ministries, the Federal Assembly and the judiciary, to enable their full implementation. Ratification of other treaties 53. The Committee notes that the adherence of the State party to the nine major international human rights instruments 1 would enhance the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms in all aspects of __________________ 1 18/19 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 16-20858