Category: UN treaty bodies

May 2018: UN Treaty Bodies, UPR, and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

African System, armed conflict, children, civil society, corporate accountability, discrimination, enforced disappearance, equal protection, European System, health, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, right to life, torture, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system

In the month of May, several universal and regional bodies will be in session to assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through interactive dialogues, the consideration of State and civil society reports, country visits, and the review of individual complaints. Four United Nations treaty bodies will meet throughout May to engage with States regarding their treaty obligations related

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International Community Questions Fairness of Election As Hungary Re-elects Orbán

civil society, democracy & political rights, discrimination, European System, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association, UN treaty bodies

International election observers, civil society, and protesters have raised concerns over the fairness of Hungary’s April 8 parliamentary elections in which the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and his Fidesz party secured a strong majority, winning 133 of 199 parliamentary seats; media bias and intimidation of independent journalists as well as xenophobic and intimidating rhetoric, civil society and election observers

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European Court Delivers Landmark Judgment on Universal Jurisdiction & Torture

due process & judicial protection, European System, international human rights, regional human rights protection, torture, UN treaty bodies, universal jurisdiction

On March 15, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a landmark decision finding that States are not required to allow victims of torture to sue perpetrators in civil proceedings, in the absence of criminal proceedings, for compensation when the act of torture occurred outside of the territory of the State and the perpetrators are not nationals and are

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CEDAW Committee Recommends a Gender-Based Approach to Environmental Disasters

children, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, education, environmental rights, health, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) recently published a general recommendation on the adoption of a gender-based approach on the prevention of and response to climate change and environmental disasters. See Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, General Recommendation No. 37: Gender-related dimensions of disaster-risk reduction in the context of climate change, UN

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Committee Against Torture Issues New General Comment on Non-Refoulement

immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, torture, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) recently published  its General Comment 4 on the implementation of Article 3 (non-refoulement, or not deporting or extraditing an individual to a country where they are at risk of torture) of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Convention against Torture), replacing the CAT’s first general comment

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January 2018: Universal Periodic Review and Regional Bodies in Session

assembly and association, children, civil society, discrimination, equal protection, European System, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, right to life, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system, women's rights

In January 2018, several universal and regional human rights bodies and experts will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through the consideration of State and civil society reports, interactive dialogues, country visits, and hearings. One United Nations treaty body will meet throughout January to assess States’ compliance with their treaty obligations related to the rights of the child.

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