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Type of Resource: Sample Document
Publication Date: 2020
Navigating the UN video transcript
Type of Resource: Sample Document
Publication Date: 2023
HRDAP Online Platforms and Digital Security
Type of Resource: FactSheet / Checklist
Publication Date: 2021
HRDAP Online Platforms and Digital Security Recommendations
Type of Resource: Video
Publication Date: 2022
Video transcript of Understanding the Universal Periodic Review: The Basics
Type of Resource: Individual Communication
Publication Date: 4 April 2007
This individual communication has been submitted to the Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 2007. In this communication, the Human Rights Law Centre argued that Australia violated the rights of a non-citizen who was a long-term resident of the country. In a landmark decision for non-citizens, the Committee found that Australia had violated article 12(4) (the right to enter his own country), and articles 17 and 23(1) (protection from arbitrary interference with his family life) of the ICCPR.
Type of Resource: Handbook / Guide
Publication Date: 2021
This handbook is a practical tool for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to work with the Special Procedures, the UN’s independent human rights experts assigned to investigate and report on situations of human rights. The information provided in this guide will help NGOs engage more strategically with the Special Procedures to increase the impact of the experts' work around the world.
Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2020
Video transcript of "Treaty Bodies: the Basics"
