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Type of Resource: Report, Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
In its concluding observations, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) asked South Africa to "take all measures necessary to protect the rights of human rights defenders" in a recommendation following the review of South Africa's first report to the Committee.
Type of Resource: Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
This document is the list of themes adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in its combined 14th-17th periodic reviews of the People's Republic of China.
Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
This submission of Chinese Human Rights Defenders suggests a list of themes for the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to consider in its review of the People's Republic of China.
Type of Resource: Communication, Sample document
Publication Date: 2018
In this submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), ISHR presents a report addressing the challenges to implementation of China’s treaty obligations in the areas of:
Type of Resource: Fact Sheet
Publication Date: 2018
This document is a list of the disappeared persons with regard to whom the Committee has requested a State party to take action, in application of Article 30 of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearance.
Type of Resource: Report
Publication Date: 2009
The present report provides an overview of the current working methods of eight of the ten human rights Treaty Bodies (CERD; CESCR; CCPR; CEDAW; CAT; CRC; CMW; CRPD). The report is confined to the working methods of the Treaty Bodies with respect to the reporting process. Consequently, it does not consider the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), which is mandated to set up a system of regular visits to places where people are deprived of their liberty.
Type of Resource: Report
Publication Date: 2016
In this report, the Committee against Torture (CAT) considered the special report of Burundi and adopted conclusions and recommendations regarding the practice of torture in the country. The Committee seized the opportunity of this review to point out alarming practices of Burundian authorities.
Type of Resource: Report
Publication Date: 2012
In this report, the Committee against Torture (CAT) considered the implementation of the Convention in the Syrian Arab Republic in the absence of the special report requested by the Committee. The Committee adopted conclusions and recommendations regarding the practice of torture in the country, and seized the opportunity of this review to point out alarming practices.
Type of Resource: Report
Publication Date: 1998
In this report, the Committee against Torture (CAT) considered the second periodic report of Israel and adopted conclusions and recommendations regarding the practice of torture in the country. The Committee seized the opportunity of this review both to underline positive developments within Israel and to point out alarming practices.
Type of Resource: Communication
Publication Date: 2018
This third-party intervention was submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in the case of a minor who was unlawfully returned to Morocco from Spain. The communication analyses the legal principles and jurisprudence related to the obligations of States parties.