General Comments/Recommendations
The UN Human Rights Treaty Committees publish their interpretation of the content of human rights provisions, known as general comments on thematic issues or methods of work.
- African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) 2
- Amnesty International 3
- Article 19 1
- Human Rights Watch 1
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 1
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 3
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 22
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 28
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 16
- UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) 1
- UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 1
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 17
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 26
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 35
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 1
- Afghanistan 1
- Albania 2
- Angola 2
- Belgium 1
- Bulgaria 1
- Colombia 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1
- Cyprus 1
- Denmark 1
- Egypt 1
- Eritrea 2
- Georgia 1
- Greece 1
- Haiti 1
- Indonesia 2
- Ireland 1
- Italy 2
- Kenya 1
- Lebanon 1
- Liberia 3
- Libya 1
- Lithuania 1
- Malta 1
- Palestine, State of 1
- Philippines 1
- Rwanda 2
- Somalia 3
- Spain 1
- Sri Lanka 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 2
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1
- Tunisia 1
- Access to procedures 3
- Accession 1
- Administrative courts 1
- Africans 1
- Aliens 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 3
- Asylum policy 10
- Asylum-migration nexus 1
- Asylum-seekers 6
- Border controls 2
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
- Cessation clauses 7
- Changes of circumstances in home country 6
- Children's rights 21
- Children-at-risk 6
- Citizenship / Nationality law 2
- Civil and political rights 2
- Community development 1
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 13
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 14
- Criminal justice 1
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 14
- Economic, social and cultural rights 18
- Effective remedy 1
- Equal opportunities 1
- Equality before the law 4
- False documents 1
- Family reunification 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 7
- Freedom of expression 2
- Freedom of information 2
- Freedom of movement 1
- Freedom of religion 1
- Freedom of speech 3
- Gender discrimination 11
- HIV and AIDS 4
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2
- Human Rights Council 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 9
- Humanitarian assistance 1
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Immigration Detention 2
- Independence of judiciary 1
- Indigenous persons 1
- Integration 9
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 5
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 3
- International Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers (ICRMW) 1
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1
- International criminal law 1
- International protection 5
- Juvenile justice system 1
- Legal representation / Legal aid 1
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Migrant rights 1
- Migrants 6
- National security / Public order 2
- Non-refoulement 2
- Older persons 2
- Passports 1
- Persons with disabilities 2
- Prevention of discrimination 3
- Prison or detention conditions 3
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 2
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 3
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 1
- Reception 5
- Refoulement 1
- Refugee / Asylum law 1
- Refugee seamen 1
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
- Refugees 9
- Regional instruments 7
- Religious discrimination 1
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 2
- Resettlement 5
- Right to a nationality 1
- Right to development 1
- Right to education 5
- Right to employment 2
- Right to family life 2
- Right to food 1
- Right to health 3
- Right to justice 1
- Right to liberty and security 2
- Right to life 2
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to self-determination 1
- Roma 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
- SGBV 2
- Signatories and Parties 1
- Social group discrimination 2
- State of emergency 1
- Statelessness 5
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
- Torture 2
- Trafficking in persons 3
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 4
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1
- Voluntary repatriation 6
- Women's rights 18
- Women-at-risk 3
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