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UN Human Rights Committee (HRC)
The Human Rights Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by its State parties.
All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Covenant and then whenever the Committee requests (usually every four years). The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of "concluding observations. Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/
All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Covenant and then whenever the Committee requests (usually every four years). The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of "concluding observations. Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/
- Annual Reports 2
- Case Law 158
- Comments on Concluding Observations 67
- Concluding Observations 240
- Country Profiles 1
- Country Reports 50
- Country/Situation Specific Position Papers 34
- General Comments/Recommendations 35
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 1
- Sessional Reports 23
- Speeches/Statements 2
- States Parties Reports 324
- Afghanistan 2
- Albania 5
- Algeria 6
- Argentina 9
- Armenia 5
- Aruba 3
- Australia 30
- Austria 8
- Azerbaijan 9
- Bangladesh 3
- Barbados 3
- Belarus 13
- Belgium 5
- Benin 1
- Bolivia 4
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 8
- Botswana 2
- Brazil 4
- Bulgaria 2
- Burkina Faso 4
- Burundi 5
- Cambodia 3
- Cameroon 8
- Canada 31
- Cape Verde 1
- Central African Republic 2
- Chad 6
- Chile 7
- China 10
- Colombia 14
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4
- Congo, Republic of the 2
- Costa Rica 10
- Croatia 9
- Cyprus 6
- Czech Republic 11
- Côte d'Ivoire 2
- Denmark 10
- Djibouti 3
- Dominican Republic 8
- Ecuador 6
- Egypt 9
- El Salvador 4
- Equatorial Guinea 2
- Estonia 7
- Ethiopia 5
- Fiji 3
- Finland 9
- France 15
- Gabon 4
- Gambia 1
- Georgia 12
- Germany 7
- Ghana 4
- Greece 4
- Grenada 1
- Guatemala 5
- Guinea 2
- Guyana 3
- Haiti 1
- Honduras 3
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 11
- Hungary 5
- Iceland 9
- India 5
- Indonesia 3
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 13
- Iraq 7
- Ireland 8
- Israel 7
- Italy 9
- Jamaica 8
- Japan 8
- Jordan 2
- Kazakhstan 4
- Kenya 5
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 4
- Korea, Republic of 15
- Kuwait 4
- Kyrgyzstan 13
- Latvia 8
- Lebanon 2
- Lesotho 3
- Liberia 1
- Libya 9
- Liechtenstein 2
- Lithuania 10
- Luxembourg 3
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 6
- Madagascar 4
- Malaysia 2
- Maldives 2
- Mali 3
- Malta 1
- Mauritania 4
- Mauritius 4
- Mexico 10
- Moldova, Republic of 3
- Monaco 5
- Mongolia 4
- Montenegro 6
- Morocco 7
- Mozambique 4
- Myanmar 2
- Namibia 4
- Nepal 7
- Netherlands 22
- Netherlands Antilles 2
- New Zealand 8
- Nicaragua 3
- Niger 1
- Nigeria 3
- Norway 7
- Pakistan 7
- Palestine, State of 1
- Panama 4
- Paraguay 6
- Peru 10
- Philippines 9
- Poland 6
- Portugal 10
- Romania 6
- Russian Federation 20
- Rwanda 5
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1
- San Marino 3
- Saudi Arabia 1
- Senegal 5
- Serbia 16
- Sierra Leone 3
- Slovakia 10
- Slovenia 5
- Somalia 2
- South Africa 1
- Spain 21
- Sri Lanka 13
- Sudan 6
- Suriname 3
- Sweden 15
- Switzerland 4
- Syrian Arab Republic 8
- Tajikistan 10
- Tanzania, United Republic of 7
- Thailand 4
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 9
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 1
- Togo 5
- Trinidad and Tobago 5
- Tunisia 5
- Turkey 5
- Turkmenistan 1
- Uganda 4
- Ukraine 11
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14
- United States of America 13
- Uruguay 6
- Uzbekistan 18
- Venezuela 9
- Viet Nam 6
- Yemen 7
- Zambia 9
- Zimbabwe 1
- Abduction 2
- Abkhazians 1
- Abuse of psychiatry 1
- Access to procedures 5
- Accession 1
- Ainu 1
- Aliens 2
- Appeal / Right to appeal 9
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 21
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
- Asylum policy 2
- Asylum-seekers 12
- Batwa 1
- Child labour 2
- Child soldiers 2
- Children's rights 28
- Children-at-risk 2
- Christian 2
- Civil and political rights 157
- Contemporary forms of slavery 3
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 3
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Credibility assessment 4
- Crimes against humanity 3
- Criminal justice 38
- Death in custody 1
- Death penalty 28
- Democracy 1
- Denial of nationality 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 28
- Derivative status 1
- Diplomatic assurances 2
- Disappeared persons 12
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 16
- Domestic violence 19
- Economic, social and cultural rights 2
- Effective protection 1
- Effective remedy 25
- Elections 4
- Equal opportunities 16
- Equality before the law 10
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 3
- Exclusion clauses 2
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 29
- Expulsion 15
- Extradition 7
- Extrajudicial executions 5
- False documents 1
- Family reunification 1
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
- Forced labour 5
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 60
- Freedom of assembly and association 31
- Freedom of conscience 5
- Freedom of expression 42
- Freedom of information 5
- Freedom of movement 14
- Freedom of religion 21
- Freedom of speech 10
- Gender discrimination 12
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Good governance 1
- HIV and AIDS 2
- Habeas corpus 4
- Hmong 1
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 3
- Human rights activists 6
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 515
- Human rights law 1
- Human rights monitors 1
- Immigrants 1
- Immigration Detention 4
- Impunity 5
- Independence of judiciary 15
- Indigenous persons 12
- Internal armed conflict 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 6
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 149
- Jehovah's Witness 1
- Jurisdiction 2
- Koreans 1
- Kurd 1
- Legal representation / Legal aid 6
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 9
- Maternal and child health care 1
- Mental health 4
- Messianic Jews 2
- Migrant rights 3
- Migrants 2
- Military law 1
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 17
- Minorities 7
- Minority rights 25
- Non-refoulement 17
- Older persons 1
- Opposition 1
- Ossetians (South) 1
- Palestinian 1
- Passports 1
- Persecution based on political opinion 11
- Persecution of family members 1
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
- Persons with disabilities 8
- Police 6
- Political parties 1
- Political situation 2
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
- Pre-trial detention 10
- Prevention of discrimination 6
- Prison or detention conditions 55
- Property restitution 1
- Public health 5
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
- Refoulement 20
- Refugee / Asylum law 1
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
- Refugees 12
- Rejected asylum-seekers 1
- Religious discrimination 4
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
- Residence permits / Residency 1
- Return conditions 1
- Returnees 4
- Right to a nationality 4
- Right to education 7
- Right to employment 1
- Right to family life 10
- Right to health 2
- Right to justice 14
- Right to leave 1
- Right to liberty and security 19
- Right to life 36
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to seek asylum 3
- Right to self-determination 6
- Rights of non-citizens 8
- Roma 9
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 25
- Ryukyuans 1
- SGBV 16
- Sale of children 1
- Sami 12
- Security forces 2
- Serb 2
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Sexual and reproductive rights 2
- Signatories and Parties 1
- Sikh 1
- Smuggling of persons 1
- Social group discrimination 1
- Social group persecution 1
- State of emergency 2
- Statelessness 3
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
- Suspensive effect 1
- Tamil 1
- Temporary admission 1
- Terrorism 20
- Torture 3
- Trafficking in persons 20
- Transit 1
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 3
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1
- Visas 3
- War crimes 1
- Withdrawal of nationality 1
- Women's rights 34
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