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
- Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights 1
- Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 1
- European Union: European Commission 1
- Human Rights Watch 1
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 1
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 4
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 23
- 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) 3
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 19
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 48
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 35
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 1
- UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 1
- Afghanistan 1
- Albania 2
- Angola 2
- Austria 1
- Belgium 1
- Bulgaria 2
- Colombia 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1
- Cyprus 1
- Denmark 1
- Egypt 1
- Eritrea 2
- Estonia 2
- Finland 1
- France 1
- Georgia 1
- Greece 3
- Haiti 1
- Hungary 1
- Indonesia 2
- Ireland 1
- Italy 2
- Kenya 1
- Latvia 1
- Lebanon 1
- Liberia 3
- Libya 1
- Lithuania 1
- Malta 2
- Moldova, Republic of 1
- North Macedonia 1
- Palestine, State of 1
- Philippines 1
- Rwanda 2
- Somalia 3
- Spain 1
- Sri Lanka 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 2
- Tunisia 1
- Ukraine 1
- 1951 Refugee Convention 1
- 1969 OAU Convention 1
- Access to procedures 9
- Accession 1
- Administrative courts 1
- Africans 1
- Aliens 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 4
- Asylum policy 18
- Asylum-migration nexus 5
- Asylum-seekers 11
- Border controls 10
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 12
- Cessation clauses 7
- Changes of circumstances in home country 6
- Children's rights 22
- Children-at-risk 10
- Citizenship / Nationality law 3
- Civil and political rights 2
- Community development 1
- Complementary forms of protection 4
- Complementary pathways 2
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 2
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 13
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 3
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 14
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Criminal justice 1
- Denial of nationality 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 1
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 14
- EU Qualification Directive 7
- Economic, social and cultural rights 21
- Effective protection 2
- Effective remedy 2
- Equal opportunities 1
- Equality before the law 4
- Expulsion 1
- False documents 1
- Family reunification 2
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 8
- Freedom of expression 2
- Freedom of information 2
- Freedom of movement 2
- 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) 2
- Immigration Detention 4
- Immigration law 2
- Independence of judiciary 1
- Indigenous persons 1
- Integration 15
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 6
- 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) 5
- International criminal law 1
- International protection 7
- Juvenile justice system 1
- Legal representation / Legal aid 1
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Migrant rights 1
- Migrants 11
- National security / Public order 5
- Non-refoulement 3
- Older persons 2
- Passports 1
- Persons with disabilities 4
- 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 9
- Refoulement 2
- Refugee / Asylum law 3
- Refugee seamen 1
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 2
- Refugees 17
- Regional instruments 10
- Religious discrimination 1
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 3
- Resettlement 18
- Return conditions 1
- Returnees 1
- Right to a nationality 2
- Right to development 2
- Right to education 6
- 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 3
- Right to life 2
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to self-determination 1
- Rights of non-citizens 1
- Roma 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
- Secondary movement 2
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 3
- Signatories and Parties 1
- Social group discrimination 2
- State of emergency 1
- Statelessness 14
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
- Terrorism 1
- Torture 3
- Trafficking in persons 6
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 8
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1
- Voluntary repatriation 6
- Women's rights 18
- Women-at-risk 4
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