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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/
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Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant, Second periodic reports of States parties due in 2009 : Liechtenstein

12 May 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: States Parties Reports

List of issues in relation to the 4th periodic report of Jamaica : Human Rights Committee

9 May 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Country Reports

List of issues in relation to the 6th periodic report of Morocco : Human Rights Committee

9 May 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Country Reports

List of issues in relation to the initial report of Bangladesh

3 May 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Country Reports

Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant, Sixth periodic reports of States parties due in 2015 : Mongolia

3 May 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: States Parties Reports

F.J. et al. v. Australia

asylum seekers’ detention is arbitrary and contrary to their right to liberty if the State fails to demonstrate on an individual basis that their continuous indefinite detention is justified, and that other, less intrusive, measures could not achieve the same end of compliance with the State’s need to respond to security concerns. In addition, the HRC considers that the combination of the arbitrary character and indefinite nature of the authors’ protracted detention, the absence of procedural guarantees to challenge the detention and the difficult conditions of detention, cumulatively inflict serious psychological harm that amount to “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” under the ICCPR.

2 May 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of - Sri Lanka

List of issues in relation to the seventh periodic report of Colombia

26 April 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Country Reports

List of issues in relation to the fourth periodic report of Azerbaijan

26 April 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Country Reports

List of issues in relation to the 4th periodic report of Slovakia : Human Rights Committee

22 April 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Country Reports

Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant pursuant to the optional reporting procedure : International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights : 3rd periodic reports of States parties due in 2013 : Republic of Moldova

17 March 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: States Parties Reports

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