UN Human Rights Committee (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/
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 2
- Criminal justice 1
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 2
- Immigration Detention 1
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1
- Right to liberty and security 2
- Right to life 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
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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) | 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 |
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Y v. Canada
7 August 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka |
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Tiyagarajah v. Sri Lanka
Ninety-eighth session of the Human Rights Committee (8 to 26 March 2010) 30 April 2010 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Sri Lanka |
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Jayalath Jayawardena v. Sri Lanka
Display in UN document template Original: ENGLISH 26 July 2002 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Right to liberty and security | Countries: Sri Lanka |
