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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Q.A. v. Sweden 20 February 2020 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Case Law \| Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) \| Topic(s): Atheist / Agnostic - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to life \| Countries: Afghanistan - Sweden
Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand (advance unedited version) 9.11 The Committee takes note of the observation of the Immigration and Protection Tribunal that climate change-induced harm can occur through sudden-onset events and slowonset processes. Reports indicate that sudden-onset events are discrete occurrences that have an immediate and obvious impact over a period of hours or days, while slow-onset effects may have a gradual, adverse impact on livelihoods and resources over a period of months to years. Both sudden-onset events (such as intense storms and flooding) and slow-onset processes (such as sea level rise, salinization, and land degradation) can propel cross-border movement of individuals seeking protection from climate change-related harm. 27 The Committee is of the view that without robust national and international efforts, the effects of climate change in receiving states may expose individuals to a violation of their rights under articles 6 or 7 of the Covenant, thereby triggering the non-refoulement obligations of sending states. Furthermore, given that the risk of an entire country becoming submerged under water is such an extreme risk, the conditions of life in such a country may become incompatible with the right to life with dignity before the risk is realized. 7 January 2020 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Non-refoulement - Right to life \| Countries: Kiribati - New Zealand
General comment no. 36, Article 6 (Right to Life) 3 September 2019 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
Views adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 2601/2015 4 September 2017 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant, Initial reports of States parties due in 2005 : Liberia 9 December 2016 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant, Fourth periodic reports of State parties due in 2009 : Democratic Republic of the Congo 2 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: States Parties 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
Dalisa Dovadzija and Sakiba Dovdzija v. Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 November 2015 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Children's rights - Disappeared persons - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security - Right to life \| Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chhedulal Tharu and others v. Nepal 21 October 2015 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life \| Countries: Nepal
Molina et al v. Colombia 22 September 2015 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Disappeared persons - Right to liberty and security - Right to life \| Countries: Colombia

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