The UN human rights treaty system : : universality at the crossroads / / Anne Bayefsky.

• VerfasserIn: Bayefsky, Anne F.,
• Place / Publishing House: The Hague, Netherlands : : Kluwer Law International,, [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Human rights treaties are at the core of the international system for the promotion and protection of human rights. Every UN member state has ratified at least one of these treaties, making them applicable to virtually every child, woman or man in the world - over six billion people. At the same tim...

Table of Contents

• I : Background.
• II : Report.
• 1. Introduction.
• 2. Overdue Reports.
• 3. The Consideration of a State Party's Record in the Absence of a Report.
• 4. Periodicity of Reports.
• 5. Focussed and Consolidated Reporting.
• 6. Inadequate Reports.
• 7. Special Reports.
• 8. Order of Considering Reports.
• 9. The Timing of the Consideration of Individual Communications.
• 10. Considering Individual Communications.
• 11. Working Groups.
• 12. The Special Rapporteur on New Communications.
• 13. The Special Rapporteur on Follow-up to Individual Communications.
• 14. Country Rapporteurs.
• 15. List of Issues.
• 16. Country Information within OHCHR.
• 17. CORE Documents.
• 18. Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs).
• 19. UN Agencies, Bodies and Programmes.
• 20. The Special Procedures/Mechanisms.
• 21. The Dialogue.
• 22. Concluding Observations.
• 23. Reservations.
• 24. Follow-up on State Reporting or Operationalizing the Human.
• 25. Treaty body Visits or Missions to State Parties.
• 26. General Comments and Recommendations.
• 27. Media.
• 28. Meetings of Chairpersons of the Treaty Bodies.
• 29. Treaty Body Members' Performance.
• 30. Languages.
• 31. Streaming Complaints.
• 32. Documentation.
• 33. The Venue for CEDAW.
• 34. Servicing and Resources.
• 35. Amendment.
• III : List of Recommendations.
• Annexes.