Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society

Reference links from Chapter 4: Human rights treaty bodies

• The Human Rights Committee:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/index.htm
  
  
• The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/index.htm
  
  
• The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/index.htm
  
  
• The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/index.htm
  
  
• The Committee against Torture:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/index.htm
  
  
• The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/opcat/index.htm
  
  
• The Committee on the Rights of the Child:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/index.htm
  
  
• The Committee on Migrant Workers:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cmw/index.htm
  
  
• The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crpd/index.htm
  
  
• Factsheet No. 10 (Rev. 1): The Rights of the Child
  http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet10rev.1en.pdf
  
  
• Factsheet No.12: The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet12en.pdf
  
  
• Factsheet No. 15 (Rev. 1): Civil and Political Rights: The Human Rights Committee
  http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet15rev.1en.pdf
  
  
• Factsheet No. 16 (Rev. 1): The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet16rev.1en.pdf
  
  
• Factsheet No. 17: The Committee Against Torture
  http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet17en.pdf
  
  
• Factsheet No. 22: Discrimination against Women: The Convention and the Committee
  http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet22en.pdf
  
  
• Factsheet No. 24 (Rev. 1): The International Convention on Migrant Workers and its Committee http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet24rev.1en.pdf
  
  
• Factsheet No. 30: The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System: An introduction to the core human rights treaties and the treaty bodies http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet30en.pdf
  
  
• Factsheet No. 7 (Rev. 1): Complaint Procedures
  http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet7Rev.1en.pdf
  
  
• Upcoming human rights treaty body sessions:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty 
  
  
• Individual complaints:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/petitions/individual.htm
  
  
• Inquiries :
  http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet30en.pdf
  
  
• Early warning and urgent action procedures:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/early-warning.htm
  
  
• General comments and general recommendations:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/treaty/comments.htm
  
  
• Days of Discussion :
  http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx
  
  
• The annual meeting of chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies and inter-committee meetings:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/icm-mc/index.htm
  
  
• The ratification status of human rights treaties and optional protocols:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/ratification/index.htm
  
  
• Submitting a written report
  
  - Human Rights Committee ((the general guidelines for NGO participation):
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/workingmethods.htm#a8
  
  
  - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the general guidelines for NGO participation):
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/NGOs.htm
  
  
  - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (the general guidelines for NGO participation): http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/workingmethods.htm#B
  
  
  - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/NGO_Participation_EN.pdf
  
  
  - The Committee against Torture and Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture: (the general guidelines for NGO participation): http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/workingmethods.htm#a8
  
  
  - Committee on the Rights of the Child (the general guidelines for NGO participation):
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/workingmethods.htm#a8
  
  
  General link to the human rights treaty bodies section:
  http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx
  
  
• Guidelines for oral submissions at human rights treaty body sessions and pre-sessional working groups:
  
  - Human Rights Committee ((the general guidelines for NGO participation):
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/workingmethods.htm#a8
  
  
  - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the general guidelines for NGO participation): 
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/NGOs.htm
  
  
  - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (the general guidelines for NGO participation): - http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/workingmethods.htm#B
  
  
  - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: 
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cedaw/docs/NGO_Participation_EN.pdf
  
  
  - The Committee against Torture (the general guidelines for NGO participation):
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/workingmethods.htm#a8
  
  
  - Committee on the Rights of the Child (the general guidelines for NGO participation): 
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/workingmethods.htm#a8
  
  
• E-mail notification of treaty body recommendations
  http://www.unhchr.ch/tbmailin.nsf/email?Openform
  
  
• Individual Complaints Human Rights Committee:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/petitions/index.htm
  
  
  - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/complaints.htm
  
  
  - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/procedure.htm
  
  
  - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cedaw-one.htm
  
  
  - The Committee against Torture:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/complaints.htm
  
  
  - Committee on the Rights of the Child:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/petitions/index.htm
  
  
  - Committee on Migrant Workers
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/complaints.htm
  
  
  - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
  http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/petitions/index.htm
  
  
• Extranet page
  http://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/ExtranetLinks.aspx