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Communications / Complaints procedures

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Procedures under treaty-monitoring bodies

  • Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention on the elimination of Discrimination against Women
  • Article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
  • Article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Article 31 of the International Convention for the Protection from Enforced Disappearance

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