How to Complain to the UN Human Rights Treaty System / Anne Bayefsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bayefsky, Anne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Actions and defenses.

Human rights.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2002.

Summary:

The human rights treaties are at the core of the international system for the promotion and protection of human rights. Their power to translate rights into remedies, however, requires greater access to the system by victims of human rights violations. This volume is about access and empowerment. It will facilitate the ability of victims to complain about violations of their rights to an international body, and to have their complaints measured against clear standards. Although this system of enforcement remains open only to those whose rights have been violated by states that have permitted complaints, the complaints procedures of the UN treaty system apply to one-quarter of the world's population.

Contents:

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Abbreviations.

Glossary.

I . The Principal UN Human Rights Treaties.

II . Introduction to Complaints Procedures.

III The Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

IV . The Convention Against Torture.

V . The Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

VI . The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

VII . The Investigative Mechanisms.

VIII . The State Reporting System.

IX . Choosing a Forum.

X . Follow-up.

Annexes.

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-47911-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004479111 DOI