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Monitoring Civil
and Political Rights
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”. |
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THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE IS AN
IMPORTANT TREATY BODY MECHANISM FOR NGO'S TO REVIEW FOR ADVOCACY TOOLS,
GENDER COMPONENTS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY REPORTS & CONCLUDING
OBSERVATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
Example PERU:
10. The Committee
takes note of the measures taken to prevent and combat violence against women,
but is nonetheless concerned about the persistence of this phenomenon (arts. 3,
6 and 7 of the Covenant).
The State party
should strengthen its efforts to prevent and combat all forms of violence
against women, including by ensuring the effective implementation of the
existing relevant legal and policy frameworks. The State party should adopt
legislation criminalizing all forms of domestic violence. The State party
should also facilitate complaints from victims; ensure that all reports of
violence are investigated and perpetrators brought to justice; and ensure that
victims have access to effective means of protection, including an adequate
number of shelters available in all parts of the country.
In order to ensure that it is as well informed as possible, the Committee invites non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions to provide reports containing country-specific information on States parties whose reports are before them. Such information should be submitted in writing, preferably well in advance of the relevant session. The Committee sets aside the first morning meeting of each plenary session to enable representatives of non-governmental organizations to provide oral information. In addition to this, lunch-time briefings are organized to allow non-governmental organizations to provide further information to Committee members before the examination of the State report by the Committee. The Committee, in its Annual Report (2002) stated that it reserved the right to determine, at a later stage, whether other briefings by non governmental organizations should also become part of the Committee's official documentation.(10)
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Human Rights Committee Concludes Its 107th Session
On the website link (above) there is also a column for NGO Information, as submitted to the Human Rights Committee, such as Shadow Reports.
Country |
States reports |
List of
Issues & Written replies |
Delegation
List & Statement |
Concluding
Observations |
Angola |
CCPR/C/AGO/1 |
CCPR/C/AGO/Q/1 CCPR/C/AGO/Q/1/Add.1 |
CCPR/C/AGO/CO/1 Advance
Unedited Version |
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Belize |
To be
discussed in the absence of a report |
CCPR/C/BLZ/Q/1 Replies
as received |
CCPR/C/BLZ/CO/1 Advance
Unedited Version |
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China-Macao |
Initial
report CCPR/C/CHN-MAC/1 |
CCPR/C/CHN-MAC/Q/1 CCPR/C/CHN-MAC/Q/1/Add.1 |
CCPR/C/CHN-MAC/CO/1 Advance
Unedited Version |
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China-HongKong |
Third
report CCPR/C/CHN-HKG/3 |
CCPR/C/CHN-HKG/Q/3 |
CCPR/C/CHN-HKG/CO/3 Advance
Unedited Version |
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Paraguay |
Third
report CCPR/C/PRY/3 |
CCPR/C/PRY/Q/3 CCPR/C/PRY/Q/3/Add.1 S only |
CCPR/C/PRY/CO/3 Advance
Unedited Version |
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Peru |
Fifth
periodic report CCPR/C/PER/5 |
CCPR/C/PER/Q/5 CCPR/C/PER/Q/5/Add.1 S only |
CCPR/C/PER/CO/5 Advance
Unedited Version |
Please visit the webpage of the Human Rights Committee 107th Session: http://goo.gl/o5Y7c