The United Nations human rights treaty bodies are committees of independent experts who monitor the status of the implementation of International Human Rights Instruments such as the 'Convention on the Rights of the Child' (CRC), 'Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' (CESCR), and the 'Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women' (CEDAW).
The empowerment of people living in poverty is currently the center of the researches done by, Ms. Magdalena Sepulveda, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and extreme poverty. Following the UN Guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights, ...
The protection of the human rights of victims of climate change has to be the center of the UN Human Rights Council’s attention. This was the main message of Franciscans International (FI) during the Council’s parallel event on 31st May 2013. The event ...
Ms. Neena Ningombam from Manipur India whose husband was innocently killed by the Indian Armed Forces pleaded to the United Nations and the international community to put pressure to the Government of India to repeal a repressive Armed Forces Special ...
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