Submissions on comments - articles in core international human rights treaties

 

In this resource, you will find submissions made by ILGA World on draft general comments on articles in core international human rights treaties.

The human rights Treaty Bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties. Each State party to a treaty has an obligation to take steps to ensure that everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set out in the treaty.

 

Our submissions:


Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)

2017
  • Draft revised General Comment on the implementation of article 3 of the CAT in the context of article 22 - Non-refoulement

 

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

2023

 

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

2023

 

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

2023

 

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

2016

 

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

2021
2017

 

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

2017
  • Written submissions relating to the Draft General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – Right to life