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 on Treaty Bodies comments
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
- Comments on the First Draft of the General Comment No. 1 on Enforced Disappearances in the context of migration: Migration and enforced disappearances
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
2026
- Edits and comments to the Draft general recommendation no. 41 on gender stereotypes (authored by the Center for Reproductive Rights and ILGA World)
- Comments on the draft general recommendation on gender stereotypes (authored by Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, Global Health Justice Partnership of Yale Law School and Yale School of Public Health, ILGA World, Intersecta Organización para la Igualdad, Just Futures Collaborative, Rebecca Schleifer, JD/ MPH (Visiting Fellow, GHJP), Mindy Jane Roseman, PhD/JD, Jaime M. Gher)
2025
- Written submission relating to CEDAW’s Half-day of general discussion on gender stereotypes
2024
- Written submissions relating to CEDAW’s draft general recommendation No. 40 on the equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems: submission 1 | submission 2 | implementation briefer
2023
- Written submission for the General Discussion on equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
2024
- Written submission relating to the concept paper for the Joint General Comment/Recommendation on Obligations of State Parties on public policies for addressing and eradicating xenophobia and its impact on the rights of migrants, their families, and other non-citizens affected by racial discrimination
2023
- Comments to the draft general comment No. 37 on racial discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to health
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
2024
- Submission on the draft general comment No. 27 on children’s rights to access to justice and effective remedies – LGBTI children’s rights to access to justice and effective remedies
2016
- Written submission for the Draft General Comment on the implementation of the rights of the child during adolescence
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
2025
- Written submission on the draft guidelines on addressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination against women and girls with disabilities
2021
- Written submission relating to the Outline of the General Comment on article 27 of the CRPD – the right to work and employment
2017
- Written submissions relating to the Outline of the draft General Comment on article 5 of the CRPD – Equality and non-discrimination
- Written submission relating to the first draft of the General Comment on article 5 of the CRPD – Equality and non-discrimination
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
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW)
2024
- Written submission relating to the concept paper for the Joint General Comment/Recommendation on Obligations of State Parties on public policies for addressing and eradicating xenophobia and its impact on the rights of migrants, their families, and other non-citizens affected by racial discrimination
Additional submissions
Human Rights Treaties Branch – Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
2026
Upholding human rights and participation: Civil society input on the future of human rights treaty bodies
Joint civil society submission in response to the call for inputs to the Secretary-General’s report on the status of the human rights treaty body system pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 68/268
At a crossroads: Breaking the cycle of crisis
Joint civil society response to the Secretary-General’s report on the status of the UN human rights system pursuant to General Assembly Resolution 68/268
2024
Written submission for the Call for inputs on the UN General Assembly resolutions on “Strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system” and “Human rights treaty body system”
