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The Committee addresses the situation of human rights in Western Sahara through the following mechanisms: Periodic Review Individual Communication

The Human Rights Committee may:  receive and consider communications by individuals as provided in the first Protocol to the Covenant; receive and consider communications by a State Party on the violation of the Covenant by another State Party as established by Art. …

According to its Art. 28, a Human Rights Committee was established by the ICCPR. It is composed of experts of high moral character in the field of human rights, who are elected for a term of four years by secret ballot from …

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) The Periodic Report Mechanism The Individual Communication Procedure

Until today no communications have been brought by individuals to the attention of the Committee in relation to the human rights situation in Western Sahara. It is worth noting that Morocco ratified the Optional Protocol in 2009. Being in force the Optional …

Morocco ratified the Convention and its Optional Protocol in 2009. It is obliged to submit regularly a report on the measures taken to respect the rights set forth in the Convention in the territory under its jurisdiction. Until today, only the initial …

Thanks to the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (see OP CRPD), a State party may recognize the competence of the Committee to receive and consider individual communications. Once the Committee receives a …

Under Art. 34 of the Convention, a Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was established in order to control the respect of the obligations enshrined in the Convention. It consists of twelve experts who are elected for a term of …

The Committee may address the situation of human rights in Western Sahara through the following mechanisms: Periodic Review Individual Communication