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The ICC
The ICC – General Introduction The ICC and Western Sahara Useful link www.icc-cpi.int
The Council of Europe and Western Sahara
The Council of Europe has showed its concern in relation to the situation of human rights in Western Sahara through its organisms. Parliamentary Assembly The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe expressed its views on Western Sahara in the …
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The ICC – General Introduction
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. It has been established in 1998 with …
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The Human Rights Council Complaint Procedure – General Introduction
A complaint procedure was established by the Human Rights Council in order “to address consistent patterns of gross and reliably attested violations of all human rights and all fundamental freedoms occurring in any part of the world and under any …
The individual complaint procedures
The individual complaint procedures are a mechanism that allows individuals who deem to have suffered the violation of a right protected by an international Convention to address a claim to an international Committee. Individuals, who are under the jurisdiction of …
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted on 13 December 2006 and entered into force on 3 May 2008. The text is available at the following link: CRPD. Although it is the main international …
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) was adopted by the General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) of 21 December 1965 and entered into force on 4 January 1969. In order to achieve its aims, …
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The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) was adopted on 4 February 1985 and entered into force in 1989. Its aim is the protection of individuals against particular kinds of abuses perpetrated by …
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The Universal Periodic Review – General Introduction
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a process which involves a periodic review of the human rights records of all UN Member States and was created through the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 by resolution 60/251 (UNGA Resolution …
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