ADVOCACY THROUGH THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS

MECHANISMS

March 14, 2014

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Treaty AdoptionEntered

into force

State Partie

sInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

16 Dec 1966

23 Mar 1976 167

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

16 Dec 1966

3 Jan 1976 160

“CORE” HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES

ÓRGANOS DE TRATADOS DE DDHH

Tratado AdopciónEntrada en vigor

Estados Partes Perú

Pacto internacional de derechos civiles y políticos*

16 dic 1966

23 mar 1976

167 28 abr 1978

Pacto internacional de derechos económicos, sociales y culturales*

16 dic 1966

3 ene 1976

160 28 abr 1978

Treaty AdoptionEntered into

forceState

Parties

International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination

21 Dec 1965 4 Jan1969 175

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women

18 Dec 1979 3 Sept 1981 186

Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment

10 Dec 1984 26 Jun1987 149

Convention on the Rights of the Child

20 Nov 1989 2 Sept 1990 191

International Convention on the protection of the rights of all Migrant Workers and their families

18 Dec 1990 1 Jul 2003 45

International Convention on the rights of Persons with Disabilities

13 Dec 2006 3 May 2008 107 

International Convention for the protection of all persons against Enforced Disappearances

20 Dec 2006 23 Dec 2010 30 

Three levels:

Respect not violate the rights included in the treaty

Protect not permit that others violate those rights

Promote take positive action (legislative, administrative,

budgetary, etc.) to achieve the full exercise of the rights

STATE OBLIGATIONS

Universal system has a variety of oversight procedures to support and monitor the compliance of human rights obligations

UNIVERSAL SYSTEM

International mechanisms and

procedures are always a last resort and will not substitute national ones

Human rights must always be resolved at the national level.

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adequate housing African descendants arbitrary detention cultural rights right to free assembly and

peaceful association contemporary forms of

slavery sale of children enforced disappearance extrajudicial execution extreme poverty and human

rights discrimination against women violence against women right to food

freedom of opinion and expression

health human rights defenders judicial independence indigenous peoples internally displaced persons migrants minorities racism potable water and sanitation toxic waste traffi cking in persons human rights and

transnationals rights to truth, justice and

reparation

SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS

UN Special Rapporteur on Traffi cking in Persons,

Especially Women and Children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo

receive information continuously

recognized expertscapacity to take

immediate actionindependentinformal and less

structuredless public

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“CORE” HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES

• Civil and Political Rights

• Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

• Racial Discrimination

• Discrimination against Women

• Torture

• Rights of the Child

• Migrant Workers

• Persons With Disabilities

• Enforced Disappearances

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Preparation of CS report

Int’l advoca

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Review of the State

UPR ADVOCACY PROCESS

Role of civil societynational reportcompilationadvocacy testimony

OHCHRcompilations facilitators

Stateconsultation process reportdialogueaccept, consider, reject

HRCdialogue recommendations report

PROCEDURE

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