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- Title
RIGHT OF PETITION BY INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION SYSTEM.
- Authors
Dantas, Carla
- Abstract
Th is article analyzes the right of petition by individuals to the conventional committees that form part of the Global Human Rights Protection System established under the auspices of the UN. Th is article analyzes the right of petition by individuals to the conventional committees that form part of the Global Human Rights Protection System established under the auspices of the UN. Th e text describes the system that allows individuals to submit petitions with international organizations denouncing their States for human rights violations listed in the Universal Declaration and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) or in the norms established in specific treaties such as the U.N. Convention Against Torture (UNCAT), the International Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), the Convention Against the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. According to the author, the recommendations made by UN bodies relating to allegations made directly through individual petitions are binding and must be complied with by the States in question.
- Subjects
RIGHT of petition; HUMAN rights; SEX discrimination against women; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; UNITED Nations
- Publication
Sur: International Journal on Human Rights / Revista Internacional de Direitos Humanos, 2012, Vol 9, Issue 17, p186
- ISSN
1806-6445
- Publication type
Article