Human Rights Bodies – One Page Explanations
IJRC’s one-page explanations provide a quick snapshot of supranational human rights bodies’ powers, membership, and jurisdiction. Click on the acronym next to each body name to access the one-pager. For more detailed information, click on the regional heading.
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR)
Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM)
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR)
Working Group of Protocol of San Salvador (WGPSS)
ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)
Ad Hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child (CAHENF)
Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CAHDPH)
Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (CHR)
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR)
European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)
Special Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees (SR Migration)
Arab Human Rights Committee (AHRC)
Human Rights Committee
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Committee Against Torture (CAT)
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW)
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)
thematic
country-focused
UN General Assembly Third Committee
Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)