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Fact sheet International Human Rights Law and Sexual ...
www.unfe.orgInternational human rights law lays down obligations that States are bound to respect. Through ratification of international human rights treaties, Governments undertake to put into place domestic measures and legislation compatible with their treaty obligations and duties. Where domestic legal proceedings fail to address human rights abuses ...
Individual Complaint Procedures ndiv under the United ...
www.ohchr.orgunder international human rights treaties. Since the early 1970s international complaint mechanisms have developed apace, and individuals can now bring claims to the United Nations concerning violations of their rights con-tained in the nine so-called “core” human rights treaties:1 • The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Democracy and Human Rights - International IDEA
www.idea.intrespect, protection, promotion and fulfillment of human rights are part of the essential framework for effective democratic governance. The UN should consider a peer review process for democracy in order to assess how Member States are fulfilling obligations made to their people under the international human rights treaties they have ratified.
The Right to Adequate Housing - Office of the United ...
ohchr.orgstandard of living in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Other international human rights treaties have since recognized or referred to the right to adequate housing or some elements of it, such as the protection of one’s home and privacy.