United Nations
The United Nations was founded in 1945 and has 193 member states. The main UN structures are divided into treaty and chater based bodies:
The Treaty Bodies
The core international human rights treaties are monitored by 9 human rights treaty bodies:
- Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- Committee on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- Committee Agianst Torture (CAT) & Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) – 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)
- The Human Rights Committee (HRC)
Charter-based Bodies
UN Security Council
UN Human Rights Council (2006 – 47 member states)
Universal Periodical Review
The most important UN Human Rights Treaties are:
