Reference:
Office of the High Commissioner For Human Rights
Annotation:
This fact sheet provides an overview of the different procedures that are available to bring a communication or complaint before the various human rights organs of the United Nations. Part I of the Fact Sheet discusses complaints under the international human rights treaties. Part II discusses complaints to the Commission of Human Rights and the Commission on the Status of Women. The Fact Sheet also includes a "Model Complaint Form" for use before the Human Rights Committee, the Committee against Torture and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. [Descriptors: Applying Human Rights Law - International, International]