Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties

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Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties are supplementary international agreements that enhance, expand, or provide enforcement and complaint mechanisms for the main UN human rights conventions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations human rights instrument
supplementary international human rights agreements
adoptionBody United Nations General Assembly
basedOn consent of States through signature, ratification, or accession
bindingOn States parties that have ratified the relevant Optional Protocol
contributeTo development of international human rights jurisprudence
strengthening international accountability for human rights violations
example Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
surface form: Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties self-linksurface differs
surface form: Optional Protocol to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
surface form: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
surface form: Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
feature expanded substantive rights protections
individual communications procedures
inquiry procedures for grave or systematic violations
inter-State communications procedures
preventive visit mechanisms in places of detention
hasPurpose to elaborate specific substantive rights not fully detailed in the parent treaties
to enhance and expand the protection of human rights guaranteed in core UN human rights treaties
to establish inquiry and investigation procedures for serious or systematic violations
to provide individual complaint and communications procedures
language authentic UN languages of the adopting resolution and treaty text
legalNature legally binding on States that ratify or accede to them
monitoredBy Committee against Torture
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Committee on Enforced Disappearances
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Human Rights Committee
United Nations treaty bodies
surface form: UN human rights treaty bodies
notBindingOn States that are only parties to the parent treaty and have not ratified the Optional Protocol
partOf United Nations human rights system
surface form: United Nations human rights treaty system
relatedTo Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
core UN human rights treaties
requires separate signature and ratification from the parent human rights treaty

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United Nations human rights system includesInstrument Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture category Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties
this entity surface form: United Nations optional protocol
Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties example Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Optional Protocol to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities belongsToCategory Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties
this entity surface form: United Nations optional protocols