CCPR

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CCPR is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the expert body that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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CCPR canonical 2
UN document series CCPR/C 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations human rights treaty body
treaty monitoring body
abbreviationExpansionContext Human Rights Committee
surface form: Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Committee
alsoKnownAs Human Rights Committee
surface form: Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

HRCtee
Human Rights Committee
surface form: UN Human Rights Committee
competenceToExamineIndividualCommunications First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
surface form: based on First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
documentSymbolPrefix CCPR self-link
establishedBy International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
United Nations General Assembly
fullName Human Rights Committee
hasMandateScope global
hasNumberOfIndependentExperts 18
hasWebsite https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/ccpr
issues General Comments
Views on individual communications
concluding observations
interpretative statements on the ICCPR
legalBasis International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
meetsAt Geneva
UN Office at Geneva
surface form: United Nations Office at Geneva
membersElectedBy States parties to the ICCPR
membershipCriteria persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights
memberType independent experts
monitorsImplementationOf International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
monitorsObligationsOf States parties to the ICCPR
optionalProtocolMonitored First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
surface form: First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
surface form: Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
parentOrganization United Nations
partOf United Nations treaty bodies
surface form: UN treaty body system

United Nations human rights system
primaryFunction monitor implementation of the ICCPR by States parties
procedureType individual complaints procedure
inter-state complaints procedure
periodic reporting procedure
receives individual communications
inter-state communications
state reports
relatedBody United Nations Human Rights Council
surface form: Human Rights Council
relatedInstrument Universal Declaration of Human Rights
reportsTo United Nations Economic and Social Council
United Nations General Assembly
secretariatProvidedBy Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
sessionFrequency three times per year
subjectMatter civil and political rights
human rights
treatyShortTitleMonitored International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
surface form: ICCPR
typeOfDecisionsOnIndividualCommunications Views (quasi-judicial decisions)
workingLanguages United Nations official languages

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Views on individual communications publishedIn CCPR
this entity surface form: UN document series CCPR/C
CCPR documentSymbolPrefix CCPR self-link