Human Rights Committee

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United Nations treaty body expert committee human rights monitoring body

The Human Rights Committee is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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Surface form	Occurrences
UN Human Rights Committee	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty body ⓘ expert committee ⓘ human rights monitoring body ⓘ
abbreviation	CCPR ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Human Rights Committee ⓘ surface form: UN Human Rights Committee
electingBody	States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
establishedBy	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
establishedInYear	1976 ⓘ
fullName	Human Rights Committee self-link ⓘ
function	adopt General Comments interpreting provisions of the ICCPR ⓘ adopt Views on individual communications ⓘ adopt concluding observations on States parties ⓘ consider individual communications under the First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR ⓘ consider inter-State complaints under the ICCPR ⓘ examine periodic reports submitted by States parties ⓘ
geographicScope	international ⓘ
hasWorkingLanguages	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
legalBasis	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
mandateArea	promotion and protection of human rights ⓘ
meetingFrequency	three sessions per year ⓘ
meetsAt	Geneva ⓘ New York City ⓘ
membersServeIn	personal capacity ⓘ
memberType	independent experts ⓘ
monitorsImplementationOf	First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
numberOfMembers	18 ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
partOf	United Nations treaty bodies ⓘ surface form: United Nations human rights treaty body system
primaryFunction	monitor implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by States parties ⓘ
produces	General Comments ⓘ Views on individual communications ⓘ concluding observations ⓘ
relatedInstrument	Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
reportsTo	United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ surface form: Economic and Social Council of the United Nations United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil and political rights ⓘ
treatyFocus	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ⓘ
typeOfNormsInterpreted	binding international human rights law ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/ccpr ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Human Rights Committee → alsoKnownAs → Human Rights Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Human Rights Committee

Human Rights Committee → fullName → Human Rights Committee self-link ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → includes → Human Rights Committee ⓘ

First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → monitoredBy → Human Rights Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Human Rights Committee

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → monitoredBy → Human Rights Committee ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → monitoredBy → Human Rights Committee ⓘ

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights → monitoringBody → Human Rights Committee ⓘ

International Bill of Human Rights → relatedTo → Human Rights Committee ⓘ