Human Rights Protection

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the manner in which the procedures available for individuals to file complaints in regard to human rights abuse contribute to the current system of the protection of human rights through the use of the available treaties. The paper takes into account the fact that the activities of the special rapporteurs (who report and investigate human rights abuses) are part of the extra-conventional protection system, and analyzes the way in which these procedures affect their activity. The paper notes that it can thus be concluded that the system of human rights protection is a rather complicated mechanism.

Outline:
Part One: General System Of Protection Of Human Rights
Part Two: Mechanisms For Protection
Part Three: Cases
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The United Nations system bases its activities on several legal instruments which make up the UN protection system. These include, first and foremost the the Council on Human Rights, the most important instrument through which the UN can act at the level of the international system. There have been many debates over the usefulness of a Human Rights Council, taking into account the fact that the Commission on Human Rights played a secondary role in the system of the United Nations. In this sense, there have been views which consider that the role of the UN in human rights protection, one of the most important activities of the organization, has been minimal precisely because the organism accredited for taking this position lacked political support. However, the current system based on the mechanisms of the Council tries to "promote the full implementation of human rights obligations undertaken by States and follow-up to the goals and commitments related to the promotion and protection of human rights emanating from United Nations conferences and summits".

Sample of Sources Used:

• General Assembly. Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the Human Rights Council. (2006) http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/A.RES.60.251_En.pdf
• Human Rights Education Association. The European Human Rights System . (n.d). http://www.hrea.org/index.php?base_id=143#osce
• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. Submitting Complaints to The Individual Complaint Procedure Of United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies. (N.d). http://www.iglhrc.org/files/iglhrc/Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Individual%20Complaints%20Mechanisms.doc.
• Jane Hearn, "Individual communications under international human rights treaties: an Australian Government perspective". Australian Journal for Human Rights. (1999) http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AJHR/1999/21.html
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. International Law. (2008). http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm#core

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