Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Upon ratifying a treaty, a country is legally obligated to enforce and promote those rights identified in a treaty through its various national legislation and processes. For the purposes of accountability, the country is also responsible for submitting reports every four-to-five years to the human rights treaty bodies to demonstrate its efforts to meet its obligations under the respective treaties. The human rights treaty bodies consist of committees of experts assigned to monitor the implementation of the nine -core human rights treaties. The treaty bodies may also be updated on a country’s enforcement of the treaty by other United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations, and other elements of civil society. The bodies, or committees, are responsible for reviewing these reports with the State under review and produces a report on their findings and recommendations.

Iran is a party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, monitored by the Human Rights Committee; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, monitored by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the Convention on the Rights of the Child monitored by the Committee on the Rights of the Child; and the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, monitored by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

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Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination monitors the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). The Iranian government last submitted its report on its implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (August 2010). Click for the latest review by the Committee on the Elimination ...

Press conference by The Human Rights Committee on the conclusions of its 104th session which opened on 12 March 2012.

Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Human Rights Committee

Human Rights Committee monitors the International Covenant on Civil And Political Rights (ICCPR). The Islamic Republic of Iran was last reviewed by the Human Rights Committee for its adherence to the ICCPR in October 2011Click for the latest review by the Human Rights Committee Visit the Human Right Committee ...

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Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The government submitted its report on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in March 2005. Click for the latest review by the Committee on the Rights of the ...