International Human Rights Law 8e - resources is no longer available and it was replaced by International Human Rights Law 10e.
Web links: Chapter 05
Web links: Chapter 05
This chapter focuses on the organizational structure of the United Nations. The following links go directly to the website of the institution/body concerned or to where most information thereon may be found on the UN website.
www.un.org/english - The United Nations
Principal organs of the United Nations Organization
These links go to the principal organs of the United Nations and their associated human rights orientated Commissions.
www.un.org/en/sc - Security Council of the United Nations. This website has information on the composition, role and powers of the United Nations Security Council as well as links to relevant documents.
www.icj-cij.org - International Court of Justice. All cases before the court can be traced, the docket link goes to a list of cases with further links to their current status.
www.un.org/ga - General Assembly of the United Nations
www.un.org/documents/ecosoc.htm - Economic and Social Council information. ECOSOC was established under the Charter of the United Nations. It is supported by Commissions, two of which impact heavily of international human rights.
www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Hrc/Pages/HRCIndex.aspx - Human Rights Council which replaces the Commission on Human Rights
www.unwomen.org/en/csw - United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Human Rights Bodies and Treaty Monitoring Bodies
www.ohchr.org - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org - United Nations Treaty Body Database. This is the main search engine for material produced by the treaty monitoring bodies
The following links to each of the treaty monitoring bodies go to a main page from which details of current and past sessions, the treaty itself, periodic reports and individual communications, general comments, and rules of procedure, as appropriate, can be traced.
www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/ - Human Rights Committee
www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/ - Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
www.un.org/en/ecosoc/ - Economic and Social Council information
www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/ - Committee against Torture
www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/ - Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
www.unwomen.org/en/csw - United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRC/Pages/CRCIndex.aspx - Committee on the Rights of the Child
www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CMW/Pages/CMWIndex.aspx - Committee on Migrant Workers
www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/CRPDIndex.aspx - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Other UN bodies
Although not principal organs or bodies within the UN framework, these links demonstrate the human rights impact of humanitarian, peace, and security work.
www.unrwa.org - United Nations Palestine Refugee Programme
unmik.unmissions.org/ - United Nations Mission in Kosovo
www.unocha.org/ - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs