Human Rights
Simple Guide to Treaty Bodies
ISHR first published the Simple Guide to the Treaty Bodies in November 2007, with a further updated edition in April 2009. The Simple Guide aims to provide human rights defenders and their organisations with a broad overview of the UN human rights treaty body system and its functions in order to support their effective engagement with the treaty bodies in their own work. The Guide also contains other information that defenders may find useful, such as the relationship between the treaty bodies and other international human rights mechanisms, relevant developments related to the harmonisation of the working methods of the treaty bodies, and a glossary and e-resources for further reference.
The latest edition of the Simple Guide has been updated to include the first meeting of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in February 2009 and the adoption and opening for ratification of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Download the Simple Guide to the Treaty Bodies from http://www.ishr.ch/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=323&Itemid= (updated April 2009)
By: International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)
When: 7/2/2014
