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Treaty bodies:
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CAT | Committee Against Torture
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CEDAW | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
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CERD | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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CESCR | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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CMW | Committee on Migrant Workers
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CRC | Committee on the Rights of the Child
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CCPR | Human Rights Committee
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CRPD | Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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CED | Committee on Enforced Disappearances
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SPT | Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture
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The core International Human Rights Instruments and their Optional Protocols:
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CAT | Convention Against Torture and other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
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CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child
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ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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ICCPR-OP1 | Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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ICCPR-OP2 | Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition
of the death penalty
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ICERD | International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
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ICPPED | International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances
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ICRMW | International Convention on the Protection on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their
Families
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ICRPD | International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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OP-CAT | Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment
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OP-CEDAW | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
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OP-CRC-AC | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
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OP-CRC-SC | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and
child pornography
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OP-CRPD | Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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OP-ICESCR | Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Special Procedures:
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IE Burundi | Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi
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IE Cultural Rights | Independent Expert in the field of cultural rights
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IE DRC | Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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IE Extreme Poverty | Independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty
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IE Haiti | Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Haiti
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IE International Solidarity | Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity
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IE Liberia | Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Liberia
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IE Minorities | Independent Expert on minority issues
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IE Somalia | Independent Expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Somalia
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IE Struct. Adjustment & Foreign Debt | Independent Expert on the effects of structural adjustment policies and foreign debt on the full enjoyment
of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights
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IE Water & Sanitation | Independent Expert on the issues of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and
sanitation
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PRHCHR Cuba | Personal Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Cuba
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RSG IDPs | Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons
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SR Belarus | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
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SR Education | Special Rapporteur on the right to education
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SR Food | Special Rapporteur on the right to food
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SR Freedom of Expression | Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
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SR Freedom of Religion | Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
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SR Health | Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health
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SR Housing | Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
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SR Independence of Judges | Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
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SR Indigenous | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people
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SR Korea | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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SR Migrants | Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
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SR Myanmar | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
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SR OPT | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since
1967
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SR Racism | Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
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SR Sale of Children | Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
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SR Slavery | Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
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SR Sudan | Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan
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SR Summary Executions | Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
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SR Terrorism | Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering
terrorism
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SR Torture | Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
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SR Toxic Wastes | Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the illicit movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and
wastes on the enjoyment of human rights
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SR Trafficking | Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children
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SR Violence against Women | Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
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SRSG Cambodia | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
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SRSG Children & Armed Conflict | Special Representative of the Secretary-General for children and armed conflict
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SRSG HR Defenders | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders
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SRSG Transnational | Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue
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Corporations | of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
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WG Arbitrary Detention | Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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WG Disappearances | Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
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WG Mercenaries | Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to
self-determination
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WG People of African descent | Working Group of Experts on People of African descent
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International organizations:
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ILO | International Labour Organization
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IMF | International Monetary Fund
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IPEC | International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
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OHCHR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
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UNDP | United Nations Development Programme
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UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund
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UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women
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UNO | United Nations Organization
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WHO | World Health Organization
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Other:
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FGM | Female genital mutilation
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NGO | Non-governmental Organisation
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