The Competence of the UN Human Rights Council and its Special Procedures in relation to Armed Conflicts: Extrajudicial Executions in the 'War on Terror'

Alston, Philip; Morgan-Foster, Jason; Abresch, William

doi:10.1093/ejil/chn006

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“…It clearly reflects that this mechanism is not examining all human rights violations, but only the more alarming territories 64 , frequently those who are undergoing a political crisis or an armed conflict, such us Syria or Sudan. Nevertheless, it has been discussed whether the Special Procedures are also entitled to supervise Humanitarian Law 65 , given the particular and worrying situations of those territories and the unavoidable necessary interaction between Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law. In any case, this is something that moves away from the competences of the treaty-based bodies.…”

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Human Rights Committees: Their Nature and Legal Relevance in Spain

Jimenez¹

2019

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This article analyses the state of the enforcement mechanisms of human rights treaties, frequently constituted as "committees", evaluating the effectiveness of their resolutions and their incidence in Spain. In particular, a more in-depth examination of the Human Rights Committee, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee) will be carried out.

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