Strengthening the Human Rights Treaty Body System (Summary)

Abstract

The human rights treaty bodies are international organs controlling the implementation of core international human rights treaties by States. The human rights treaty bodies, which now number ten, have developed into a system. Various initiatives to enhance this system so that it can meet its objectives most effectively are considered in this article. Special attention is given to the process initiated by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2009 and the report on its results prepared in June 2012 as well as the open-ended intergovernmental process launched in frames of the UN General Assembly in February 2012 and extended until the first half of February 2014. The article provides a detailed analysis of the major aspects of the report on the intergovernmental process and the draft resolution presented by the co-facilitators of the process.