CCPR

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CCPR is the commonly used abbreviation for the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the expert body that monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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CCPR canonical 2
UN document series CCPR/C 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations human rights treaty body
treaty monitoring body
abbreviationExpansionContext Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Committee
alsoKnownAs Committee under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
HRCtee
UN Human Rights Committee
competenceToExamineIndividualCommunications based on First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
documentSymbolPrefix CCPR
establishedBy International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
United Nations General Assembly
fullName Human Rights Committee
hasMandateScope global
hasNumberOfIndependentExperts 18
hasWebsite https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/ccpr
issues General Comments
Views on individual communications
concluding observations
interpretative statements on the ICCPR
legalBasis International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
meetsAt Geneva
United Nations Office at Geneva
linked to: UN Office at Geneva
membersElectedBy States parties to the ICCPR
membershipCriteria persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights
memberType independent experts
monitorsImplementationOf International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
monitorsObligationsOf States parties to the ICCPR
optionalProtocolMonitored First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR
Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
parentOrganization United Nations
partOf UN treaty body system
United Nations human rights system
primaryFunction monitor implementation of the ICCPR by States parties
procedureType individual complaints procedure
inter-state complaints procedure
periodic reporting procedure
receives individual communications
inter-state communications
state reports
relatedBody Human Rights Council
relatedInstrument Universal Declaration of Human Rights
reportsTo United Nations Economic and Social Council
United Nations General Assembly
secretariatProvidedBy Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
sessionFrequency three times per year
subjectMatter civil and political rights
human rights
treatyShortTitleMonitored ICCPR
typeOfDecisionsOnIndividualCommunications Views (quasi-judicial decisions)
workingLanguages United Nations official languages

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Views on individual communications publishedIn UN document series CCPR/C
linked to: CCPR