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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
CCPR canonical 3
CCPR/C/GC/36 1
UN document series CCPR/C 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Views on individual communications → publishedIn → UN document series CCPR/C ⓘ
linked to: CCPR
HRCtee → abbreviation → CCPR ⓘ