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The United Nations Human Rights Treaties

How To Complain About Human Rights Treaty Violations

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CAT Convention Against Torture
Committee Against Torture
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CERD Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child
Committee on the Rights of the Child
CSW Commission on the Status of Women (of the United Nations)
DAW Division for the Advancement of Women (of the United Nations)
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations)
GA General Assembly
HRC Human Rights Committee
CCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
CESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
NGO Non-governmental Organization
OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN United Nations