Question

Discuss the measures taken by the un for promotion and protection of human rights

Answer 1

Answer:

The Human Rights Council

The principal UN Charter Body responsible for human rights is the Human Rights Council (HRC). The General Assembly established the HRC in 2006, in the hope that it would be more efficient and effective than its predecessor, the Human Rights Commission. Forty-seven UN member states sit on the HRC. One of its main purposes is to review the human rights record of every UN member state once every four years and to make recommendations for improvement. In 2017, Australia was elected as a member of the Human Rights Council from 2018-2020.

Explanation:

the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination monitors State Parties compliance with ICERD;

the Human Rights Committee monitors State Parties compliance with the ICCPR;

the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights monitors State Parties compliance with the ICESCR;

the Committee against Torture monitors State Parties compliance with CAT;

the Committee on Migrant Workers monitors State Parties compliance with the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families;

the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women monitors State Parties compliance with CEDAW; and

the Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors State Parties compliance with the CRC.

Treaty Bodies consider reports from State Parties on their compliance with the treaty and some treaty bodies can receive individual complaints of treaty body violations.