United Nations Human Rights Organizational Structure

The UN organizational chart

Sheet 1 – Human Rights Mechanisms

Sheet 3 – Core Human Rights Instruments Applicable to Bangladesh

Sheet 3 – Core Human Rights Instruments Applicable to India

Sheet 3 – Core Human Rights Instruments Applicable to Indonesia

Sheet 3 – Core Human Rights Instruments Applicable to Nepal

Sheet 3 – Core Human Rights Instruments Applicable to the Philippines

Sheet 4 – HRC Peer Review Mechanism

What are the Special Procedures?

"Special procedures" is the general name given to the mechanisms established by the Commission on Human Rights and assumed by the Human Rights Council to address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of the world. Currently, there are 28 thematic and 10 country mandates. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights provides these mechanisms with support them in the discharge of their mandates.

The Mandate of the SRIP (Commission on Human Rights, Resolution 2001/57)

At its fifty-sixth session, the Commission on Human Rights adopted resolution 2000/10 of 17 April 2000, in which it decided, in order to respond fully to the necessity for an integrated and coordinated approach in the promotion and protection of the right to food, to appoint, for a period of three years, a special rapporteur on the right to food.

Political and Political Participation Rights

State compliance with obligations assumed under the various ILO conventions is monitored by three bodies: the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and  Recommendations (Committee of Experts), the Conference Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (Conference Committee) and the ILO Governing Body. The former deal with the reports that must be submitted about implementation of ILO conventions (every 2-4 years), while the latter focuses on ‘Representations’, a form of complaint that can be submitted in relation to alleged violations of ILO conventions.