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The Treaty Body Strengthening Process

Forthcoming Events:

New York, United States of America Consultation for States parties on treaty body strengthening, 2 and 3 April 2012 New

Recent events:

Geneva, Switzerland:
"Consultation for States parties on treaty body strengthening, 7 and 8 February 2012"

Geneva, Switzerland: Consultation for United Nations entities, 28 November 2011

Dublin II: Wrap up meeting, 10-11 November 2011

Luzern, Switzerland: Academic consultation, 24-25 October 2011

Luzern I, Switzerland: Academic consultation, 24-25 October 2011

Pretoria, South Africa: Civil society consultation II, 20 and 21 June 2011

Sion, Switzerland:  State technical consultation
12 and 13 May 2011

Seoul, Republic of Korea: Civil society consultation I, 19 and 20 April 2011

Video message by the Secretary General New

Statements by the High Commissioner for Human Rights:

66th session of the General Assembly: Statement on the treaty body strengthening process, 24 October 2011

Launch of the Poznan Statement, 7 March 2011
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16th session of the Human Rights Council: Introduction of Annual Report, 3 March 2011

12th session of the Human Rights Council: Introduction of Annual Report, 14 September 2009
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Related Links:

Chairpersons and Inter-Committee Meetings

Previous proposals

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Dublin Statement on the Strengthening of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Body System  

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Marrakesh Statement

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Poznan Statement 

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Seoul Statement on Strengthening the UN Human Rights Treaty Body System E (Word)
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Report of the Informal Technical Consultation with States parties in Sion E (Word)
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Pretoria Statement E (Word)
Report of the Seminar on Implementation of Concluding Observations in Bristol E (Word)
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Report of the Lucerne Academic Consultation E (Word)
Report of the Expert Meeting on Petitions E (Word)
Dublin II Outcome Document E (Word)
E (PDF)
F (Word)
S (Word)
Report of the Maastricht Seminar on the UPR and treaty bodies E (Word)
Report of the consultation with UN entities and specialized agencies E (Word)
Report of the Second Consultation with States parties (Geneva, February 2012) E (Word)
Report of the Third Consultation with States parties (New York, April 2012) New E (Word)

Response by non-governmental organizations to the Dublin Statement

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NGO statement on strengthening the treaty body individual communications procedures E (Word)
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Issues for the inter-governmental process on strengthening the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system - a joint NGO contribution E (PDF)

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

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Requirements and implications of the ongoing growth of the treaty body system on the periodic reporting procedures, documentation and meeting time

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Resources in support of the human rights treaty body system E (Word)
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OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

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Report from a conference on improving national implementation and follow-up hosted by the Open Society Justice Initiative, the Brookings Institution and UPR Watch

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Informal Background Paper for the Dublin Meeting E (Word)
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