This Course provides valuable information about how individuals and groups can access and use the UN Human Rights Council and its monitoring bodies to defend rights, expose violations and ensure remedies. This Course explores the role of UN agencies and treaty bodies in monitoring and implementing many of the Human Rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD); the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT); and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The faculty address how individuals and groups can make reports and complaints to the UN Human Rights Council and its monitoring bodies to and how to participate in the Universal Review process.

Faculty for Course 3A:

• Jamil Dakwar, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Human Rights Program (HRP)
• Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
• Benyam Mezmur, Professor of Law at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa; member of UN Committee on the Rights of the Child