Guia Prático: Ação Sindical Instrumentos Internacionais de Defesa dos Direitos Humanos (inglês)

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How can unions use the regular mechanisms of the Universal System?

Treaty Bodies (the Committees) are bodies created under the international treaties adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to monitor the implementation of international human rights obligations by the States that have ratified the treaties. Each Committee is composed of

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independent experts, usually 18 experts per Committee. Table 1 details the list of existing committees, the international treaties they are responsible for monitoring and the link for each committee.

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES AND TREATIES TO BE SUPERVISED

Committee (Treaty Body) United Nations Human Rights Committee (OHCHR) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

International Treaty supervised by the Committee International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Web link https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ ProfessionalInterest/Pages/ CCPR.aspx https://www.ohchr.org/en/ hrbodies/cescr/pages/cescrindex.aspx https://www.ohchr.org/en/ hrbodies/cerd/pages/cerdindex.aspx

Committee on the Rights Convention on the Rights https://www.ohchr.org/en/ hrbodies/crc/pages/crcindex. of the Child (CRC) of the Child aspx Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)

Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

https://www.ohchr.org/en/ hrbodies/cmw/pages/cmwindex.aspx

https://www.ohchr.org/en/ hrbodies/cedaw/pages/cedawindex.aspx https://www.ohchr.org/en/ hrbodies/crpd/pages/crpdindex.aspx. https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/ced/pages/cedintro. aspx

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7.2.3. National courts and the principle of universal jurisdiction

7.2.Where can unions report crimes against humanity and genocide?

7.2.2. International Criminal Court

6.3. How can unions use the labor safeguards of the multilateral banks?

6.2.What are the contents of the multilateral banks’ labor safeguards?

5.2.What is the content of the labor chapters of the Free Trade Agreements?

4.2.3.Global Framework Agreement with the GDF SUEZ-ENGIE Group

5.3.How have unions used the labor chapters of Free Trade Agreements?

4.2.2.Global Framework Agreement with the ENEL Group

4.2.1.Global Framework Agreement with the EDF Group

4.2.What Global Framework Agreements has Public Services International signed?

1.2.How can unions use the regular mechanisms of the Universal System?

Foreword

3.2.What is the content of the Guidelines?

1.3.How can unions use the special mechanisms of the Universal System?

3.3.How can unions use National Contact Points?

2.2.How does the UN measure progress on Sustainable Development Goals?

2.3.Why are the Sustainable Development Goals relevant to the trade union movement?

Introduction