Each human rights treaty has its own international supervisory body. For this discussion,
you will pick a country and treaty that you are interested in studying, find the most
recent concluding comments/observations by the treaty body about the country, and
summarize key points relevant to health.
Use the following helpful websites to make your choice: (Pick an African country)
1) Link: https://indicators.ohchr.org/
2) Link: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/TreatyBodies.aspx
From the second link, you should be able to select a treaty body (and treaty) of interest
to you, find a country, and find the most recent concluding observations/comments. If
you’re getting a little mixed up about terminology, this Human Rights Treaty Bodies
glossary (Links to an external site.)may be useful.
Finally, this general treaties bodies search page (Links to an external site.)provides an
easy way to navigate.
Prompt #2:
The responsibility to ensure accountability in human rights is shared by multiple actors
including national level courts, international reporting mechanisms (including treaty
monitoring bodies), media, and NGOs
Write about: Focus on NGOs!
Background to answer this prompt:
lide 1
Governmental National Institutions
● National commissions:
○ Address questions of discrimination
○ Can have general mandate or focus on specific groups such as
women, immigrants, and the disabled etc. –Will also look to the
actions of private bodies and individuals
● Ombudspersons: primarily to ensure fairness and legality in public
administrationNational Level Governmental Human Rights Institutions