Guide: Individual Communications to UN Treaty Bodies – Admissibility Issues
Our new legal guide, available in English, Georgian, Russian and Ukrainian language versions, focuses on admissibility issues that arise during litigation before UN Treaty Bodies, in particular the Human Rights Committee (HRCtee), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee), and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD Committee).
This Guide intends to assist practitioners new to the process of bringing individual communications before these treaty bodies. Drawing on relevant Treaty Body decisions, General Comments/Recommendations, and Rules of Procedure, our Guide addresses the following areas:
Standing
- Who can submit a written complaint
- Victim status
- Actio popularis
- Representation and consent to act
Jurisdiction
- Subject matter jurisdiction (ratione materiae)
- Temporal jurisdiction (ratione temporis)
- Territorial jurisdiction (ratione loci)
Exhaustion of domestic remedies
Time limits
Other admissibility issues
- Examination of the same matter by another procedure of international investigation or settlement
- Failure to sufficiently substantiate claims
- Abuse of the right of submission or incompatibility with the treaty
You can download our legal guide, ‘Individual Communications to UN Treaty Bodies – Admissibility Issues’ now, in English and Russian language versions.
