Joint NGO submission on Treaty Body Strengthening to UN Secretary-General (2019)
Date : 2019.05.09
General Assembly resolution 68/268 requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, a third “comprehensive report on the status of the human rights treaty body system and the progress achieved by the human rights treaty bodies in realizing greater efficiency and effectiveness in their work” in 2019.
In responding to the call for contributions, IMADR joined with nine other international human rights NGOs in making this submission which focuses on: the objectives and principles for the 2020 review; visibility and accessibility; membership; working methods and inter-committee coordination; and the growth of the treaty body system and adequate funding.
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