Guide to International Human Rights Mechanisms - Brookings

Go To Part I II III IV V
• UNESCO Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (page 139) (opinion, expression
and information)
at the regional level
• African Commission (and Court) on Human and Peoples’ Rights (page 156), citing AfCHPR
arts. 8 (religion) & 9 (expression and information)
• Special Rapporteur of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on Freedom of
Expression in Africa (page 161)
• Inter-American Commission (and Court) on Human Rights (page 171), citing ACHR arts. 12
(religion) & 13 (expression and information) and/or ADRDM art. 4 (expression, information
and opinion)
• Office of the Special Rapporteur of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for
Freedom of Expression (page 178)
• European Court of Human Rights (page 195), citing ECHR arts. 9 (religion) & 10 (expression,
information and opinion)
For children, these issues may also be brought to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (page
131) citing CRC arts. 13 (expression, information and opinion) and 14 (religion) and the African
Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (page 169), citing ACRWC art. 9.
Restrictions particularly targeted against human rights defenders may be of interest to the mechanisms
described on page 24.
In addition, with regard to the right to seek and receive information, where the World Bank (page
147), Inter-American Development Bank (page 181), Asian Development Bank (page 184) or the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (page 201) are involved in a development
project, their accountability mechanisms are available if potentially affected persons are unable to
obtain information about the project.
PUBLIC.ASSOCIATION.AND.ASSEMBLy,.PARTICIPATION.IN.CIVIC.
AFFAIRS.AND.VOTING
IDPs have the right to associate and assemble freely and participate equally in community affairs. This
includes joining and participating in civic, worker, cultural, political and other associations. Likewise, they
have the right to vote and to participate in governmental and public affairs (Guiding Principle 22).
These issues may generally be brought to the attention of:
at the universal level
Thematic Roadmap
• Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
(page 60)
Guide to International Human Rights Mechanisms
for Internally Displaced Persons and their Advocates
2