4 December 2024
Via its DHRTTDs Directory, the Geneva Human Rights Platform provides a comprehensive list and description of such key tools and databases. But how to navigate them? Which tool should be used for what, and by whom? This interview helps us understand better the specificities of the current highlight of the directory: ICCPR Follow-up World Maps
The ICCPR Follow-up World Maps offer an effective and user-friendly tool for tracking how countries respond to the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s recommendations selected for the follow-up procedure. Here is what makes this tool special:
The ICCPR Follow-up World Maps is a practical tool for tracking how countries turn international human rights commitments into measurable actions. Here’s how the maps work in practice:
In a hypothetical case in which a country receives recommendations from the UN Human Rights Committee to strengthen freedom of expression laws and combat discrimination against minority groups, the users can employ the ICCPR Follow-up World Maps to:
By providing clear, visual summaries of progress and areas for improvement, the ICCPR Follow-up World Maps functions as a helpful tool for anyone advocating for stronger human rights protections at the national level.
The ICCPR Follow-up World Maps finds its main users in human rights advocates, researchers, policymakers, and the general public. It is designed to make it easy for everyone to stay informed and involved in global human rights efforts.
ECHR
Via its DHRTTDs Directory, the Geneva Human Rights Platform provides a comprehensive list and description of such key tools and databases. But how to navigate them? Which tool should be used for what, and by whom? This interview helps us understand better the specificities of the current highlight of the directory: ECHR Knowledge Sharing Platform
Adobe
Our research brief, Neurotechnology and Human Rights: An Audit of Risks, Regulatory Challenges, and Opportunities, examines the human rights implications of neurotechnology in both therapeutic and commercial applications.
Adobe
This training course, specifically designed for staff of city and regional governments, will explore the means and mechanisms through which local and regional governments can interact with and integrate the recommendations of international human rights bodies in their concrete work at the local level.
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This hands-on training is designed specifically for diplomats from Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries who are current or prospective members of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Adobe
This research will provide legal expertise to a variety of stakeholders on the implementation of the right to food, and on the right to food as a legal basis for just transformation toward sustainable food systems in Europe. It will also identify lessons learned from the 2023 recognition of the right to food in the Constitution of the Canton of Geneva.
Geneva Academy