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At a meeting co-organized with the permanent missions of Costa Rica and Japan to the United Nations in Geneva, Geneva-based diplomats discussed the current status of the 2020 review of UN treaty bodies.
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Reports submitted by states in the context of the review of UN Treaty Bodies highlight wide support to the recommendations presented in our publication Optimizing the UN Treaty Bodies System.
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The Geneva Academy developed a new tool, the ‘Treaty Body Scheduler’, which allows planning, in the context of a consolidated report and clustered dialogue, the best schedules for treaty bodies sessions.
In 2020, the General Assembly will review its 2014 resolution on strengthening the treaty body system. To prepare for that review, the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights has launched an academic research project to look at options for reform and long-term sustainability of the treaty body system. The academic process is open to all relevant stakeholders, and I encourage all the academics in this audience to become involved. This is a key opportunity to help define the future of the Covenants and the treaty body system
The project started in 2015 and will be completed in 2017. Discover its timeframe and key milestones.
Find all the documents of the project: background paper, concept note, suggested research questions, as well as reports of regional consultations and annual conferences.
Selected contributions by academics and academic institutions in relation to the review of UN treaty bodies.
To allow the broadest possible participation of all stakeholders, we invite input to this research project until the end of September 2017.
Robert Kolb is a leading expert in international law and international humanitarian law and has published several books and articles on these topics.
Felix Kirchmeier is the Executive Director of the Geneva Human Rights Platform.
Kamelia Kemileva is the Co-Director of the Global Cities Hub and a leading human rights expert.
His research focuses on the question of connectivity among international human rights mechanisms and on national strategies for monitoring, implementation and follow-up of international human rights obligations and recommendations.
Her areas of expertise include international human rights law, the United Nations Human Rights machinery and refugee law.
