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General Comments/Recommendations
The UN Human Rights Treaty Committees publish their interpretation of the content of human rights provisions, known as general comments on thematic issues or methods of work.
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General Recommendation no. 33, Follow-up to the Durban Review Conference
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29 September 2009
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Recommendation no. 32, The meaning and scope of special measures in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms [of] Racial Discrimination
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24 September 2009
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 12 (2009): The right of the child to be heard
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20 July 2009
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General comment No. 20: Non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights (art. 2, para. 2, of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights)
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2 July 2009
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General comment no. 11 (2009): Indigenous children and their rights under the Convention [on the Rights of the Child]
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12 February 2009
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General recommendation No. 26 on women migrant workers
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5 December 2008
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 19: The right to social security (Art. 9 of the Covenant)
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4 February 2008
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General Comment No. 2: Implementation of Article 2 by States Parties
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24 January 2008
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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General comment no. 32, Article 14, Right to equality before courts and tribunals and to fair trial
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23 August 2007
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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CRC General Comment No. 10 (2007): Children's Rights in Juvenile Justice
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25 April 2007
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
| Document type: General Comments/Recommendations
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