CYIL vol. 12 (2021)

jana petrková – zuzana trávníčková

CYIL 12 (2021)

Table 1: UN Human Rights Treaties with Self-Reporting Obligation

Name of a treaty (provision establishing the reporting obligation)

Initial report due (following ratification) within

Periodic reports due thereafter every

CRC CAT

Convention on the Rights of the Child Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Art. 44 2 years Art. 19 1 year

5 years 4 years

CEDAW

Art. 18 1 year

4 years

ICESCR

Art. 16 2 years

5 years

ICCPR

Art. 40 1 year

3, 4, 5 and 6 years

ICERD

Art. 9 1 year

2 years

ICRMW

Art. 73 1 year

5 years

CED

Art. 29 2 years

CRC-OP-AC Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

Art. 8 2 years

5 years or with the following report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child 5 years or with the following report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child

CRC-OP-SC Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography

Art. 12 2 years

CRPD

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Art. 35 and 36

2 years

4 years

Source: Authors.

The reporting system based on the idea of human rights at the universal level, and the approach adopted after 1966 assumes that reports and debates about good and bad practices related to compliance will improve the system itself and the willingness of states to fulfill their obligations as reports are considered more friendly procedure than individual complaints. Over time many successes on the universal level have been achieved, the UN system of human rights treaties and their bodies has developed. The organization has contributed to a significant expansion of the protection of human rights and raising awareness of their

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