Monitoring mechanisms
There are over 80 monitoring mechanisms with a human rights remit under the auspices of the United Nations, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Council of Europe and the EU. This page presents an overview of the different monitoring mechanisms of each organisation.
United Nations
UHRI - Universal Human Rights Index
- 10 Human Rights Treaty bodies and 9 core international human rights instruments
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) - a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States
- Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council
NORMLEX - International Labour Organization
Council of Europe
- European Court of Human Rights
- European Committee of Social Rights
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
- European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
- Committee of Ministers - Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights
- GRETA - Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
- GREVIO – Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
- Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
- Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY)
- GRECO - Group of States against Corruption
- Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
- Lanzarote Committee - Committee of the Parties to the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (T-ES)
- Data Protection - Consultative Committee (T-PD)
- Venice Commission - European Commission for Democracy through Law
- Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE - Statistiques Pénales Annuelles du Conseil de l’Europe)
European Union
CURIA
EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
Publications Office
European Commission
The sources and databases used for the EFRIS project can also be seen in the image below:
