Consultative Commission on Human Rights of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Organisation name in original language
Commission consultative des Droits de l’Homme du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg(CCDH)
Category of human rights structure
Statutory human rights body
Country
Luxembourg
Type(s) of body
National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)
Legal source(s)
- Act of 21 November 2008 setting up a Consultative Commission on Human Rights in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Loi du 21 novembre 2008 portant création d’une Commission consultative des Droits de l’Homme au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg)
- Act of 28 July 2011 on (1) the approval of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, done in New York on 13 December 2006; (2) the approval of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities pertaining to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, done in New York on 13 December 2006; (3) the designation of independent mechanisms to promote, protect and monitor implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Loi du 28 juillet 2011 portant (1) approbation de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées, faite à New York, le 13 décembre 2006 ; (2) approbation du Protocole facultatif à la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées relatif au Comité des droits des personnes handicapées, fait à New York, le 13 décembre 2006; (3) désignation des mécanismes indépendants de promotion, de protection et de suivi de l’application de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées)
- Act of 9 April 2014 strengthening the rights of victims of human trafficking and amending (1) the Criminal Code; (2) the amended act of 12 March 1984 on compensation for certain victims of personal injury resulting from an offence and the repression of fraudulent insolvency; (3) the act of 8 May 2009 on the assistance, protection and safety of victims of human trafficking and amending the New Code of Civil Procedure; (4) the act of 29 August 2008 on the free movement of persons and immigration (Loi du 9 avril 2014 renforçant le droit des victimes de la traite des êtres humains et portant modification (1) du Code pénal; (2) de la loi modifiée du 12 mars 1984 relative à l’indemnisation de certaines victimes de dommages corporels résultant d’une infraction et à la répression de l’insolvabilité frauduleuse; (3) de la loi du 8 mai 2009 sur l’assistance, la protection et la sécurité des victimes de la traite des êtres humains et modifiant le Nouveau Code de procédure civile; (4) de la loi du 29 août 2008 portant sur la libre circulation des personnes et l’immigration)
- Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA
Human rights capacity support
Not applicableFunctions
- Oversight
- Collecting data on human rights violations
- Performing promotional activities
Specific mandates
- National mechanism under the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- National monitoring mechanism under CRPD
- Reporting in trafficking in human beings
- Any other function under international human rights conventions, under EU legislation or under the national legal system
Structured cooperation with partners at national level
- Luxembourg Government
- Interministerial Human Rights Committee
- Consultative Assembly of the Luxembourg Independent Broadcasting Authority
- Consultative Commission for the Evaluation of Video Surveillance
- National Commission for Cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Monitoring Committee on the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings
- Business and Human Rights Working Group of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
- Interministerial Committee for the Promotion of the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons of the Ministry of Family Affairs, Solidarity, Living Together and Reception of Refugees
- Chamber of Deputies
- Civil-society organisations
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- Member of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
- UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Member of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI) and its National Human Rights Institutions Academy
- Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- EU Network of National Rapporteurs or Equivalent Mechanisms on Trafficking in Human Beings
- European Commission
- EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
- Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)
- Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA)
- European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
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