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)

Address

65, route d’Arlon,L-1140 Luxembourg

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Legal source(s)

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • 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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