on the procedural provisions is provided in the figure below, which is explained in more detail in
the following.91
Treaty body Procedural |
CCPR |
CERD |
CEDAW |
CAT |
ECtHR |
African |
African |
Amer. |
Amer. |
Complaint |
— |
— |
— |
— |
+ |
— |
+ |
+ |
— |
Binding decision |
— |
— |
— |
— |
+ |
+ |
— |
— |
+ |
Initiation |
— |
— |
+ |
+ |
— |
— |
+ |
+ |
— |
Individual |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Legal Persons |
— |
— |
— |
— |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ (J) |
+ (J) |
Joinder |
+ (J) |
+ |
+ |
+ (J) |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Group Complaint |
— |
+ |
— |
— |
— |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Class Action |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Victim |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
— |
+ |
+ |
Potential Violation |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Actio Popularis |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
? |
+ |
— |
— |
Altruistic NGO |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Complaint |
— |
— |
(--) |
— |
— |
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ |
Legal aid |
— |
— |
— |
— |
+ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Legal cost |
— |
— |
— |
— |
+ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Fig. 2: Standing requirements in IHRL
J = Not in Text, but in Jurisprudence
91 See for short overviews also Comparative summary of existing communications and inquiry procedures and
practices under international human rights instruments and under the United Nations system, Report of the
Secretary-General, E/CN.4/2005/WG.23/2 of 22 November 2004, Commission on Human Rights at its 61th
session, available at:
<http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G04/166/07/PDF/G0416607.pdf?OpenElement>
and Comparative summary of existing communications and inquiry procedures and practices under
international human rights instruments and under the Charter of the United Nations, Report of the Secretary-
General, U.N. Doc E/CN.6/1997/4 of 21 January 1997, Commission on the Status of Women at its 41th
session, 10-21 March 1997, available at: <http://www.un.org/documents/ecosoc/cn6/1997/ecn61997-4.htm>.
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