4 December 2024
Via its DHRTTDs Directory, the Geneva Human Rights Platform provides a comprehensive list and description of such key tools and databases. But how to navigate them? Which tool should be used for what, and by whom? This interview helps us understand better the specificities of the current highlight of the directory: ICCPR Follow-up World Maps
The ICCPR Follow-up World Maps offer an effective and user-friendly tool for tracking how countries respond to the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s recommendations selected for the follow-up procedure. Here is what makes this tool special:
The ICCPR Follow-up World Maps is a practical tool for tracking how countries turn international human rights commitments into measurable actions. Here’s how the maps work in practice:
In a hypothetical case in which a country receives recommendations from the UN Human Rights Committee to strengthen freedom of expression laws and combat discrimination against minority groups, the users can employ the ICCPR Follow-up World Maps to:
By providing clear, visual summaries of progress and areas for improvement, the ICCPR Follow-up World Maps functions as a helpful tool for anyone advocating for stronger human rights protections at the national level.
The ICCPR Follow-up World Maps finds its main users in human rights advocates, researchers, policymakers, and the general public. It is designed to make it easy for everyone to stay informed and involved in global human rights efforts.
Geneva Academy
The Geneva Human Rights Platform is launching its 2025 training programme, designed to empower stakeholders engaging with UN human rights system.
Adobe
Our new research brief examines the complex relationship between digital technologies and their misuse in surveillance, cyberattacks, and disinformation campaigns.
Participants in this training course will be introduced to the major international and regional instruments for the promotion of human rights, as well as international environmental law and its implementation and enforcement mechanisms.
ICRC
Participants in this training course will gain practical insights into UN human rights mechanisms and their role in environmental protection and learn about how to address the interplay between international human rights and environmental law, and explore environmental litigation paths.
The Geneva Human Rights Platform contributes to this review process by providing expert input via different avenues, by facilitating dialogue on the review among various stakeholders, as well as by accompanying the development of a follow-up resolution to 68/268 in New York and in Geneva.
Adobe
This initiative wishes to contribute to better and more coordinated implementation, reporting and follow-up of international human rights recommendations through a global study on digital human rights tracking tools and databases.
Geneva Academy