Universal System of Human Rights Protection: analysis of the reports of the Human Rights Committee in Latin America

• Main Author: Karen Giovanna Añaños Bedriñana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Granada 2016-06-01
• Series: Revista de Paz y Conflictos
• Subjects: Comité de Derechos Humanos; derechos humanos; grupos vulnerables; Latinoamérica; Pacto internacional de derechos civiles y políticos.
• Online Access: http://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/revpaz/article/view/3984

<p>The aim of this article is to know the structures and the functioning of the universal system of human rights protection and to analyze the different types of violation of human rights in Latin America region, reflected in the Reports of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations.</p> <p>These Reports expose the progresses and difficulties in the application of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights by states, in further violation of human rights become visible. These are observed, in general, in the case of women, penitentiary conditions of the prisoners, fragile groups, impunity of those responsible, and so on, likewise a specific analysis is done in some countries additional questions. In summary, it is attempted to issue a series of suggestions and recommendations with the purpose to improve the application of the Covenant and to provide the basis for Peace Research, whose benefits will impact on the whole society and the citizens of these countries.</p>