We work at the UN Human Rights Council on many issues including:
- Torture and ill-treatment in detention
- Overuse of imprisonment and human rights implications of prison overcrowding
- Abolition of the death penalty
- Women in detention
- Rights of children in criminal justice systems (including children of incarcerated parents)
- Right to health for persons in detention
Human Rights Council Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures
We work with and support various human rights bodies established by the Human Rights Council, including:
- Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture (SPT)
- Special Rapporteur on Torture
- Committee against Torture (CAT)
- Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- Special Rapporteur on violence against women
- UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice
- Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD)
- Special Rapporteurs on Health
- Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
- Human Rights Committee (CCPR)