The Centre for Civil and Political Rights (CCPR-Centre) is proud to present this analysis of the UN Human Rights Committee’s work in 2014. This issue is expected to be the first of a collection that will be updated on a yearly basis. It reflects the main concerns discussed by the Committee during the reviews of various State Parties as well as the latest developments in the Committee’s jurisprudence. During the 110th, 111th and 112th sessions of 2014, the Committee reviewed the State reports of Chad, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Nepal, Sierra Leone, United States of America, Chile, Georgia, Ireland, Japan, Malawi, Sudan, Burundi, Haiti, Israel, Malta, Montenegro and Sri Lanka. This report is divided in two sections; the first deals with Concluding Observations and the main topics on which they focused and the second section examines the Views adopted by the Committee over the year.
This research was carried out in collaboration with the Law Clinic of the LL. M. in International Law of the Graduate Institute of Geneva. Under the supervision of the Centre, students prepared all the related research materials and produced the articles included in this book.
Through the strong and mutually beneficial partnership between the Graduate Institute of Geneva and the CCPR-Centre, it is hoped that the work of the Human Rights Committee will become more visible and accessible to all individuals involved in the promotion and protection of civil and political rights.
