Unequal Access to UN Human Rights Bodies

Author(s): Christoph Valentin Steinert
Editor(s): Niklas Masuhr
Series Editor(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: CSS Policy Perspectives
Volume: 11
Issue: 6
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

The United Nations Special Procedures operate a human rights complaint mechanism for individuals. Despite being open for all individuals in principle, complaints are frequently filed by socioeconomic elites from high-income countries.

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