Roles of International Organisations

Question 1

Monitoring

Answer 1

Aims to reinforce the state’s responsibility to guarantee human rights, preventing violations in the first place. States, as well as civil society report about human rights standards, and these reports form the basis for recommendations on how to improve the protection of human rights.

Question 2

Inquiries

Answer 2

Situations of ongoing, alleged human rights violations are being looked into, potentially helping to end the violations

Question 3

Complaints by victims

Answer 3

Victims of HRV can lodge complaints and recieve a remedy to the violations (such as release from detention, compensation, restitution of property).

HRV = Human Rights Violations

Question 4

Discuss Human Rights

Answer 4

International organisations also provide an arena for states and NGOs to discuss human rights issues and to negotiate new human rights standards.

Question 5

Education

Answer 5

Can be defined as any learning, education, training or information efforts aimed at building a universal culture of human rights.

This encompasses:
(a) Knowledge and Skills - learning about human rights and human rights mechanisms and acquiring skills to apply them in a practical way in daily life;

(b) Values, attitudes, and behaviour - developing values and reinforcing attitudes and behaviour which uphold human rights;

(c) Action - taking action to defend and promote human rights