Contributed by
LorraineFinlay and current to 27 July 2018
Individual complaints can be submitted to the following address:
Petitions and Inquiries Section
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: + 41 22 917 90 22 (particularly for urgent matters)
Email:
petitions@ohchr.org
Other Useful Resources
Website of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights:
www.unhcr.ch
Model Complaint Form to be used for submitting complaints to the Human Rights Committee, Committee Against Torture and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination:
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/ComplaintFormOPICCPR_CAT_CERD.doc
Fact Sheet for submitting a complaint to the Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women:
https://www.ohchr.org/documents/HRBodies/CEDAW/InfoNote_OP_en.doc
Fact Sheet for submitting a complaint to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRPD/C/5/2/REV.1&Lang=en
Guidelines for submitting a complaint to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CRPD/CRPD-C-5-3-Rev.1_en.doc