We begin our academic theme of the year on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Treaty Body System by presenting an introductory session on the nine core UN human rights treaties and explain how their treaty bodies monitor State compliance. Our session will examine reporting and review mechanisms, the legally binding nature of treaty obligations, concluding observations and follow-up procedures, and how treaty body jurisprudence develops and influences human rights standards. We will present a CEDAW case study to demonstrate how the system works in practice.
Speaker: Jelena Pia-Comella
Professor Jelena Pia-Comella is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Political Science at John Jay College teaching the MA Program in Human Rights Advanced Seminar in Human Rights and the ICJ MA Program courses on International Criminal Law and on Gender Justice for Conflict-Related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Crimes. Professor Pia-Comella serves as an independent expert, member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Moderator: Maria Simonetti
Maria Simonetti is Assistant to the Director at the Center for International Human Rights. She received her Master of Arts in International Crime & Justice at John Jay College. Maria was also a fellow in the United Nations Institution on Training and Research Global Diplomacy Initiative. She is third-year doctoral student in the Ph.D. Program in Criminal Justice at CUNY Graduate Center. Her research focus is on corrections and community reentry.
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Co-Sponsors: MA Program in Human Rights, the Master of Arts Degree Program in International Crime & Justice and the Department of Political Science.
