The UN and other regional human rights bodies engage in a variety of activities that seek to protect, monitor, and advance human rights worldwide. One tool for human rights compliance is that of monitoring and reporting on human rights conditions. The below list of resources include communications to and from Human Rights Monitoring Bodies relevant to the Coalition's Immigrant Detention project. To learn more about Human Rights Monitoring Bodies, click here.

MCHR Report to the U.N. Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Immigrant Detention System

This report from the National Immigrant Justice Center, the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights, and other organizations was submitted to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in April, 2010. The report discusses human rights violations occurring the U.S. Immigration Detention System. The UPR mechanism will review the United States' human rights record in Geneva in November of 2010.

Universal Periodic Review is a human rights mechanism established in 2006 and administered by the UN Human Rights Council which periodically evaluates the human rights record of Member States to the United Nations. The United States will be evaluated for the first time by the Ninth Session Working Group on the UPR in November of 2010. As a part of this process, civil society organizations submit reports concerning human rights violations occurring in the United States.

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The Advocates for Human Rights Report to the U.N. Universal Periodic Review on Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers in the U.S.

This report authored by The Advocates for Human Rights submitted to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review in April, 2010, discusses the situation of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the United States. The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights endorsed the report in August, 2010. 

Universal Periodic Review is a human rights mechanism established in 2006 and administered by the UN Human Rights Council which periodically evaluates the human rights record of Member States to the United Nations. The United States will be evaluated for the first time by the Ninth Session Working Group on the UPR in November of 2010. As a part of this process, civil society organizations submit reports concerning human rights violations occurring in the United States.

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Immigrant Rights Advocates Respond to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights Questionnaire

This report submitted by The Advocates for Human Rights, Detention Watch Network, and Amnesty International USA in May or 2010, is a response to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights Questionnaire on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty. The report addresses the situation of immigrants held in custody by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for violations or suspected violations of immigration law.

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Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants

This 2008 report comes from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Jorge Bustamantes, in response to his mission to the United States. The pupose of Mr. Bustamantes' visit was to examine and report on the status of the human rights of migrants living in the United States. The report reflects his observations and findings with regards to the United States' compliance with relevant international human rights laws.

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