INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINT MECHANISM UNDER THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTIONS: HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE MECHANISM? (Birleşmiş Milletler İnsan Hakları Sözleşmelerinde Bireysel Başvuru Usulü: Etkinlik Sorunu)

Year 2015, Issue: 6, 139 - 161, 15.01.2016

Kutlan Elmas

Abstract

The recent increase in the creation of individual complaint mechanisms
for individuals or groups who claimes to have been violated their rights
clearly proves that there has been put a great effort to protect human rights
through such mechanisms under relevant covenants. By means of this
direct communication procedures individuals are provided with a greater
ability to access to the human rights committees under the covenant.
Particularly, U.N. human rights treaties provide direct acsess to the
relevant committee and bring their action before the committee. The
general provisions and admisibility rules are regarded very similar to
the European Court of Human Rights (ECOHR) and other international
courts.
However, there have been stil problems in terms of human rights
protection via individual complaint mechanism. The main challenge
is that the enforcement of committee decisions are upon the will of the
State Party as these committees are not judicial organs. While some other
sanctions or ways can be found in the international affairs area, the state
parties are not seem reluctant to enforce committee decisions.

Keywords

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(Birleşmiş Milletler İnsan Hakları Sözleşmelerinde Bireysel Başvuru Usulü: Etkinlik Sorunu)

Abstract

İnsan haklarının korunması konusunda şüphesiz en önemli araçlardan birisi hak arama hürriyetidir. Hak arama hürriyeti kişilerin ulusal düzeyde etkili ve adil bir itiraz mekanızmalarını kullanabilme hakkını da içermektedir. Bu bağlamda Birleşmiş Milletler İnsan Hakları Sözleşmeleri bireysel başvuru yolunu benimsemiş ve taraf devletler tarafından ihlal edilen insan haklarının ilgili insan hakları komitesine taşınmasına imkan sağlanmıştır. Başvuru koşulları her bir sözleşmede ayrı ayrı ayrı belirtilmekle birlikte kabul edilebilirlik kriterleri açısından AİHM ve diğer uluslararası mahkemelere başvuru koşulları ile benzerlik arzetmektedir.Komitelerin kararlarının etkinliği ve iç hukuka etkisi bakımından ise hala sorunlar bulumaktadır. Zira, söz konusu komiteler bir yargı organı olmaması ve kararların uygulanmasında gönüllülük esas olması nedeniyle uygulamada istenen netice elde edilememektedir. Bununla birlikte devletlerin iç hukuktaki uygulamalarının uluslar arası başka bir organın denetimine açmış olmaları ve uluslar arası hukuk sistemi içinde yer alan diğer yaptırım şekilleri insan hakları konusunda evrensel bir farkındalık oluşturmasına katkı sağladığı düşünülmektedir

Keywords

İnsan hakları, bireysel başvuru, BM insan hakları, BM insan hakları komiteleri, Kabul edilebilirlik

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