Issue Papers

Issue papers highlight topical human rights concerns and suggest ways to tackle such problems. They aim to inform the public as well as authorities and members of non-governmental organisations working in the field of human rights. Issue papers are not intended to provide formal legal advice.

• The right of people with disabilities to live independently and be included in the community
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2012)3]
• Right to legal capacity for persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2012)2]
• Post-war justice and reconciliation in the region of former Yugoslavia
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2012)1]
• Adoption and children: a human rights perspective
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2011)2]
• Criminalisation of Migration in Europe: Human Rights Implications
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2010)1]
• Human rights and gender identity
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2009)2]
• Children and juvenile justice: proposals for improvements
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2009)1]
• Protecting the right to privacy in the fight against terrorism
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2008)3]
• Human Rights and disability: equal rights for all
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2008)2]
• Housing Rights: the duty to ensure housing for all
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2008)1]
• The Human Rights of irregular migrants in Europe
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2007)1]
• Children and corporal punishment: “the right not to be hit, also a children’s right”
  [CommDH/IssuePaper(2006)1rev]