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Papers by Vincent Ploton

Journal of Human Rights Practice, Nov 28, 2023

Agenda estado de derecho, 2023

Volker Turk es el nuevo Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, ¿cuále... more Volker Turk es el nuevo Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, ¿cuáles son los desafíos de su mandato?

Ejil Talk!, 2022

The practice of submitting Third Party Interventions (TPIs)also known as Amicus Curiae briefs-is ... more The practice of submitting Third Party Interventions (TPIs)also known as Amicus Curiae briefs-is well established in Commonwealth jurisdictions, and it has become common practice within regional mechanisms such as the Inter-American and European Courts of Human Rights, and the African Court on Human and Peoples' rights. Similarly, most of the eight UN Treaty Bodies (UNTBs) mandated to review individual communications (ICs) have also received TPIs. Although the amount of TPIs submitted to the UNTBs is nowhere commensurate to those submitted to regional courts, it is growing. A new resource published by the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) with support from international law firm DLA Piper provides guidance to potential authors.

SUR international human rights journal, 2017

The United Nations (UN) Committee against torture (CAT) recently adopted an innovative system to ... more The United Nations (UN) Committee against torture (CAT) recently adopted an innovative system to follow up, assess and grade the implementation of its recommendations to States. The new follow-up procedure largely draws on the precedent established by the UN Human Rights Committee, although it is also more comprehensive. It offers a range of new opportunities for human rights defenders and practitioners both to increase the visibility on the implementation of CAT recommendations, as well as encouraging States parties to do more to comply with those recommendations. The CAT and the Human Rights Committee now stand at the forefront of an emerging trend of improved assessment of the implementation of UN human rights bodies' recommendations. Despite the formidable potential which the evaluation and grading system provides, much remains to be done to make the most of them. They need to be better promoted and disseminated to a broad range of actors. They should also be harmonised and made more accessible.

Oxford Human rights hub blog, 2017

The upcoming review of the UN’s human rights treaty bodies in 2020 provides an opportunity to inc... more The upcoming review of the UN’s human rights treaty bodies in 2020 provides an opportunity to increase the impact that these mechanisms have on States’ implementation of their human rights commitments. Yet the review is poised to take place at a time of great challenge to the international human rights system. The UN’s human rights treaties are, quite simply, the legal and normative foundation of the international human rights system. Over the past fifty-plus years, nine such treaties and ten treaty bodies have been developed and adopted at the UN. While few Member States have ratified them all, several of the treaties have nearly universal membership.

SUR International Journal on human rights, 2017

El Comité contra la Tortura (CAT, por sus siglas en inglés) de las Naciones Unidas aprobó recient... more El Comité contra la Tortura (CAT, por sus siglas en inglés) de las Naciones Unidas aprobó
recientemente un sistema innovador para el seguimiento, evaluación y calificación de la aplicación
de sus recomendaciones a los Estados. El nuevo procedimiento de seguimiento está basado en
gran medida en el precedente establecido por el Comité de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones
Unidas, aunque también es más exhaustivo. Ofrece una serie de nuevas oportunidades para los
defensores y profesionales de derechos humanos de aumentar la visibilidad de la aplicación de
las recomendaciones del CAT, así como animar a los Estados parte a esforzarse más por cumplir
estas recomendaciones. El CAT y el Comité de Derechos Humanos ahora están en la vanguardia
de una nueva tendencia en la evaluación mejorada de la aplicación de las recomendaciones de
los organos de derechos humanos de la ONU. A pesar del enorme potencial que la evaluación
y el sistema de calificación proporcionan, queda mucho por hacer para sacarles el máximo
provecho. Necesitan ser mejor promovidos y difundidos entre una amplia gama de actores.
También deberían armonizarse y ser más accesibles.

Brill | Nijhoff eBooks, Nov 14, 2022

This paper looks into China’s attitude towards and cooperation with the UN human rights Treaty Bo... more This paper looks into China’s attitude towards and cooperation with the UN human rights Treaty Bodies (UNTBs) from a broad perspective, including Chinese influence over the composition, role and attributions of the UNTBs, and China’s active efforts to deter and reduce inputs from independent NGOs to UNTBs.

SUR - International journal on human rights, 2017

- Edição trilíngue: português, espanhol e inglês.- Título em espanhol: La aplicación de las recom... more - Edição trilíngue: português, espanhol e inglês.- Título em espanhol: La aplicación de las recomendaciones de los órganos de tratados de la ONU: una evaluación de los últimos avances y cómo mejorar un mecanismo clave en la protección de los derechos humanos.- Título em inglês: The implementation of UN treaty body recommendations: an overview of latest developments and how to improve a key mechanism in human rights protection

Journal of Human Rights Practice, 2015

The establishment of a fund to support the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convent... more The establishment of a fund to support the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) by the UN in 2011 represents a major opportunity for all actors working on torture prevention. The treaty itself does not provide much detail as to how the Fund should operate or what initiatives should be supported through contributions. It only mentions that the Fund should support the implementation of recommendations from the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) as well as ‘educational programmes’ of national institutions for the prevention of torture (so-called national preventive mechanisms, or NPMs). Like its sister fund, the UN Fund for Victims of Torture, the OPCAT Special Fund could contribute to bringing human rights closer to the ground and provide direct support to a burgeoning and vibrant movement of torture prevention actors around the world. However, the Fund has so far only been open to a small number of institutions in less than 15 countries globally, and for projects focused exclusively on the implementation of some recommendations formulated by the SPT. The Fund has also suffered from a lack of contributions. This policy and practice note seeks to establish an overview of the initial operations of the Fund and to identify some opportunities in its development, both internally and externally.

Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de México

Le rôle et le potentiel des mécanismes nationaux d' élaboration des rapports et de suivi dans la ... more Le rôle et le potentiel des mécanismes nationaux d' élaboration des rapports et de suivi dans la protection des défenseur-es des droits humains : étude comparative du cas de la tunisie The role and potential of national mechanisms for reporting and follow up in the protection of human rights defenders: a comparative study of tunisia Vincent Ploton* Resumen: L' étude constate qu'un mécanisme élaboré et sophistiqué a été mis en place dans le contexte de la révolution post-jasmin en Tunisie. Des plans et stratégies innovants ont été conçus pour combler le fossé des rapports avec les organes internationaux des droits de l'homme, et certaines mesures ont été prises pour donner suite à leurs recommandations. L' étude constate également que le NMRF tunisien a un fort potentiel pour stimuler la mise en oeuvre nationale des recommandations sur les droits de l'homme émanant d' organismes internationaux et régionaux. Monts-Clés: Droits humains internationaux; Tunisie; Mécanismes nationaux de déclaration et de suivi; UPR; UN organes conventionnels.

The UN Committee against torture (CAT) adopted in 2015 an innovative system to follow up, assess ... more The UN Committee against torture (CAT) adopted in 2015 an innovative system to follow up, assess
and grade the implementation of its recommendations to States. The new follow-up procedure largely
draws on the precedent established by the UN Human Rights Committee, although it is also more
comprehensive. It offers a range of new opportunities for human rights defenders and practitioners both
to increase the visibility on the implementation of CAT recommendations, as well as encouraging States
parties to do more to comply with those recommendations. The CAT and the Human Rights Committee
now stand at the forefront of an emerging trend of improved assessment of the implementation of UN
human rights bodies’ recommendations. Despite the formidable potential which the evaluation and
grading system provides, much remains to be done to make the most of them. They need to be better
promoted and disseminated to a broad range of actors. They should also be harmonised and made more
accessible. Other treaty bodies and fellow UN human rights bodies such as Special Procedures or the
Universal Periodic Review should draw on the positive precedents established by the Human Rights
Committee and the CAT. As other treaty bodies are considering the adoption of follow up and
assessment systems, notably in preparation for the 2020 review, other UN human rights bodies could
draw inspiration from the system established by treaty bodies to better follow and track implementation
of their recommendations. The paper constitutes a contribution to the research question N°16 of the
Geneva Academy academic platform on the 2020 review of treaty bodies

Human rights groups are understandably reluctant to use “results-based management”, but embracing... more Human rights groups are understandably reluctant to use “results-based management”, but embracing this approach can boost their impact.

Journal of human rights practice, 2015

On the 2014 world day against the death penalty, Ban Ki Moon made a strong statement calling for ... more On the 2014 world day against the death penalty, Ban Ki Moon made a strong statement calling for global abolition. This declaration reflects a growing trend toward abolition, and yet 25 years after the adoption of the international treaty to abolish the death penalty, the level of ratification remains too low.

High Commissioner Zeid Al Hussein is right to point to the shockingly low proportion of the UN bu... more High Commissioner Zeid Al Hussein is right to point to the shockingly low proportion of the UN budget which is allocated to his office. But he also needs to implement some major reforms to embrace a larger funding base.

New High Commissioner for Human Rights [2] [3]

La récente réforme des organes chargés de veiller à la mise en œuvre des principaux traités inter... more La récente réforme des organes chargés de veiller à la mise en œuvre des principaux traités internationaux de protection des droits humains n’est pas à la hauteur des attentes, et ne profite pas aux personnes qui ont le plus grand besoin de protection. Le nouveau Haut-Commissaire doit faire du processus de réforme une priorité.

Les Kalash du Pakistan sont un peuple dont la langue, la culture et la religion sont restés prése... more Les Kalash du Pakistan sont un peuple dont la langue, la culture et la religion sont restés préservés au milieu d’un océan d’islamisme où les coutumes et traditions locales ont bien souvent été annihilées au dépend d’une observation stricte des préceptes du Prophète.

A travers le cas du peuple Jumma des Chittagong Hill Tracts (Bangladesh), Vincent Ploton nous pré... more A travers le cas du peuple Jumma des Chittagong Hill Tracts
(Bangladesh), Vincent Ploton nous présente une réflexion sur les concepts d’autodétermination et de nationalisme autochtone.

Books by Vincent Ploton

Peuples autochtones d'Asie. Quel avenir?, 2023

Rares sont les touristes qui s’aventurent aujourd’hui sur les pentes raides des montagnes des pro... more Rares sont les touristes qui s’aventurent aujourd’hui sur les pentes raides
des montagnes des provinces frontalières du nord ouest pakistanais
(NWFP) réputées autant pour leur prolifération de madrasas
fondamentalistes que pour la présence des camps
d’entraînement djihadistes actifs au Kashmir voisin.
Dans cette région à la réputation radicale survit pourtant un peuple qu’on
a longtemps voulu assimiler aux descendants d’Alexandre le Grand.
Un peuple dont la langue, la culture et la religion sont restés préservés au
milieu d’un océan d’islamisme où les coutumes et traditions locales ont
bien souvent été annihilées au dépend d’une observation
stricte des préceptes du Prophète.