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The scale of immigration problems in Europe today is well-known and broadly dis-cussed. The article identifies how this issue is reflected in two Human Rights Council mechanisms: Special Procedures and the Universal Periodic Review. The Special Rap-porteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, undertook a regional study on the management of the external borders of the European Union and...
The UN Special Rapporteurs are independent experts holding mandates of special procedures established by the Human Rights Council. One of their main methods of work is conducting country visits, at the invitation of States. The article aims at assessing country visits as the way of monitoring the human rights situation at the national level. It provides an overview of the last visits in Poland, including...
The UN human rights system is constantly growing, as new treaties are adopted and new special procedures are established. While this strengthens the protection of some human rights, the development is also criticized for blurring recognized concepts, which consequently leads to the weakening of the protection of human rights. The article analyzes the quantitative expansion of UN special procedures,...
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