561. The right to an effective remedy in international law.

The right to an effective remedy is protected by all the major international conventions on human rights such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights1, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights2, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination3, the United Nations Convention Against Torture4, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers5 and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance6