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International Human Rights

International Human Rights. 15.3.2011. The International Bill of Human Rights. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 (160 SP) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 (167 SP)

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International Human Rights

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  1. International HumanRights 15.3.2011

  2. The International Bill ofHumanRights • Universal DeclarationofHumanRights (1948) • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 (160 SP) • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 (167 SP) • Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 (113 SP) • Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, 1989 (73 SP) • Optional Protocol to CESCR (10 Dec. 2008, GA Res 63/117) (3 parties, 10 necessary for entry in force)

  3. CoreHumanRightsTreaties(http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm#core)CoreHumanRightsTreaties(http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/index.htm#core) • International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965) • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) • Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) • Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) • International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990) • International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2006) • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)

  4. Treaty-BasedBodies • Human Rights Committee (CCPR) • Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) • Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) • Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) • Committee against Torture (CAT) & Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) - Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) • Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) • Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) • Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) • Committee on Enforced Disappearance (CED)

  5. Other HR Treatiespromotedby the UN • Convention for the Prevention and Punishmentof the Crime of Genocide (1948) • Convention relatingto the Status ofRefugees (1951) • Convention relatingto the Status ofStateless People (1954) • Convention on the ReductionofSatelesness (1961)

  6. The scope of HR Treaties Article 2 CCPR: “Each State Party to the presentCovenantundetakestorespect and toesnuretoallindividualswithinitsterritoryand subjecttoitsjurisdiction the rightsrecognized in the presentCovenant” Lopez Burgos v. Uruguay, 1981 Constructionof a Wall in Palestine (ICJ, 2005)

  7. Charter-basedbodies • Human Rights Council • Universal Periodic Review • Commission on Human Rights (replaced by the Human Rights Council) • Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council

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