Download or read book Human Rights Committees written by Steve Baker and published by . This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies written by Leena Grover and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the UN human rights treaty bodies, their methods of interpretation, their effectiveness and issues of legitimacy.
Download or read book The Core International Human Rights Treaties written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication reproduces the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the nine core international human rights treaties and their optional protocols in a user-friendly format to make them more accessible, in particular to government officials, civil society, human rights defenders, legal practitioners, scholars, individual citizens and others with an interest in human rights norms and standards.
Download or read book The Human Rights Committee written by Dominic McGoldrick and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articles of the covenant.
Download or read book The UN Human Rights Council written by Bertrand Ramcharan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Human Rights Council is already the subject of major public interest and controversy. The Council is already being criticized for having dropped some of the protection strategies of the former commission and this book aims to present a balanced view of the council, acknowledging where it has made positive contributions, point out its deficiencies, and identify options for improving the body’s future work.
Download or read book The UN Human Rights Council written by Eric Tistounet and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its establishment the work of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been subject to many interpretations, theories, comments or conclusions. This comprehensive book dissects every aspect of the UNHRC’s work and analyses the efficiency of, and interactions between, its mechanisms. Authored by the first Secretary of the UNHRC, this book provides unique practitioner insights into the complex decision making processes of the Council alongside the core variations from its predecessor.
Download or read book Report of the Human Rights Committee written by United Nations and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the official report of the Human Rights Committee submitted to the General Assembly on an annual basis. This report covers the 123rd (2-27 July 2018), the 124th (8 October-2 November 2018), and the 125th (4-29 March 2019) sessions.
Download or read book The UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights written by Marco Odello and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book concerns the study and analysis of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from an international legal perspective, taking into consideration the adoption of the 2008 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The volume provides a detailed account of the structure and functioning of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the light of its jurisprudence, through a study of the Committee’s procedures and practices (periodic reports and general comments), including taking into account the Optional Protocol for individual complaint procedure. The book considers the possible implications of the work of this Committee on other UN Committees, such as the Human Rights Committee and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, as well as considering the repercussions of its work on the international protection of fundamental rights, such as the right to education, to health and adequate food. The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will be of particular interest to academics and students of International and Human Rights law.
Download or read book The United Nations and Human Rights written by Frédéric Mégret and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very concept of human rights implies governmental accountability. To ensure that governments are indeed held accountable for their treatment of citizens and others the United Nations has established a wide range of mechanisms to monitor compliance, and to seek to prevent as well as respond to violations. The panoply of implementation measures that the UN has taken since 1945 has resulted in a diverse and complex set of institutional arrangements, the effectiveness of which varies widely. Indeed, there is much doubt as to the effectiveness of much of the UN's human rights efforts but also about what direction it should take. Inevitable instances of politicization and the hostile, or at best ambivalent, attitude of most governments, has at times endangered the fragile progress made on the more technical fronts. At the same time, technical efforts cannot dispense with the complex politics of actualizing the promise of human rights at and through the UN. In addition to significant actual and potential problems of duplication, overlapping and inconsistent approaches, there are major problems of under-funding and insufficient expertise. The complexity of these arrangements and the difficulty in evaluating their impact makes a comprehensive guide of the type provided here all the more indispensable. These essays critically examine the functions, procedures, and performance of each of the major UN organs dealing with human rights, including the Security Council and the International Court of Justice as well as the more specialized bodies monitoring the implementation of human rights treaties. Significant attention is devoted to the considerable efforts at reforming the UN's human rights machinery, as illustrated most notably by the creation of the Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights. The book also looks at the relationship between the various bodies and the potential for major reforms and restructuring.
Download or read book The Universal Declaration of Human Rights written by William A. Schabas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 4171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of United Nations documents associated with the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these volumes facilitate research into the scope of, meaning of and intent behind the instrument's provisions. It permits an examination of the various drafts of what became the thirty articles of the Declaration, including one of the earliest documents – a compilation of human rights provisions from national constitutions, organised thematically. The documents are organised chronologically and thorough thematic indexing facilitates research into the origins of specific rights and norms. It is also annotated in order to provide information relating to names, places, events and concepts that might have been familiar in the late 1940s but are today more obscure.
Download or read book The Procedures Before the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies written by Wouter Vandenhole and published by Intersentia nv. This book was released on 2004 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first ideas ... originated from a conference held in Utrecht on ... the 35th anniversary of the two 1966 Covenants, the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights."--Foreword.
Download or read book The Future of UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring written by Philip Alston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-11 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every state in the world has undertaken human rights obligations on the basis of UN treaties. Today's challenge is to enhance the effectiveness of procedures and institutions established to promote the accountability of governments. The six treaty bodies that monitor and evaluate state policies and practices play a vital role, but the whole system has been stretched almost to breaking point. It is under-funded, many governments fail to report or do so very late or superficially, there is a growing backlog of individual complaints, broad reservations have been lodged by many states, and the expertise of committee members has been questioned. This volume contains detailed analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of the system, written by leading participants in the work of the treaty bodies. Their recommendations provide a blueprint for far-reaching reform of a system of major importance for the future of international efforts to protect human rights.
Download or read book Human Rights Committees written by Steve Baker and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without the ability to make informed choices, our lives are not our own. Along with this comes the expectation of safety-freedom from harm at home, at work and in the community. Human rights committees balance the needs and rights of persons with disabilities with the realities and imperatives of an organization that serves and supports them.People with developmental, mental and physical disabilities are a particularly vulnerable group, who have historically suffered abuse in every form and for every reason. A well-formed and carefully led human rights committee can keep your organization on course, able to follow its mission of assisting people to reach their full potential.Steve Baker and Amy Tabor have both spent their careers working to support persons with disabilities in state institutions and private nonprofit organizations, and have both chaired human rights committees. This handbook is a must-have reference for any organization needing to establish or enhance this essential committee.
Download or read book Strengthening the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies written by Nils-Hendrik Grohmann and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Rights and the UN written by Michael O'Flaherty and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides up-to-date and comprehensive information on the working methods of the six UN human rights bodies, which, through their administration of internationally-binding law, provide a significant defence against the violation of all commonly-recognised categories of human rights. This book offers an insight into their practices, and provides practical guidance for individuals and legal professionals, defining in clear terms the manner in which they can avail themselves of UN procedures. The six Treaty bodies are: the Human Rights Committee; the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; the Committee against Torture; and the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Download or read book A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights written by Paul M. Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 1340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and an essential reference work for any international human rights law academic, student or practitioner, A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights spans all substantive rights of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), approached from the perspective of the ICCPR as an integrated, coherent scheme of rights protection. In detailed coverage of the Human Rights Committee's output when monitoring ICCPR compliance, Paul M. Taylor offers extraordinary access to forty years of its Concluding Observations, Views and General Comments organised thematically. This Commentary is a solid and practical introduction to any and all of the civil and political rights in the ICCPR, and a rare resource explaining the requirements for domestic implementation of ICCPR standards. An indispensable research tool for any serious enquirer into the subject, the Commentary speaks to the accomplishments of the ICCPR in striving for universal human rights standards.
Download or read book The UN Human Rights Treaty System written by Anne Bayefsky and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-18 with total page 831 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights treaties are at the core of the international system for the promotion and protection of human rights. Every UN member state has ratified at least one of these treaties, making them applicable to virtually every child, woman or man in the world - over six billion people. At the same time, human rights violations are rampant. The problem is that the implementation scheme accompanying the core human rights standards was drafted during a period of history when effective international monitoring was neither intended nor achievable. Today there is a gap between universal right and remedy that is inescapable and inexcusable, threatening the integrity of the international human rights legal regime. There are overwhelming numbers of overdue reports, untenable backlogs, minimal individual complaints from vast numbers of potential victims, and widespread refusal of states to provide remedies when violations of individual rights are found. This landmark Report prepared by Professor Bayefsky envisions a wide-ranging number of reforms, most of which can be accomplished without formal amendment. The recommendations generally assume a six treaty body regime, and focus primarily on offering concrete suggestions for improvements in working methods of the treaty bodies and procedures at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Professor Bayefsky details numerous proposals for bolstering national level partnerships, and for following-up the output of the treaty monitoring system as a key missing component of the implementation regime. One major reform requiring amendment is ultimately recommended, namely, consolidation of the human rights treaty bodies and the creation of two permanent committees, one for the consideration of state reports and one for complaints. All individuals, agencies, and organizations involved in the promotion, implementation, review, analysis, and study of human rights protection for all peoples will find this Report an indispensable resource for their work. It contains a unique overview of all the working methods of the six human rights treaty bodies, a detailed and thorough statistical analysis of the operation of the human rights treaty system, and a number of additional annexes which together provide a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the treaty system. The international human rights legal system is at a crossroads, with the ideal of universality threatened by the fundamental shortfalls in effective implementation. This Report offers a clear and substantive path to moving universality beyond rhetoric and towards a treaty regime meaningful and effective in the lives of everyday people.
