Description |
liii, 893 pages ; 26 cm |
Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Self determination -- To 'respect and to ensure' covenant rights -- The equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of Covenant rights -- Derogation in times of officially proclaimed public emergency threatening the life of the nation -- Bar on interpreting the Covenant in abuse of rights -- The right to life -- Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment -- Slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour -- Liberty and security -- Treatment of those deprived of their liberty -- Imprisonment for inability to fulfil a contractual obligation -- Freedom of movement of the person -- Procedural safeguards in the expulsion of aliens -- Fair trial rights -- Retroactive criminal law -- Recognition as a person before the law -- Privacy, home, correspondence -- Honour and reputation -- Freedom of thought, conscience and religion -- Freedom of expression -- Propaganda for war and hate speech -- Freedom of assembly -- Freedom of association -- Protection for the family -- Protection required for children -- Right to participate in public affairs, electoral rights and access to public service -- Equality before the law, equal protection of the law -- Ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities |
Summary |
"Human rights scholars tend to focus on particular rights which spark their interest. My research some 20 years ago on freedom of thought, conscience and religion was launched by some unplanned engagement in advocacy and trial observation in the Cold War era. A recurring challenge since has been to grapple with international human rights law across a broad spectrum, a task made all the more confronting by the sheer scale and almost fractal complexity of the network of declarations, conventions and other instruments which the subject encompasses. This work spans all rights to be guaranteed under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, one of the centrepiece conventions within the UN human rights system. It describes how the constituent elements of the Covenant integrate within a composite scheme of rights protection, across the full suite of civil and political rights. It is written at a time when the UN is under extreme financial and other pressure. Proposals are occasionally made for reform of the UN human rights system, including the Covenant. This book, finally, aims to present the Covenant with its imperfections, as well as its obvious and less well conspicuous advantages, so that its merits at least are not unduly sacrificed in reform proposals"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
SUBJECT |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966 December 16)
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Subject |
International law and human rights
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Fair trial
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Criminal procedure (International law)
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Genre/Form |
Law commentaries.
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Law commentaries.
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Commentaires juridiques.
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LC no. |
2019037793 |
ISBN |
9781108498852 hardback |
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110849885X hardback |
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(ebook) |
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