Contents
4.2
The application of international human rights law in domestic
courts: some practical examples.......................................................................22
5.
The Role of the Legal Professions in the Implementation of
Human Rights.....................................................................................................25
6.
Concluding Remarks..........................................................................................25
Chapter 2
The Major Universal Human Rights Instruments and
the Mechanisms for Their Implementation.......................27
Learning Objectives ...................................................................................................27
Questions.....................................................................................................................27
1.
Introduction ........................................................................................................28
1.1
1.2
1.3
2.
The Major United Nations Human Rights Treaties and their
Implementation ..................................................................................................31
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
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Scope of the chapter ..........................................................................................28
The international treaty-based control mechanisms .....................................28
Civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural rights.............30
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966,
and its two Protocols, 1966 and 1989 .............................................................31
2.1.1 The undertakings of the States parties.........................................................31
2.1.2 The rights recognized ..................................................................................32
2.1.3 Permissible limitations on the exercise of rights............................................34
2.1.4 Permissible derogations from legal obligations ..............................................36
2.1.5 The implementation mechanisms .................................................................38
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights, 1966.........................................................................................................39
2.2.1 The undertakings of the States parties.........................................................40
2.2.2 The rights recognized ..................................................................................40
2.2.3 Permissible limitations on rights..................................................................41
2.2.4 The implementation mechanism ..................................................................42
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 and its two
Optional Protocols, 2000 ..................................................................................43
2.3.1 The undertakings of the States parties.........................................................43
2.3.2 The rights recognized ..................................................................................44
2.3.3 Permissible limitations on the exercise of rights............................................46
2.3.4 The implementation mechanism ..................................................................47
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime
of Genocide, 1948..............................................................................................47
2.4.1 The undertakings of the States parties.........................................................48
2.4.2 The legal scope of the Convention ................................................................48
2.4.3 International crimes: recent legal developments .............................................49
Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers