Contents
3.4
4.
3.3.3 The implementation mechanism ..................................................................92
The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment
and Eradication of Violence against Women, 1994......................................93
3.4.1 The scope of the Convention ........................................................................93
3.4.2 The undertakings of the States parties.........................................................94
3.4.3 The implementation mechanism ..................................................................94
European Human Rights Treaties and Their Implementation ...................95
4.1
The European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, and its
Protocols Nos. 1, 4, 6 and 7 .............................................................................95
4.1.1 The undertakings of the States parties.........................................................95
4.1.2 The rights guaranteed .................................................................................95
4.1.3 Permissible limitations on the exercise of rights............................................97
4.1.4 Permissible derogations from legal obligations ..............................................99
4.1.5 The implementation mechanism ................................................................100
4.2. The European Social Charter, 1961, and its Protocols of 1988,
1991 and 1995...................................................................................................102
4.2.1 The undertakings of the States parties ......................................................102
4.2.2 The rights recognized ................................................................................102
4.2.3 Permissible limitation on the exercise of rights ...........................................103
4.2.4 Permissible derogations from legal obligations ............................................104
4.2.5 The implementation mechanism ................................................................104
4.3 The European Social Charter (revised), 1996 ..............................................106
4.4 The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1987 ..........................107
4.4.1 The undertakings of the States parties and the monitoring
mechanism ...............................................................................................107
4.5 The Framework Convention for the Protection of National
Minorities, 1995................................................................................................108
4.5.1 The undertakings of the States parties ......................................................109
4.5.2 Permissible limitations on the exercise of rights..........................................110
4.5.3 The implementation mechanism ................................................................110
5.
Concluding Remarks .......................................................................................111
Chapter 4
Independence and Impartiality of Judges,
Prosecutors and Lawyers.............................................113
Learning Objectives.................................................................................................113
Questions ..................................................................................................................113
Relevant Legal Instruments....................................................................................114
1.
Introduction......................................................................................................115
2.
The Role of Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers in Upholding the
Rule of Law, Including Human Rights Standards ......................................115
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