Defining Civil and Political Rights : The Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.

By: Conte, AlexContributor(s): Burchill, RichardMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Farnham : Routledge, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (408 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780754691310Subject(s): Human rights -- Cases | United Nations. -- Human Rights CommitteeGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Defining Civil and Political Rights : The Jurisprudence of the United Nations Human Rights CommitteeDDC classification: 341.4/8 LOC classification: 2008041948Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- About the Authors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Procedure Under the Optional Protocol -- 3 Limitations to and Derogations from Covenant Rights -- 4 Democratic and Civil Rights -- 5 Security of the Person -- 6 The Judicial Process -- 7 Privacy, Honour and Reputation -- 8 Rights of the Family and Children -- 9 Self-Determination -- 10 Minority Rights -- 11 Equality and Non-Discrimination -- Appendix 1: International Covenanton Civil and Political Rights -- Appendix 2: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- Appendix 3: Party Status to the International Covenanton Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocol (as at 18 April 2008) -- Appendix 4: Model Complaint Form -- Index.
Summary: Defining Civil and Political Rights provides a comprehensive analysis and commentary on the decisions - technically known as views - of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, for use by human rights lawyers throughout the world. Each of the substantive rights and freedoms set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is considered in detail, by analysis of final reviews and comments of the Human Rights Committee. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to take account of recent jurisprudence on the Human Rights Committee. New material has been added based upon substantive areas of the committee's jurisprudence.
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Cover -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- About the Authors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Procedure Under the Optional Protocol -- 3 Limitations to and Derogations from Covenant Rights -- 4 Democratic and Civil Rights -- 5 Security of the Person -- 6 The Judicial Process -- 7 Privacy, Honour and Reputation -- 8 Rights of the Family and Children -- 9 Self-Determination -- 10 Minority Rights -- 11 Equality and Non-Discrimination -- Appendix 1: International Covenanton Civil and Political Rights -- Appendix 2: Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- Appendix 3: Party Status to the International Covenanton Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocol (as at 18 April 2008) -- Appendix 4: Model Complaint Form -- Index.

Defining Civil and Political Rights provides a comprehensive analysis and commentary on the decisions - technically known as views - of the United Nations Human Rights Committee, for use by human rights lawyers throughout the world. Each of the substantive rights and freedoms set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is considered in detail, by analysis of final reviews and comments of the Human Rights Committee. This second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to take account of recent jurisprudence on the Human Rights Committee. New material has been added based upon substantive areas of the committee's jurisprudence.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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