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INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
PREAMBLE The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of…
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CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Human rights can be classified in a number of different ways. Some rights may fall into more than one of…
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The Future of Human Rights Law
A person who has read the foregoing account of human rights law may wonder whether all the work that has…
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Nongovernmental Organizations
Nongovernmental organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Doctors without Borders are extremely active at the international level in the…
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Promotion of Human Rights by States
Perhaps the most important role of states in international human rights law is establishing that law by authoring and ratifying…
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The International Criminal Court
After countries throw off oppressive regimes or emerge from civil war they face a period of (what we now call)…
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Regional Human Rights Systems
Regional arrangements supplement the UN system by promoting and protecting human rights in particular parts of the world. Three regions—Europe,…
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Other United Nations Human Rights Agencies
Human Rights treaties are only one part of the UN’s human rights program. In fact, the UN has several agencies…
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International Human Rights Law and Organizations
Since 1948 an elaborate body of international human rights law has developed through state practice, the work of international courts,…