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Textbook On International Human Rights

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  • Copyright: 2005-04-28
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Summary

Truly global in both approach and coverage, this second edition of Textbook on International Human Rights provides an ideal introduction to a complex subject. The text is accessible for newcomers, beginning with a brief analysis of the development of international human rights and the history of the subject and a discussion of the role of the United Nations in this area. Examples are drawn from international and regional law to illustrate vital contemporary issues such as freedom of expression, the right to education, and minority rights. The second edition has been fully revised and updated, including new developments relating to the International Criminal Court, the African Union and the Organization of American states, and a new chapter on group rights.

Author Biography


Rhona K.M. Smith is Principal Lecturer in Law at Northumbria University, where she teaches human rights and civil liberties.

Table of Contents

Preface xv
Table of Cases xvii
Table of International Instruments xxiii
1 Introduction
1(4)
2 Historical background
5(21)
2.1 Origins of international human rights
5(1)
2.2 The eigtheenth century: revolutions and rights
6(1)
2.3 The role of international law
7(1)
2.4 The law of aliens
8(3)
2.4.1 Reparations and reprisals
8(1)
2.4.2 The two schools of thought
9(1)
2.4.3 Contemporary law on aliens
10(1)
2.5 Diplomatic laws
11(1)
2.5.1 The development of diplomatic law
11(1)
2.5.2 Modern diplomatic law
11(1)
2.6 The laws of war-international humanitarian law
12(3)
2.6.1 The laws of war
12(1)
2.6.2 Humanitarian law
13(1)
2.6.3 Modern humanitarian law and laws of war
14(1)
2.7 Slavery
15(1)
2.7.1 The development of the law
15(1)
2.7.2 The modern law of slavery
15(1)
2.8 Minority rights
16(6)
2.8.1 The treaty approach to minorities
16(1)
2.8.2 The link to nationalism
16(1)
2.8.3 After the First World War
17(1)
2.8.4 The Peace Conference
18(1)
2.8.5 The League of Nations and minorities
19(2)
2.8.6 The modern law on minorities
21(1)
2.9 The International Labour Organization
22(1)
2.10 After the Second World War
23(1)
2.10.1 The Potsdam Conference
23(1)
2.10.2 Towards international protection of human rights
23(1)
2.10.3 On the brink of the United Nations
24(1)
Cases
24(1)
Reading
24(1)
Websites
25(1)
3 The United Nations
26(12)
3.1 The United Nations Charter
26(4)
3.1.1 The influence of the Nuremberg Criminal Tribunal
27(1)
3.1.2 Developing international human right! law
28(2)
3.2 Building international human rights law
30(5)
3.2.1 War crimes and crimes against humanity
30(1)
3.2.2 Protection of vulnerable groups
31(3)
3.2.3 Slavery, torture, forced labour, and trafficking
34(1)
3.2.4 Other human rights instruments
34(1)
3.3 The impact of the United Nations on international human rights
35(1)
Reading
36(1)
Websites
36(2)
4 The International Bill of Human Rights
38(15)
4.1 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
39(6)
4.1.1 Is the Declaration binding?
39(1)
4.1.2 The importance of the Declaration
40(1)
4.1.3 The content of the Declaration
41(2)
4.1.4 Minority protection and the Universal Declaration
43(1)
4.1.5 The importance of the Universal Declaration
43(2)
4.2 The United Nations International Covenants of 1966
45(5)
4.2.1 A family of universal rights?
46(1)
4.2.2 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
47(2)
4.2.3 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
49(1)
4.3 Conclusions on the Bill of Human Rights
50(2)
Cases
52(1)
Reading
52(1)
Websites
52(1)
5 The United Nations organizational structure
53(30)
5.1 An overview of the United Nations organizational structure
53(1)
5.2 The Security Council
54(3)
5.2.1 Self-determination
55(1)
5.2.2 United Nations interventions
55(1)
5.2.3 Other situations
56(1)
5.2.4 Sanctions
56(1)
5.2.5 Conclusions
56(1)
5.3 The General Assembly
57(2)
5.3.1 Declarations on human rights issues
57(1)
5.3.2 Logistical support
58(1)
5.3.3 Receiving reports
58(1)
5.3.4 General debates
58(1)
5.3.5 Conclusions
59(1)
5.4 The International Courts
59(1)
5.4.1 The International Court of Justice
59(1)
5.4.2 The International Criminal Court
60(1)
5.5 The Economic and Social Council
60(4)
5.5.1 The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
61(1)
5.5.2 The Commission on Human Rights
62(1)
5.5.3 The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
63(1)
5.6 The High Commissioner for Human Rights
64(1)
5.6.1 Others
65(1)
5.7 Treaty-monitoring bodies
65(14)
5.7.1 Introduction
65(1)
5.7.2 Human Rights Committee
66(3)
5.7.3 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
69(2)
5.7.4 Committee against Torture
71(2)
5.7.5 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
73(2)
5.7.6 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
75(3)
5.7.7 Committee on the Rights of the Child
78(1)
5.7.8 Migrant Workers Committee
79(1)
5.8 Others
79(1)
5.8.1 Truth Commissions
79(1)
5.9 Conclusions
80(1)
Cases
81(1)
Reading
81(1)
Websites
82(1)
6 Regional protection of human rights
83(9)
6.1 The advantages of regional systems
84(2)
6.1.1 Drafting and adopting texts
84(1)
6.1.2 Accessibility
84(1)
6.1.3 Enforceability
85(1)
6.2 The principal regional systems
86(1)
6.3 Other regional initiatives
87(3)
6.3.1 The Arab League
87(1)
6.3.2 The Commonwealth of Independent States
88(1)
6.3.3 Asia and the Pacific
89(1)
6.4 Conclusions on regional systems
90(1)
Cases
90(1)
Reading
90(1)
Websites
91(1)
7 Europe
92(23)
7.1 Council of Europe
92(1)
7.2 The development of European human rights protection
93(1)
7.3 The Convention and associated instruments
94(3)
7.3.1 The European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (the European Convention)
94(1)
7.3.2 The Protocols
95(1)
7.3.3 Other conventions
95(2)
7.4 The institutional framework
97(4)
7.4.1 The Secretary-General
98(1)
7.4.2 The Committee of Ministers
98(1)
7.4.3 The Parliamentary Assembly
99(1)
7.4.4 The European Court of Human Rights
99(1)
7.4.5 The European Commissioner on Human Rights
100(1)
7.4.6 The European Commission on Human Rights
100(1)
7.5 Implementing human rights
101(4)
7.5.1 The Strasbourg machinery (original and now)
101(1)
7.5.2 Inter-State complaints
101(1)
7.5.3 Individual complaints
101(4)
7.6 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
105(3)
7.6.1 The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
106(1)
7.6.2 The High Commissioner on National Minorities
107(1)
7.6.3 The Representative on Freedom of the Media
107(1)
7.7 European Union
108(3)
7.7.1 The European Court of Justice and human rights
108(2)
7.7.2 Constitutional recognition of human rights in the European Union
110(1)
7.7.3 The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
110(1)
7.7.4 Social policy
111(1)
7.8 Conclusions
111(1)
Cases
112(1)
Reading
113(1)
Websites
114(1)
8 The Organization of American States
115(17)
8.1 The development of American human rights
115(1)
8.2 The Declaration and the Conventions
116(4)
8.2.1 The American Declaration
116(1)
8.2.2 The American Convention
117(1)
8.2.3 Additional Protocols
117(1)
8.2.4 Other conventions and instruments
118(2)
8.3 The institutional framework
120(4)
8.3.1 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
120(2)
8.3.2 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights
122(1)
8.3.3 The Inter-American Council for Integral Development
123(1)
8.3.4 The General Assembly
124(1)
8.3.5 The Inter-American Commission of Women
124(1)
8.4 Implementing human rights
124(4)
8.4.1 Monitoring human rights outwith the Convention
125(1)
8.4.2 Convention-reports
126(1)
8.4.3 Convention-inter-State complaints
126(1)
8.4.4 Convention-individual complaints
127(1)
8.5 Conclusions
128(2)
Cases
130(1)
Reading
130(1)
Websites
131(1)
9 The African Union
132(13)
9.1 Development of human rights protection
133(1)
9.2 The African Charter and other instruments
133(3)
9.2.1 The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
133(2)
9.2.2 The OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa 1969
135(1)
9.2.3 The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990
135(1)
9.2.4 Protocol on Women's Rights
136(1)
9.3 Institutional framework
136(4)
9.3.1 The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
136(1)
9.3.2 The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
137(2)
9.3.3 The Assembly of Heads of State and Government
139(1)
9.3.4 The role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
139(1)
9.4 Enforcing human rights
140(2)
9.4.1 Reports
140(1)
9.4.2 Inter-State complaints
140(1)
9.4.3 Individual complaints
141(1)
9.5 Conclusions
142(1)
Cases
143(1)
Reading
143(1)
Websites
144(1)
10 Monitoring, implementing, and enforcing human rights 145(26)
10.1 The reports system
146(1)
10.2 Inter-State complaints
147(1)
10.3 Individual complaints
148(1)
10.4 Rapporteurs and special investigators
149(1)
10.5 Ancillary bodies
150(3)
10.5.1 United Nations bodies
150(1)
10.5.2 International Committee of the Red Cross
151(1)
10.5.3 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
152(1)
10.5.4 Individuals
153(1)
10.6 Overview of problems with the system
153(13)
10.6.1 Ratifications, declarations, and reservations
154(2)
10.6.2 State reports-quantity and quality
156(3)
10.6.3 The committees-composition, role, and functions
159(1)
10.6.4 Resources
160(3)
10.6.5 Implementation and sanctions
163(2)
10.6.6 Individual petition
165(1)
10.7 Pluralism and homogeneity
166(1)
10.8 Reform? Some observations
167(1)
Cases
168(1)
Reading
169(1)
Websites
170(1)
11 Substantive rights-general comments 171(13)
11.1 Content of rights
171(1)
11.2 State discretion and other limitations
172(8)
11.2.1 State discretion
172(1)
11.2.2 Clash of rights
173(1)
11.2.3 Derogations
174(2)
11.2.4 Reservations
176(2)
11.2.5 Declarations
178(1)
11.2.6 Denunciations
179(1)
11.3 Interpretation and application
180(1)
11.4 Examining human rights
180(2)
Cases
182(1)
Reading
182(1)
Websites
183(1)
12 Equality and non-discrimination 184(21)
12.1 The concept of equality
184(1)
12.2 The prohibition on discrimination
185(1)
12.3 Sex discrimination
186(5)
12.3.1 The Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
187(1)
12.3.2 Developing the law
188(1)
12.3.3 The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
189(1)
12.3.4 Strengthening women's rights
190(1)
12.4 Race discrimination
191(4)
12.4.1 Development of international law
192(1)
12.4.2 The Declaration and the Convention
192(1)
12.4.3 Definition of 'racial discrimination'
193(1)
12.4.4 Conclusions
194(1)
12.5 Religious discrimination
195(5)
12.5.1 Developing the international prohibition
195(2)
12.5.2 Developing the Declaration
197(1)
12.5.3 Content of the Declaration
197(2)
12.5.4 Developing the concept
199(1)
12.5.5 Special thematic Rapporteurs on religious intolerance and discrimination
199(1)
12.5.6 Conclusions
200(1)
12.6 Other grounds of discrimination
200(2)
12.6.1 Language
200(2)
12.6.2 Others
202(1)
12.7 Conclusions
202(1)
Cases
203(1)
Reading
203(1)
Websites
204(1)
13 The right to life 205(15)
13.1 Right to life
205(3)
13.1.1 A positive obligation to protect life
206(1)
13.1.2 Parameters of life
207(1)
13.2 Permissible deprivation of life
208(5)
13.2.1 Death penalty
208(2)
13.2.2 Death by actions of State security forces
210(2)
13.2.3 Death during armed conflict
212(1)
13.3 Genocide
213(5)
13.3.1 Definition of genocide
213(1)
13.3.2 The Genocide Convention
214(1)
13.3.3 Genocide as an international crime
215(1)
13.3.4 The work of the International Criminal Tribunals
216(1)
13.3.5 Conclusions on the prohibition of genocide
217(1)
13.4 Conclusions
218(1)
Cases
218(1)
Reading
219(1)
Websites
219(1)
14 Freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment 220(14)
14.1 A hierarchy of rights?
220(1)
14.1.1 The extension to mental suffering
221(1)
14.2 Torture
221(5)
14.2.1 The international position
222(1)
14.2.2 The Inter-American system
223(1)
14.2.3 The European system
223(1)
14.2.4 Threat of torture
224(1)
14.2.5 Scientific and medical experimentation
225(1)
14.2.6 Compensation for victims
226(1)
14.3 Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
226(3)
14.3.1 Corporal punishment
226(2)
14.3.2 Death row phenomenon
228(1)
14.4 The treatment of detainees
229(2)
14.4.1 The international position
229(1)
14.4.2 The regional position
230(1)
14.5 Emergency situations
231(1)
14.6 Conclusions
232(1)
Cases
232(1)
Reading
232(1)
Websites
233(1)
15 The right to liberty of person 234(15)
15.1 Slavery and servitude
234(6)
15.1.1 Slavery
235(1)
15.1.2 Slave trade and trafficking
236(1)
15.1.3 Analogous practices
237(1)
15.1.4 Forced or compulsory labour
238(2)
15.2 Liberty and security of person
240(6)
15.2.1 Deprivation of liberty
240(1)
15.2.2 Grounds of detention
241(3)
15.2.3 Procedural guarantees
244(2)
15.2.4 Derogations from the provisions
246(1)
15.3 Conclusions
246(1)
Cases
247(1)
Reading
247(1)
Websites
248(1)
16 Equality before the law-the right to a fair trial 249(20)
16.1 Recognition, equality, and access issues
250(3)
16.1.1 Recognition as a person before the law
250(1)
16.1.2 Lack of capacity to enter legal obligations
251(1)
16.1.3 Problems with defining 'persons'
251(1)
16.1.4 Equality of persons before the law
252(1)
16.1.5 A right of access to a court?
252(1)
16.2 Prohibition on retroactive penal legislation
253(2)
16.2.1 National and international crimes
254(1)
16.2.2 Defining crimes
254(1)
16.2.3 Examples of violations
254(1)
16.3 What are 'courts and tribunals'?
255(1)
16.3.1 The treaty-monitoring bodies?
256(1)
16.4 An independent and impartial court
256(2)
16.4.1 Jurisprudence
256(2)
16.5 Presumption of innocence
258(2)
16.6 Minimum guarantees for criminal trials
260(6)
16.6.1 The language of the trial and charges
260(2)
16.6.2 Adequate time and facilities to prepare and conduct a defence
262(1)
16.6.3 Trial in absentia
263(1)
16.6.4 Legal aid
263(1)
16.6.5 Trial within a reasonable time
264(1)
16.6.6 Public hearing
265(1)
16.6.7 Double jeopardy
265(1)
16.6.8 Appeal hearing
266(1)
16.7 Conclusions
266(1)
Cases
267(1)
Reading
268(1)
Websites
268(1)
17 The right to self-determination 269(15)
17.1 The right to self-determination
269(1)
17.2 The origins of the right to self-determination
270(2)
17.2.1 After the First World War
271(1)
17.2.2 The era of the League of Nations
271(1)
17.3 The United Nations, decolonization, and self-determination
272(2)
17.4 Self-determination today
274(6)
17.4.1 Examples of non-colonial self-determination
274(2)
17.4.2 Secession
276(1)
17.4.3 Different covenants, different rights?
277(1)
17.4.4 Autonomy for minority and indigenous groups
278(1)
17.4.5 Self-determination and the African Charter
279(1)
17.5 Claiming self-determination
280(1)
17.6 Conclusions
281(1)
Cases
281(1)
Reading
282(1)
Websites
283(1)
18 Freedom of expression 284(12)
18.1 Freedom of expression
285(1)
18.2 Freedom of the press and media
286(2)
18.2.1 State-owned media
287(1)
18.2.2 Regional developments
287(1)
18.2.3 Link to human rights education
287(1)
18.3 Overlap with freedom of correspondence
288(1)
18.4 Exceptions
288(6)
18.4.1 Propaganda for war or national, racial, or religious hatred
289(1)
18.4.2 War/public emergency
290(1)
18.4.3 National security/public order
290(2)
18.4.4 Public health and morals
292(1)
18.4.5 The rights and reputations of others
293(1)
18.5 Conclusions
294(1)
Cases
294(1)
Reading
295(1)
Websites
295(1)
19 The right to work 296(14)
19.1 The right to work
296(5)
19.1.1 An absolute right?
297(1)
19.1.2 The duty incumbent on States
297(1)
19.1.3 Components of the right to work
298(1)
19.1.4 Freedom from arbitrary dismissal
299(1)
19.1.5 Equality
300(1)
19.2 The right to just and favourable conditions of work and remuneration
301(4)
19.2.1 Conditions of work
301(1)
19.2.2 Working time and rest periods
302(1)
19.2.3 Holidays
303(1)
19.2.4 Remuneration
304(1)
19.2.5 Link to adequate standard of living
305(1)
19.3 The right to equal pay for equal work
305(3)
19.4 Conclusions
308(1)
Cases
308(1)
Reading
308(1)
Websites
309(1)
20 The right to education and human rights education 310(14)
20.1 The right to education
311(6)
20.1.1 Access to education
311(3)
20.1.2 Nature of education
314(2)
20.1.3 Academic freedom
316(1)
20.1.4 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education
317(1)
20.2 The right to human rights education
317(4)
20.2.1 Links to other human rights
318(1)
20.2.2 Achieving universal education on human rights
318(1)
20.2.3 Teaching non-discrimination
319(1)
20.2.4 The United Nations Decade of Human Rights Education
320(1)
20.3 Conclusions
321(1)
Cases
322(1)
Reading
322(1)
Websites
323(1)
21 Minority rights 324(15)
21.1 Background
324(1)
21.2 The need for minority protection
325(2)
21.2.1 Rationalizing minority protection
326(1)
21.2.2 The Universal Declaration and minority rights
326(1)
21.3 Defining 'minorities'
327(2)
21.3.1 Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
327(1)
21.3.2 Tests employed to determine minority status
328(1)
21.4 The scope of the international provisions
329(6)
21.4.1 The right to enjoy one's culture
330(2)
21.4.2 The right to profess and practise religion
332(1)
21.4.3 The right to use one's own language
333(1)
21.4.4 Using the International Covenant
334(1)
21.4.5 The Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities 1992
334(1)
21.5 Regional developments
335(2)
21.5.1 European developments
335(2)
21.6 Conclusions
337(1)
Cases
337(1)
Reading
337(1)
Websites
338(1)
22 Group rights 339(24)
22.1 Towards group rights
340(1)
22.2 Indigenous peoples
340(6)
22.2.1 Historical issues
340(1)
22.2.2 Claims of indigenous peoples
341(2)
22.2.3 International Developments
343(2)
22.2.4 Regional Developments
345(1)
22.3 Women
346(4)
22.3.1 Historical issues
346(1)
22.3.2 Rights of Women
346(2)
22.3.3 International developments
348(1)
22.3.4 Regional developments
349(1)
22.4 Children
350(5)
22.4.1 Historical issues
350(1)
22.4.2 Children's rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
351(3)
22.4.3 International Developments
354(1)
22.4.4 Regional Developments
354(1)
22.5 Refugees
355(5)
22.5.1 Historical issues
356(1)
22.5.2 Refugees' rights and the 1951 Convention
356(2)
22.5.3 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
358(1)
22.5.4 Regional Developments
358(2)
22.5.5 Developments
360(1)
Cases
360(1)
Reading
361(1)
Websites
362(1)
23 Looking to the future 363(10)
23.1 Reform of the institutional procedure?
363(1)
23.2 More effective enforcement of human rights?
364(1)
23.2.1 Spreading responsibility
364(1)
23.3 Greater popular awareness?
365(1)
23.4 More rights?
366(4)
23.4.1 The right to development
366(2)
23.4.2 Environmental rights
368(1)
23.4.3 Beneficiaries of rights
369(1)
23.5 Conclusions
370(1)
Reading
370(1)
Websites
371(2)
Index 373

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