The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and United Kingdom Law

by Harris, David; Joseph, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9780198259336
• ISBN10: 0198259336
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-02-29
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is rapidly acquiring great influence in international law, as academics and practitioners recognize the profound scope and reach of the Covenant's provisions for the promotion and protection of individual freedom, and human rights. In this highly original collection of essays by a group of leading British scholars, the impact of the Covenant on United Kingdom law is assessed, and the relative effectiveness of the Covenant as opposed to other regionally-based human rights agreements is discussed and analysed. This is the first major scholarly assessment of the Covenant's provisions, and as such it will be of great interest not only to domestic lawyers and scholars, but to international lawyers who will recognize the importance of the examination of British State Practice with regard to the law.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. v
Preface	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the United Kingdom An Introduction	p. 1
The United Kingdom Perspective on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	p. 69
Introduction	p. 69
Conclusion	p. 89
Introduction	p. 91
The Right of Self-determination	p. 91
Conclusion	p. 118
Rights and Responses to Terrorismin Northern Ireland	p. 121
Introduction	p. 121
Conclusion	p. 152
Introduction	p. 155
The Right to Life SARAH JOSEPH	p. 155
Conclusion	p. 183
Rights in the Administration of Justice	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 241
Introduction	p. 243
Mental Health Care	p. 243
Conclusion	p. 268
INTRODUCNON	p. 269
Prisoners' Rights	p. 269
Conclusions	p. 293
Immigration and Freedom of Movement	p. 297
Conclusions	p. 330
Privacy	p. 333
Introduction	p. 333
Conclusion	p. 353
Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion	p. 355
Conclusion	p. 389
Freedom of Expression	p. 391
Introduction AN HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM	p. 439
Freedom of Assembly	p. 439
Conclusion	p. 463
Freedom of Association and Trade Union Rights	p. 465
Introduction	p. 465
Conclusion	p. 489
Family and Child Rights	p. 491
Introduction	p. 491
Conclusion	p. 534
Rights of Political Participation	p. 535
Introduction	p. 535
Conclusion	p. 560
Introduction	p. 563
Obligations of Non-Discrimination	p. 563
Conclusion	p. 594
Introduction	p. 597
The Rights of Minorities	p. 597
The Complementarity of the Covenant andthe European Convention on Human Rights--Recent Developments	p. 629
Conclusion	p. 658
List of Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as at24 May 1995	p. 661
List of Parties to the First Optional Protocol ofthe International Covenant on Civil and Political Rightsas at 24 May 1995	p. 663
General Comments	p. 667
Optional Protocol Communications	p. 668
United Kingdom Reports and Dialogues with the Human Rights Committee	p. 677
United Kingdom Reservations, Declarationsand Notes of Derogation relative to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	p. 678
Index	p. 683
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