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Fifty Years On: The Curious Case of Intersectional Discrimination in the ICCPR [PDF]

Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 2017
ABSTRACT2016 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and thus of the oldest self-standing general right to non-discrimination in international law under article 26. The Human Rights Committee has enforced the right with rigour creating a vast and formidable body of discrimination jurisprudence
Shreya Atrey
exaly   +7 more sources

ACTIVISM AND PRAGMATISM: CHALLENGES FACING THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE IN ENSURING INDONESIA’S FULFILLMENT OF ITS ICCPR OBLIGATIONS [PDF]

Mimbar Hukum, 2023
As a state party to the ICCPR, Indonesia is subject to the compliance monitoring procedures enacted by the Covenant, which include, inter alia, the submission of State reports to the Human Rights Committee (HRC) as its treaty body and the obligation to ...
Muhammad Raihan Sjahputra
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Extremism, Free Speech and the Rule of Law: Evaluating the Compliance of Legislation Restricting Extremist Expressions with Article 19 ICCPR

Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, 2017
In the years since 9/11, international security discourse has heightened concerns around extremism, positioning this as the key threat that States need to address in order to prevent and combat terrorism.
Amy Shepherd
exaly   +3 more sources

Derogation of Human Rights in Emergency Situations; A Comparative Study of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights [PDF]

پژوهش تطبیقی حقوق اسلام و غرب, 2023
Human Rights treaties which contain derogation clause, albeit allowing the derogation of some rights and freedoms in states of emergency, have provided some principles that must be observed by the States Parties for the derogation clause to be applicable.
ِDawood Mohebbi, Seyed Ali Asghar Rahimi, Parvin Zarei   +2 more
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Does Cancel Culture call into Question the Protection of Artists' Rights of Expression? A Study in the Light of the Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights

Athena, 2023
Cancel culture calls into question the relation between artistic productions and values which these productions revoke. While it is widely accepted that art should not bear any constraints which might lead to censorship, it is open the discussion whether
Rosa Manzo
doaj   +1 more source

DISFRANCHISEMENT OF NON-NATIONALS: FOR A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE UDHR AND THE ICCPR

Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2012
This article affirms that political rights are universal rights and that the disfranchisement of non-nationals violates human rights. Based on conventions and recommendations signed by dozens of States, it calls for a new interpretation of articles 21 ...
Danilo Valdir Vieira Rossi
doaj   +5 more sources

The Dilemma of Hospitality: Revisiting Indonesia’s Policy on Handling Refugees Under International Law

Jurnal HAM, 2022
Presidential Regulation No. 125 of 2016 is the first regulation that provides a normative framework to manage refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia.
Ganesh Cintika Putri
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The accused’s right to be tried by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal: The drafting history of Article 14(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and how it has been implemented in practice

Problemy Prawa Karnego, 2023
The right to a fair trial is made-up of many (sub) rights and one of these is the right to be tried by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal. According to the Human Rights Committee, this is an absolute right.
Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi
doaj   +1 more source

Raising the Bar: The Role of the Reporting Procedure of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in the Protection of Human Rights in Africa

Groningen Journal of International Law, 2022
The United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) is saddled with the responsibility of supervising the implementation of the provisions of the ICCPR by its state parties. However, it is only the reporting procedure that mandates each state party to submit
Aliyu Ibrahim
doaj   +1 more source

All About That Face (No Trouble?) 'An Analysis of the Dutch Ban on Face-Covering Garments in Light of the ECHR, ICCPR and CEDAW, together with Feminist Theory'

Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, 2021
The Dutch ban on face-covering garments (BFG) has caused a considerable amount of debate in the Netherlands since its entry into force on August 1, 2019. Questions have been raised as to whether this law is discriminatory towards those who wear full-face
Johanna Buerkert, Michaël Schut, Lili Szuhai   +2 more
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