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INR Law Final
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - UN Commission for Human Rights
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International Studies
Undergraduate 4
12/05/2010

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Definition
It's purpose was to identify the rights and freedoms of every individual. Deals with the fields of Human Rights: civil, political, economic, cultural, social. Lists list of rights that is recognized by the universal declaration is the right to life, liberty, the security of a person, due process, freedom of conscious, freedom of expression, right to property, right to return to your country, prohibits torture. It has become BINDING.
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Definition
Has all of the civil and personal declaration except the right to not be arbitrarily deprived from property.
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1st Optional Protocol
Definition
Drafted after the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
It deals with allowing individuals to bring complaints to the UN Human Rights Committee
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2nd Optional Protocol
Definition
Drafted after the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Deals with the abolition of the death penalty. If a state ratifies this optional protocol, no one within jurisdiction can be executed except in times of war.
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Definition
It is not just a list of rights. It describes and defines all of these rights. It also outlines the steps that need to be taken to achieve these rights and the standards of compliance for such. Steps must be non-discriminatory.
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UN Human Rights Committee
Definition
Created by: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Committee deals with compliance. Not enforcement because it doesn't have power to enforce.
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UN High Commissioner on Human Rights
Definition
#2 Person in UN. Ranks below Secretary General. Main goal is to play an active role in removing the obstacles denying the acquisition of human rights and preventing violations throughout the world.
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UN Commission for Human Rights
Definition
Not an enforcement body. Used to deal with specific human rights issues like child prostitution.
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