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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Human Rights Committee"”.
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Autocracies and the implementation of human rights treaties - the case of Cameroon and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
… of systematic violation of personal integrity rights despite its evolving constitutionalism which has widely adopted rights friendly legislations has been widely publicised. Its accession to the Covenant and subsequent entrenchment of these Covenant rights was viewed as a significant step in …
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Examining "colour" as a ground of prohibited discrimination in international human rights law with specific reference to the "intra-racial" colourism against persons with albinism in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
… is a fundamental principle of international human rights law. As seen in several instruments, the principle is enumerated by grounds upon which differentiation is prohibited. An example of this is Article 1(1) of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination …
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The right to sexual orientation and LGBTIQ+ rights: a case study of Zimbabwe and Nigeria
… the right to sexual orientation and LGBTIQ+ rights. In fact, same-sex relationships between consenting adults have been criminalised in both states. This study analyses discrimination on the ground of sexual orientation and examines which human rights are infringed in these states by the …
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Evaluating The Human Rights Committee's Advancement of Norms to Protect Individuals of Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics
Throughout the world human rights abuses are committed against individuals on the grounds of their sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or sex characteristics (SOGIESC). The Human Rights Committee (HRC), which is the monitoring body of the International Covenant on Civil and Political …
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Risk and the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
… International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to refrain from exposing individuals to risk through their own conduct and to prevent or mitigate such risk exposure caused by the conduct of third parties. In this dissertation, such obligations are described broadly as ‘risk-based …
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Freedom of speech as a universal value (a comparative approach from international human rights law, the first amendment, and Islamic law)
The issue of universalism in the human right of freedom of speech is one of several that continue to be debated among Muslims and Westerners. As evidence of incompatibility of Islamic law with the international law of freedom of speech, Westerners, on the basis of Muslims' reactions towards the …