International human rights instruments can be divided into global instruments, to which any state in the world can be a party, and regional instruments, which are restricted to states in a particular region of the world. Here a section is also devoted to general international law instruments, where, i.e. the Charter of the United Nations and international criminal law instruments, may be found.
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Global Human Rights Instruments
- Selected Human Rights Internet Resources
- Human Rights Concepts, Ideas and Fora
- Part I: The Concept of Human Rights
- Human Rights Fora
- Substantive Human Rights
- The Right to Due Process
- The Right to Freedom of Expression and Religion
- The Right to Intergrity
- The Right to Liberty
- The Right to Privacy and Family Life
- The Right to Property
- The Rights Related to Labour
- The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living
- The Right to Health
- The Right to Education and Culture
- The Right to Participate in Society
- The Right to Equality and Non-discrimination
- The Human Rights Protection of Vulnerable Groups
- Human Rights in Relation to Other Topics
- Human Rights Actors
- Human Rights Instruments
- Complaints Procedures of the International Human Rights Supervisory Bodies
- Comparative Analysis of Selected Case-Law ACHPR, IACHR, ECHR HRC
- The Right to Life
- The Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
- The Right to Equal Protection and The Prohibition of Discrimination
- Concept and Importance of the Principle of Non-Discrimination
- Direct and Indirect Discrimination
- Prohibited Grounds of Discrimination
- The Principle of Non-Discrimination as a Vehicle for the Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Concluding Remarks
- The Right to Freedom from Torture, or Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- What is torture and ill-treatment?
- Mental distress as torture or ill-treatment
- The Death Row Phenomenon
- Extradition, Expulsion, Deportation and Refoulement
- Duty to Investigate Allegations of Torture and Ill-Treatment
- Conditions of Detention
- The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-Treatment and the Right to an Effective Remedy
- Concluding Remarks
- The Right to Health
- The Right to Respect for Private and Family Life
- The Right to Property
- What is the right to property?
- Major Requirements: Lawfulness and Proportionality
- Interference Leading to Limitation in the Enjoyment of Property
- Interference leading to deprivation or affecting enjoyment
- Various aspects related to the interpretation of property rights
- Imputation/Jurisdiction
- Ratione Temporis
- Absence of Protection Under the United Nations System
- Concluding Remarks
- The Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
- The Rights to Due Process
- Efficiency of justice: providing final judgements within a reasonable time
- What is Due Process?
- What is the right to a fair trial?
- An Independent, Impartial and Competent Tribunal
- Respect for the Rights of the Parties to a Trial, Notably in Defence
- What is the right to an effective remedy?
- The Right to Access to Court
- Concluding Remarks
- Human Rights Cases
- General Comments, Special Issue Papers and UN Fact Sheets
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