The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Cases, Commentary, and Materials
2nd Edition
Published on 1. June 2004
Book
Hardback
1046 pages
978-0-19-925807-9 (ISBN)
Description
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights [ICCPR] is the most important human rights treaty in the world: it is of universal relevance, being open for ratification to all States. Now fully updated and in its second edition, this book provides a comprehensive collation and analysis of the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee, the monitoring body established under the ICCPR. The substantive articles of the ICCPR, as well as the admissibility provisions of the First Optional Protocol, are analysed, incorporating excerpts from decisions arising from individual communications under the First Optional Protocol, as well as relevant General Comments and Concluding Observations on States parties. Decisions under other United Nations treaties, such as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, are also extracted to highlight complementary UN human rights jurisprudence. Comprehensively indexed and cross-referenced, this book offers ready access to the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee and other UN human rights treaty bodies.
Presented in a clear and illuminating manner, it will be of use to the judiciary, human rights practitioners, human rights activists, government institutions, academics, and students alike.
Presented in a clear and illuminating manner, it will be of use to the judiciary, human rights practitioners, human rights activists, government institutions, academics, and students alike.
Reviews / Votes
... the publication makes a most creditable contribution to systematising and making accessible the work of the Human Rights Committee in the exercise of its various functions ... With its timely collation of the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee, it stands alone in the human rights literature. Australian Year Book of International Law 'an indispensible companion' Juristen ZeitungMore details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
ISBN-13
978-0-19-925807-9 (9780199258079)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
01/2001
Oxford University Press
€105.23
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Persons
Joseph, Sarah (Senior Lecturer, Monash University; Associate Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law)
Content
Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; ADMISSIBILITY UNDER THE ICCPR; 2. The 'Ratione Temporis' Rule; 3. The 'Victim Requirement'; 4. Territorial and Jurisdictional Limits; 5. Consideration under another International Procedure; 6. Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies; CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS; 7. The Right of Self-Determination - Article 1; 8. The Right to Life - Article 6; 9. Freedom from Torture and Rights to Humane Treatment - Articles 7 and 10; 10. Miscellaneous Rights - Articles 8, 11, 16; 11. Freedom from Arbitrary Detention - Article 9; 12. Freedom of Movement - Article 12; 13. Procedural Rights against Expulsion - Article 13; 14. Right to a Fair Trial - Article 14; 15. Prohibition of Retroactive Criminal Law - Article 15; 16. Right to Privacy - Article 17; 17. Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion - Article 18; 18. Freedom of Expression - Articles 19, 20; 19. Freedoms of Assembly and Association - Articles 21, 22; 20. Protection of the Family - Article 23; 21. Protection of Children - Article 24; 22. Rights of Political Participation - Article 25; 23. Rights of Non-Discrimination - Articles 2(1), 3, and 26; 24. Minority Rights - Article 27; ALTERATION OF ICCPR DUTIES; 25. Reservations, Denunciations, Succession, and Derogations; APPENDICES; A. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; B. First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR; C. Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR; D. States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; E. States Parties to the First Optional Protocol; F. States Parties to the Second Optional Protocol; G. . States which have made a Declaration under Article 41; H. Members of the Human Rights Committee (Past and Present); I. Table of Optional Protocol Cases; J. General Comments of the Human Rights Committee