Title Towards implementing universal human rights : festschrift for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Human Rights Committee / edited by Nisuke Ando on behalf of the Committee

Published Leiden ; Boston : Nijhoff, 2004 Leiden ; [Great Britain] : Martinus Nijhoff, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 262 pages) Series Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 18 Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; 18. Contents pt. I. United Nations protection of human rights and the Human Rights Committee. United Nations human rights treaty bodies and special procedure of the Commission on Human Rights : complementary or competition / N. Rodley -- La proteccín internacional de los derechos humanos yu el Comité / J. Prado Villejo -- Le Comité des Droits de l'Homme des Nations Unies : aux confins d'une juridiction internationale des droits de l'homme / A. Amor -- Un Zoulou au Palais Wilson / M. Glèlè Ahanhanzo -- pt. II. Retrospecc and prospects of the Human Rights Committee. Solid foundation / A. Mavrommatis -- Problèmes particuliers recontrés dans les premières années d'activité du Comité / N. Bouziri -- pt. III. Activities of the Human Rights Committee (1), general issues. The Human Rights Committee's pronouncements on the right to an effective remedy : an illustration of the legal nature of the Committee's work under the Optional Protocol / M. Scheinin -- Los estradoe de excepción y la protección de os derecho humanos / R. Rivas Posada -- Reflections on Article 5 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / E. Klein -- pt. IV. Activities of the Human Rights Committee (2), specific issues. La peine de mort et la Pacte international sur les droits civils et politiques / C. Chant -- El Comité de Derechos Humanos y la objeción de conciencia al servicio militar / H. Solari-Yrigoyen -- Democracy and liberty as human rights / L. Henken -- The Human Rights Committe's general comment on Article 25 / E. Evatt -- The evolution and problems of the jurisprudence of the Human Rights Committee's views concerning Article 26 / N. Ando -- The Human Rights Committee's jurisprudence on Article 26 : a pyrrhic victory? / C. Tomuschat -- pt. V. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and domestic law. The domestic application of the Covenant in Australia / L. Shearer Summary This unique collection has been compiled to mark the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the activities of the Human Rights Committee established under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It reflects various aspects of the Committee and its activities and is comprised of articles contributed exclusively by its members, past and present. The Festschrift is divided into five chapters. Chapter I comprises four articles dealing with the UN system of human rights protection in general and the role and work of the Human Rights Committee in particular. Chapter II contains two articles on the historical aspects of the Committee, both in retrospect and prospect. Chapter III covers three articles, each dealing with the Committee's different activities of a general nature, whereas Chapter IV includes six articles, each analyzing Committee activities of a specific nature. Chapter V is composed of only one article, a case study of domestic implementation of the Covenant. This is a must-have collection for government officials, academics, NGO personnel and students interested in studying human rights in a worldwide perspective Notes Festschrift Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Contributions in English, French, Spanish Print version record Subject United Nations. Human Rights Committee. SUBJECT United Nations. Human Rights Committee fast Vereinte Nationen Internationales Menschenrechtskomitee gnd International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966 December 16) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81066476 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights fast Subject Human rights. Human rights -- Treaties Human Rights POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Human rights Menschenrecht Mensenrechten. Implementatie (wetgeving) Comité voor de rechten van de mens. Genre/Form Festschriften Treaties Festschriften. Form Electronic book Author Andō, Nisuke, 1935-2016 United Nations. Human Rights Committee. ISBN 1429408227 9781429408226

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