The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

1968 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 374
Author(s):  
Th. C. van Boven
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations

The United Nations and Human Rights

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 17-34
Author(s):  
Gudmundur Alfredsson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
International Human ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Human Rights Standards ◽  
Rights Issues

International cooperation for the promotion and encouragement of human rights and fundamental freedoms is one of the very purposes of the United Nations, according to article 1 of the Organization's Charter. The mandate is clear. In order to live up to this purpose, much work has been undertaken by establishing international human rights standards and by encouraging and persuading states to comply with these same standards.This presentation, by way of an overview, briefly describes the international human rights instruments and the classification and contents of the standards contained therein. The methods employed by the United Nations and non-governmental organization (NGOs) for the realization of the standards are also outlined, including monitoring procedures, technical assistance and other activities concerned with the protection and promotion of human rights. Finally, the presentation identifies UN institutions where human rights issues and procedures are debated and decided upon.

Launching of the International Year of the World's Indigenous People *

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-11
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
The World ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations

1993 has been declared the International Year of the World's Indigenous People (IYWIP) by the United Nations. The major objectives of the IYWIP are to increase international co-operation in finding solutions to the problems faced by the world's 300 million indigenous people and to promote and encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms throughout the world.

Global Compilation of National Legislation Against Racial Discrimination

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-161
Author(s):  
Robert W. Schaaf
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Convention ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations

The united nations recently issued a compilation of national legislation against racial discrimination. The publication, which has a 1991 imprint, bears the title: Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination: Global Compilation of National Legislation against Racial Discrimination. This volume covers 205 pages and carries the symbol: HR/PUB/90/8.The Charter of the United Nations, which was signed in June 1945 at San Francisco, entrusts the UN with promoting and ensuring respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms “for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.” The General Assembly, in one of its first resolutions, declared in 1946 “that it is in the higher interests of humanity to put an immediate end to religious and so-called racial persecution and discrimination.” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly December 10, 1948, is the most fundamental human rights instrument adopted by the United Nations. Since that time there have been numerous conventions and declarations aimed specifically at eliminating racial discrimination. These include the Declaration and International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted November 20, 1963 and December 21, 1965, respectively, and the Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, adopted November 30, 1973.

The Meaning and Reach of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

1985 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodor Meron
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Or Education ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations Charter

The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (the Convention) is the most important of the general instruments (as distinguished from specialized instruments such as those pertaining to labor or education) that develop the fundamental norm of the United Nations Charter—by now accepted into the corpus of customary international law—requiring respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction as to race. It has been eloquently described as “the international community’s only tool for combating racial discrimination which is at one and the same time universal in reach, comprehensive in scope, legally binding in character, and equipped with built-in measures of implementation.”

The Fifty-Fifth Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights

2000 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Dennis
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The State ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
The World ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Kofi Annan

The fifty-fifth session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights took place in Geneva from March 22 to April 30, 1999, and was chaired by Ambassador Anne Anderson of Ireland. The Commission reviewed the state of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the world, adopting eighty-two resolutions, fifty-eight by consensus, and thirteen decisions.More than thirty-two hundred participants represented fifty-three member and ninety-one observer states, over two hundred nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and some fiftyfive specialized agencies and other organizations. Secretary-General Kofi Annan underscored the priority he attaches to human rights by stating that “the promodon and defense of human rights is at the heart of every aspect of our work and every article of our Charter. ”

scholarly journals THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM FOR THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Tudor Tanasescu
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
International Regulations ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Institutional System ◽  
The United Nations

Institutional system for the promotion and protection of human rights was established by the Charter of the United Nations and on its basis thereof is part of the category of monitoring mechanisms, promotion and protection of human rights to universal level. This, together with the mechanisms carried out on the basis of conventions O. N. U. relating to human rights, has an important role in the surveillance promotion and protection of human rights and, by default, in implementing the provisions as regards international regulations in this matter.To promote and encourage respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the United Nations uses its subsidiary bodies, entities that have specific powers on the area referred to.

The Case for Crimes against Humanity in Eritrea

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-256
Author(s):  
Daniel R. Mekonnen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Crimes Against Humanity ◽  
Special Rapporteur ◽  
First Report ◽  
Human Rights Council ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
One Year ◽  
Made In

In June 2015, a commission of inquiry, mandated by the United Nations (un), published the most critical report of its kind on the situation of human rights in Eritrea. One year later, the commission said there are reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Eritrea since 1991. The findings of the commission follow in the footsteps of other ground-breaking reports that were produced by the un Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, appointed in July 2012. Over the next four years, the Human Rights Council has also adopted a number of resolutions in which it strongly condemns the continued widespread and systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms committed by the Eritrean authorities. With a focus on the commission of inquiry, this article will assess an assortment of reports and official documents produced by the designated un human rights entities. Based on the assessment, assertions will be made that the conclusion made by the inquiry commission with respect to crimes against humanity in June 2016 should in fact have been made in its first report of June 2015, thus avoiding an unnecessary delay of one year.

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