International Law & World Order: Weston's & Carlson's Basic Documents III.U.3 United Nations Economic and Social Council Resolution 1235 (Concerning Questions of the Violation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Including Policies of Racial Discrimination and Segregation and of Apartheid, in All Countries, with Particular Reference to Colonial and Other Dependent Countries and Territories) (6 June 1967)

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
World Order ◽  
Social Council ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms

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
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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.”

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