Category: human rights

The Inter-American System JU, SL I. Background and Institutions The Inter-American System of human rights consists principally of the General Assembly, the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Council, and the General Secretariat. It is guided by the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man (adopted 1948) and the American…

KJ, SK. Group 9 This section opens with a detailed account of the Lustig- Prean and Beckett case that came before the European Court of Human Rights. These two British nationals complained that investigations into their homosexuality their discharge from the Royal Navy on the sole ground that they are homosexual violated Article 8 of…

Monday, October 27. Group 8: AT, AW, Yongho Kim Response to the European Convention and the Case of Homosexuality The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms System constitutes a model and a standard of its own in terms of effectiveness in enforcing Human Rights among its members. The Convention was…

CH, JM. Discussion Group 7 What kinds of complaints are brought before the ICCPR? How does it differ from other treaty regimes? One of the components of the ICCPR Human Rights Committee is an optional protocol (ratified by 95 of the 144 states as of March 2000), with a critical provision stating that communications must be…