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A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: The UN Human Rights Committee's Monitoring of ICCPR Rights

A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: The UN Human Rights Committee's Monitoring of ICCPR Rights

Author: Paul M. Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108498852
Published In: July 2020
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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A new and an essential reference work for any international human rights law academic, student or practitioner, A Commentary on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights spans all substantive rights of the ICCPR, as approached from the perspective of the ICCPR as an interated, coherent scheme of rights protection. In detailed coverage of the Human Rights Committee's output when monitoring ICCPR compliance, Paul M. Taylor offers extraordinary access to 40 years of its concluding observations Views and General Comments organised thematically.

This Commentary is a solid and practical introduction to any and all of the civil and political rights in the ICCPR, and a rare resource explaining the requirements for domestic implementation of ICCPR standards. An indispensable research tool for any serious enquirer into the subject, the Commentary speaks to the accomplishments of the ICCPR in striving for universal human rights standards.

1. Self Determination

2. To 'Respect and to Ensure' Covenant Rights

3. The Equal Right of Men and Women to the Enjoyment of Covenant Rights

4. Derogation in Times of Officially Proclaimed Public Emergency Threatening the Life of the Nation

5. Bar on Interpreting the Covenant in Abuse of Rights

6. The Right to Life

7. Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

8. Slavery, Servitude and Forced or Compulsory Labour

9. Liberty and Security

10. Treatment of those Deprived of their Liberty

11. Imprisonment for Inability to Fulfil a Contractual Obligation

12. Freedom of Movement of the Person