Towards Implementing Universal Human Rights : : Festschrift for the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Human Rights Committee / / edited by Nisuke Ando.

• Superior document: The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library ; 18
• Author: United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ando, Nisuke,; United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2004.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library ; 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Notes: Festschrift.

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.

Table of Contents

Preface; Editor's notes; Contributors' affiliation with the Human Rights Committee -- Part I : United Nations Protection of human rights and the Human Rights Committee: United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures of the Commission on Human Rights - Complementarity or Competition? N. Rodley ; La protección internacional de los derechos humanos y el Comité J. Prado Vallejo ; 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. Glele Ahanhanzo -- Part II : Retrospects and Prostpects of the Human Rights Committee: Solid Foundations A. Mavrommatis; Problèmes particuliers rencontrés dans les premières années d'activité du Comité N. Bouziri ; Festschrift for the Human Rights Committee -- Part III : Activieties 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 estados de excepción y la protección de los derecho humanos R. Rivas Posada ; Reflections on Article 5 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights E. Klein -- Part IV : Activities of the Human Rights Committee (2) - Specific Issues: La peine de mort et le Pacte international sur les droits civils et politiques C. Chanet ; El Comité de Derechos Humanos y la objeción de conciencia al servicio militar H. Solari-Yrigoyen ; Democracy and Liberty as Human Rights L. Henkin ; The Human Rights Committee's General Comment on Article 25 E. Evatt ; The Evolution and Problems of the Jurisprudence of the Human Committee's Views concerning Article 26 N. Ando ; The Human Rights Committee's Jurisprudence on Article 26 - A Pyrrhic Victory? C. Tomuschat -- Part V : The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Domestic Law: The Domestic Application of the Covenant in Australia I. Shearer.