Equality and Discrimination Under International Law

Equality and Discrimination Under International Law
Author: Warwick Alexander McKean
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1983
Genre: Law
ISBN:

History of discrimination and equal opportunity under international law - discusses replacement of minority group protection by human rights; covers racial discrimination, sex discrimination, language discrimination and religious discrimination; examines role of UN and specialized agencies, role of ILO and ILO Conventions, judicial decisions, etc.

Equality and Non-Discrimination under International Law

Equality and Non-Discrimination under International Law
Author: Stephanie Farrior
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1003
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351568027

The principles of equality and non-discrimination lie at the heart of international human rights law. They are the only human rights explicitly included in the UN Charter and they appear at the beginning of virtually every major human rights instrument. This volume contains selected works by leading authors on the subject of equality and non-discrimination under international law. The selections are grouped into four sections. The first presents essays that explore theoretical concepts of equality and non-discrimination. The next addresses the development of international legal standards on the subject. The third presents articles analyzing how those standards have been interpreted and applied by UN and regional human rights bodies, and the last contains works on what measures besides legal action States are to take to in order to achieve equality and non-discrimination.

Equality and Non-Discrimination under the European Convention on Human Rights

Equality and Non-Discrimination under the European Convention on Human Rights
Author: Oddný Mjöll Arnadóttir
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2021-10-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004481532

The case-law of the European Court of Human Rights on discrimination under the Convention is typically considered to be unclear and conflicting. Against that background, new possibilities for more effective protection against discrimination are opening up through recent developments in the case-law on Article 14 and with the advent of the new Protocol 12 to the Convention. This study demonstrates that the 'objective and reasonable justification' test and convenional treatment of non-discrimination are not apt for dealing with these emerging new possibilities or for explaining the variations in existing case-law. It therefore suggests a new approach to dealing with protection against discrimination under the Convention, developed by focusing on variations in the strictness of objective justification review. This study proposes a more viable framework for understanding discrimination analysis under the Convention which includes an alternative interpretation of the burden of proof under Article 14 and a three-tiered model of factors that influences the strictness of review.

Non-discrimination and Equality in the View of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Non-discrimination and Equality in the View of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Author: Wouter Vandenhole
Publisher: Intersentia nv
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2005
Genre: Actions and defenses
ISBN: 9050955002

As part of a larger research project on harmonisation and convergence among UN human rights treaty bodies, scrutinises convergence and divergence, communality, and related issues. Focuses on five Committees: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Human Rights Committee (HRC), the International Covenant on Economics, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Equality and Non-Discrimination in the EU

Equality and Non-Discrimination in the EU
Author: Giovanni Zaccaroni
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2021-02-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1789904609

Discussing the fundamental role played by equality and non-discrimination in the EU legal order, this insightful book explores the positive and negative elements that have contributed to the consolidation of the process of EU legal integration. It provides an in-depth analysis of the three key dimensions of equality in the EU: equality as a value, equality as a principle and equality as a right.

Monitoring State Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Monitoring State Compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Author: Ziba Vaghri
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2022-01-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030846474

This open access book presents a discussion on human rights-based attributes for each article pertinent to the substantive rights of children, as defined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It provides the reader with a unique and clear overview of the scope and core content of the articles, together with an analysis of the latest jurisprudence of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. For each article of the UNCRC, the authors explore the nature and scope of corresponding State obligations, and identify the main features that need to be taken into consideration when assessing a State’s progressive implementation of the UNCRC. This analysis considers which aspects of a given right are most important to track, in order to monitor States' implementation of any given right, and whether there is any resultant change in the lives of children. This approach transforms the narrative of legal international standards concerning a given right into a set of characteristics that ensure no aspect of said right is overlooked. The book develops a clear and comprehensive understanding of the UNCRC that can be used as an introduction to the rights and principles it contains, and to identify directions for future policy and strategy development in compliance with the UNCRC. As such, it offers an invaluable reference guide for researchers and students in the field of childhood and children’s rights studies, as well as a wide range of professionals and organisations concerned with the subject.

Violence against Women under International Human Rights Law

Violence against Women under International Human Rights Law
Author: Alice Edwards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2010-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1139494856

Since the mid-1990s, increasing international attention has been paid to the issue of violence against women. However, there is still no explicit international human rights treaty prohibition on violence against women and the issue remains poorly defined and understood under international human rights law. Drawing on feminist theories of international law and human rights, this critical examination of the United Nations' legal approaches to violence against women analyses the merits of strategies which incorporate women's concerns of violence within existing human rights norms such as equality norms, the right to life, and the prohibition against torture. Although feminist strategies of inclusion have been necessary as well as symbolically powerful for women, the book argues that they also carry their own problems and limitations, prevent a more radical transformation of the human rights system, and ultimately reinforce the unequal position of women under international law.

Equality and Anti-Discrimination

Equality and Anti-Discrimination
Author: Liu Xiaonan
Publisher: Chinese Perspectives on Human
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2021
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789004421004

In Equality and Anti-Discrimination: The Road to Equal Rights in China, Professors Liu Xiaonan and Wang Liwan collecte experienced scholars in the field of anti-discrimination law to conduct deep discussions on the manifestations, causes, and solutions of discrimination issues in China.

Equal in Law, Unequal in Fact

Equal in Law, Unequal in Fact
Author: Timo Makkonen
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2012-01-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004217053

This book explores the causes, forms and consequences of racial discrimination as well as the international and European legal responses thereto. It explains why the law fails to eliminate discrimination and suggests ways forward.