Regional Human Rights: International and Regional Human Rights: Friends or Foe?

Prof. Dr. Bernd Kannowski; Ass.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Steiner

doi:10.5771/9783748910251

Summary

Regional human rights mechanism are now in place covering nearly all five continents with the notable exception of Australia.

Regional and international human rights protection are not meant to thwart each other. On the contrary, the regional protection of human rights is intended to back up and strengthen the international one by translating human rights into local languages and supporting them with additional protective mechanisms like commissions and courts that enforce regional human rights documents.

In this volume, five experts from various continents will introduce regional human rights protection systems in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Australia providing an overview of the regional protections vis-à-vis the international one and then contextualising it in specific country context.

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-7646-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-1025-1
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 203
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 20
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1. Introduction No access
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2. The historical context No access
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3. Establishment of the Organisation of African Unity No access
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4. Emergence of an African Human Rights Framework: Progress and Contradictions No access
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5. Refugees Rights in Africa: The 1969 Refugees Convention, the first instrument for Human Rights Protection in Africa No access
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6. The birth of the African Human Rights System No access
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7. African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights No access
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8. The Promotion Mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights No access
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9. Special Procedures No access
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10. State Reporting No access
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11. Civil Society No access
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12. Protection Mandate of the African Commission No access
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13. Communications Procedure No access
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14. Communications from States No access
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15. Investigation and Fact-Finding Missions No access
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16. The Fate of Decisions of the African Human Rights Mechanisms No access
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17. The Quest for better Protection of Human Rights in Africa: Strengthening or Weakening of the System? No access
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18. The Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2003 No access
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19. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 1990 No access
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20. The African Committee Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child No access
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21. The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights No access
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22. The African Court of Justice and Human Rights No access
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23. Conclusion No access
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24. Bibliography No access
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  1. 1. The American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man No access
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  2. 2. From the Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man to the American Convention on Human Rights No access
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  3. 3. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights No access
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  4. 4. Challenges No access
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  1. 1. Restrictive effect due to the priority of installing and strengthening democracy and the State No access
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  2. 2. Apparent prioritisation of certain rights No access
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  3. 3. Individualised approaches based on the victim’s vulnerability No access
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    1. a. From the social framework to the civil dimension No access
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    2. b. Content of the expanding law No access
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    1. a. Recent management of the violations of property rights No access
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    2. b. Compensations in human rights language No access
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4. IV. Conclusion No access
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5. Bibliography No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. Human Rights in Asia: What’s in a Region? No access
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3. Subregional Human Rights Agreements in Asia: The Way Forward? No access
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4. International Human Rights and Islam in Malaysia: Lost in Translation? No access
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5. Conclusion: Freedom of Religion – A Patchwork System for Muslims in Malaysia No access
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6. Bibliography No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. The Role of International Human Rights Mechanisms in Australian Law No access
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3. The Australian Human Rights Regime No access
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4. Constitutional Human Rights Protections: No access
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5. Common Law Protections: No access
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6. Legislative Human Rights Protections: No access
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7. State-based Human Rights Regimes: No access
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8. Case Study: The Human Rights of Indigenous Australians No access
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9. Case Study: The Right to Refuge in Australia No access
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10. Conclusion No access
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11. Bibliography No access
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1. A. Introduction No access
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  1. B.I. Introduction No access
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      1. B.II.1.1. Right to life and prohibition of the death penalty No access
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      2. B.II.1.2. Prohibition of torture No access
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      3. B.II.1.3. Right to a fair trial No access
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      4. B.II.1.4. Prohibition of discrimination No access
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        B.II.2.1.1. Personal privacy No access
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        B.II.2.1.2. Family life No access
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      2. B.II.2.2. Right to property No access
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      1. B.II.3.1. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion No access
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      2. B.II.3.2. Freedom of expression No access
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        B.II.4.1.1. Right to a private social life No access
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        B.II.4.1.2. Trade union rights No access
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        B.II.4.2.1. Right to education No access
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        B.II.4.2.2. Right to cultural identity No access
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      1. B.III.1.1. Litigation proceedings No access
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      2. B.III.1.2. Advisory opinions No access
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      1. B.III.2.1. Effectiveness of rights No access
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      2. B.III.2.2. Proportionality No access
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      3. B.III.2.3. National margin of appreciation No access
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  1. C.I. Introduction No access
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    1. C.II.1. Accession No access
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      1. C.II.2.1. Political control No access
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      1. C.II.2.1.1. Action for infringement No access
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      2. C.II.2.1.2. Preliminary ruling procedure No access
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    1. C.III.1. The role of the ECJ No access
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    2. C.III.1. The evolution of the Treaties No access
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    1. C.IV.1. Content No access
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    2. C.IV.2. The scope of the Charter No access
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      1. C.IV.3.4. The combination of the Charter with other human rights instruments No access
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  5. C.V. The modalities of jurisdictional control No access
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    1. D.II.1 Competition among courts No access
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    2. D.II.2. Presentation of the issue No access
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    3. D.II.3. Coordination of constitutionality review and conventionality review by the French courts No access
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    4. D.II.4. The solution of the Constitutional Council No access
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    5. D.II.5. Solution of the Court of cassation No access
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    6. D.II.6. Conclusions No access
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    1. D.III.1. The possibility of divergent interpretations of human rights No access
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    2. D.III.2. Presentation of the issue No access
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    3. D.III.3. The ECtHR's control of national measures implementing EU law No access
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    4. D.III.4. Conclusions No access
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    1. D.IV.1. Human rights, National Constitutions and Primacy of EU law No access
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    2. D.IV.2. Presentation of the issue No access
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    3. D.IV.3. Specific control of the legislative provisions transposing EU directives No access
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    4. D.IV.4. Conclusions No access
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