Sunday, December 16, 2007

International Human rights Law: SOURCES

Main sources of IHRL are: charter (UN Charter),treaties, traditional international law (customs), national yurisprudencies, and international judicial decisions ( ICJ, ICTY..)

traditional international law( customs)are state pratices and opinio juris, idea of experties about the international law. Threaties are such as ICCPR, ICESCR, CEDAW, etc. yurisprudency, related to international affairs.

subject of IHRL: mainly; State, the others are: groups/minorities, MNCs, international organizations, and individuals.

enforcement mechanisms are such as rapporteurs, international courts, and also report mechanism for individual or state using certain protocols.

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