Resolutions of the UN General Assembly and UN Human Rights Council

AbstractIn this contribution, I examine the links between the human rights basis of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and its embeddedness in the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. While the GCM grew out of a development framework, it was rapidly incorporated into the UN human rights system. Even during the negotiation of the GCM, human rights took priority over development. The resistance that was manifested against the GCM on its endorsement by the UN General Assembly was directed not against its development links, but rather concerns about its human rights impact. This paper examines the placing of migration in this dual framework and the ways in which outcomes compatible with both are achievable.

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NEW INITIATIVES OF UZBEKISTAN AT THE 76TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Journal of law research ◽

10.26739/2181-9130-2021-9-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (9) ◽

pp. 73-79

Author(s):

Zakhro Jurayeva ◽

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

International Cooperation ◽

Biological Diversity ◽

Environmental Problems ◽

Human Rights Education ◽

Convention On Biological Diversity ◽

General Assembly ◽

The World ◽

Global Problems ◽

Un General Assembly

The article is devoted to the review and analysis of the initiatives of Uzbekistan, voiced at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly. The author notes that these initiatives will contribute to further strengthening the image of Uzbekistan in the world arena, as well as solving global problems. Initiatives put forward by Uzbekistan at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly are aimed at creating new platforms for discussing global problems, as well as opening new areas of cooperation in the region of Central and South Asia.Keywords:UN, international initiatives, international cooperation, environmental problems, World Environmental Charter, Convention on Biological Diversity, human rights education

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Non-discrimination, Accommodation, and Intersectionality under the CRPD: New Trends and Challenges for the UN Human Rights System

Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law Online ◽

10.1163/13894633_02001005 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 98-130

Author(s):

Wiebke Ringel

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

International Law ◽

National Level ◽

General Assembly ◽

Persons With Disabilities ◽

Human Rights Treaties ◽

Treaty Body ◽

Key Issues ◽

Un General Assembly ◽

And Gender

On 3 May 2008, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) entered into force. The CRPD is the first human rights treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly in the 21st century. It is also the first binding international law instrument that specifically and comprehensively addresses disability from a human rights perspective. Building on existing UN human rights treaties, the CRPD aims to strengthen the effective enjoyment of all human rights by persons with disabilities. Specifically, the new convention seeks to remedy the neglect and marginalization of the rights of persons with disabilities not just at the national level but also at the international level, most notably within the UN treaty system. In this regard, the new convention endorses innovative and new approaches relating to, inter alia, the notions of disability, nondiscrimination, and intersectionality. This article analyses selected emerging key issues, including the principle of reasonable accommodation and the intersectionality of disability and gender. A specific focus will be on the emerging jurisprudence of the responsible treaty body, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. While some of the aspects discussed may appear to primarily arise under a disability-specific perspective, it is suggested that they could potentially provide an impetus to advance the UN human rights system in general, beyond the context of disability.

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Part III Organs Monitoring Treaty Compliance, 9 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

The United Nations and Human Rights ◽

10.1093/law/9780198298373.003.0010 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Thornberry Patrick

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Racial Discrimination ◽

Hate Speech ◽

General Assembly ◽

International Convention ◽

The Core ◽

Treaty Compliance ◽

Un General Assembly

This chapter studies the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the oldest of the monitoring bodies of the UN ‘core’ treaties. Preceded by a Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1963, the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 21 December 1965 and entered into force on 4 January 1969. CERD oversees the implementation of the Convention. The chapter evaluates how CERD has worked to deliver its mandate, where it has innovated, and where it has been able to draw upon the wider human rights acquis to ground its positions, and where it may have struggled to deliver. It focuses on a number of issues around the core principles: discrimination and the grounds thereof; special measures; segregation; and the problem of addressing hate speech.

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2. Historical development and contemporary concerns

10.1093/actrade/9780198706168.003.0002 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Clapham

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Historical Development ◽

Second World War ◽

League Of Nations ◽

Universal Declaration ◽

General Assembly ◽

World War ◽

Un General Assembly ◽

Second World

The content of human rights is usually understood by reference to the legal catalogue of human rights we find developed through international texts. ‘Historical development and contemporary concerns’ examines the key text for human rights today—The Universal Declaration of Human Rights—adopted in 1948 by the UN General Assembly. Since that time many treaties and intergovernmental Declarations have supplemented this proclamation of rights. The treaties are best viewed as providing a framework against which we can legitimately judge the performance of governments. How did this human rights catalogue come about? What roles did the League of Nations and Second World War play?

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