CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF DISAPPEARANCES AND SUMMARY EXECUTiONS

Mrs. Wiezcorek Zeul (Germany) We need a United Nations that is capable of enforcing the might of the law and ending the practice of might is right .

Without this support, the Tribunal apos s achievements, however meaningful, will not realize their potential to found a more just international order in which right is accorded primacy over might. CONTENTS

that their previous citizenship is terminated once the citizenship is obtained, unless a bilateral agreement states otherwise. The termination of previous citizenship is not requested if that is not permitted or cannot be reasonably requested.

1. Acknowledges the adoption by the Human Rights Council of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Do they want to be seen in worldwide public opinion as those who deny to the developing countries representation in the Council on an equal footing as permanent members?

The Human Rights Council should have a strong mandate to address urgent human rights situations, as well as the necessary resources so that it can respond to imminent human right violations.

Emphasis will be placed on promoting transparency, the responsibilities of public office, the rights of the citizen, the limitations of power, and checks and balances of democratic governance.

All participants highlighted that the independence, impartiality and functions of special procedures in a Human Rights Council needed to be maintained and strengthened.

Increased attention to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Substantive issues Right to a fair and public hearing right to be tried without undue delay

B. The right to justice

II. RIGHT TO JUSTICE

In expanding the membership of the Council, we should ensure justice and equity in the representation of Member States, and establish controls for the use of the veto, stressing the fairness of the principles according to which members of the Council are chosen.

(a) Under article 27 of the Constitution, citizens who have reached the age of 18 have the right to participate in the political life and administration of the State directly or through representatives, i.e., they have the right to elect and be elected.

Thus, while manifestly breaching the rights enshrined in the Covenant, the practice of forced evictions could also result in violations of civil and political rights such as the right to life, the right to security of the person, the right to non interference with privacy, family and home, and the right to the peaceful enjoyment of possessions.

In the view of some people, these rights constitute an ideal to be achieved, i.e. they are not immediately claimable.

The creation of the Human Rights Council would reinforce and strengthen the human rights work of those other components.

He discussed how the right was dealt with by the European Convention on Human Rights in its article 13 and by the European Court of Human Rights, which had recognized a right of redress following an arbitrary arrest, on the basis of article 5.

Experts emphasized that the rationalization of subsidies would not level the playing field if other trade defences were to persist.

(a) Absence of any remedy in respect of the unlawful deprivation of their right to occupy their apartment, i.e. forced displacement from their home

Restoration of State authority and strengthening of public administration

With regard to the forthcoming annual meeting of States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, we wish to stress the importance of keeping the current mandate of that forum, which is to resolve administrative and budgetary issues related to the functioning of the bodies established under the Convention.

Mentioning several rights such as the right to freedom of association, the freedom of expression and the right to be informed, he highlighted how civil and political rights could empower poor people to influence the conduct of public affairs and to determine policy.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) approached the question of parliaments and law enforcement agencies by stressing that democracy and human rights were not just a means to development, but also an end in themselves.

CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTION OF ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES

EU emphasized that the mandate of the future Council should enable it to address urgent human rights situations with greater effectiveness, maintain and strengthen the achievements of the Commission on Human Rights, and strengthen the mainstreaming of human rights within United Nations activities.

34. Since 1955, Myanmar has been a party to ILO Convention No. 29 concerning forced labour.

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Also recognizes that there is a need to emphasize the importance of a human rights approach to the right to development

This administrative decentralization is designed to promote regional management.

It should touch upon the entire spectrum of human rights, namely, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.

Even the most powerful States are not able to face and deal with new challenges alone.

CARICOM supports the view that respect for human rights contributes to reinforcing stability and security and reiterates that the interim administration has a special responsibility in adhering to human rights, in particular respect for fundamental political and civil rights and due process.

The State party thus relies on the Committee's jurisprudence that where an author of the communication was a corporation, or where the victim of alleged violations was in fact the individual's corporation, the communication is inadmissible.

I always make it a point to have controls.

Plan of Action to strengthen the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child prepared by the High Commissioner for Human Rights

The United Nations did not follow the basic recommendation of the Commission that a Human Rights Council be created that would replace the Trusteeship Council and coordinate all human rights activities.

He said that citizenship or nationality was the mother of all rights and to deprive a person of such a right resulted in deprivation of the totality of rights.

The Special Rapporteur would like to stress the need for a human rights approach to be urgently implemented by States.

(d) Evaluation and strengthening of institutions, public service management and the management of public finances, including public procurement, and the private sector

Mr. Liwski also emphasized that the full realization of human rights presupposes a review of the existing social and political practices and indicated three fundamental tools for effective public policies, namely rights based approach policies, the strengthening of citizenship as an expression of the organization of civil society and the development of community health concepts.

The Proclamation deals with the management and exploitation of the resources of the seabed beneath the territorial sea, by the coastal State, a right accepted at the beginning of the twentieth century.

In some circumstances, for example, the law may treat the insolvent company as an agent of the related company, which would permit third parties to enforce their rights directly against the related company as a principal.

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