Human Rights Committee

Also m May 1968, Sakharov accepted an offer to return to FIAN to work on academic topics. He combined work on fundamental theoretical physics with increased political activism, developing contacts to the emerging human rights movement. His wife, Klavdia, died of cancer in March 1969. In 1970 Sakharov and Soviet dissidents Valeiy Chalidze and Andrei Tverdokhlebov founded the Moscow Human Rights Committee. In the movement he met Elena Bonner, who became his companion-in-arms. They married in 1972. 

Ryn, V., "The Implications of Social Cognition and Theory for the Provider Contribution to Race/Ethnicity Disparities in Health Care," Commissioned Paper Prepared for Physicians for Human Rights Committee on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment in the United States Health System, Washington, DC (2001). 

Even though a decade and a half has passed since the panic of the mid-1960s, federal regulations and hospital "Human Rights committees continue to block requests to use psychedelics on humans. They are afraid of negative publicity and lawsuits. When Walter Houston Clark inserted a questionnaire addressed to research professionals in Behavior Today and the Newsletter of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, nearly all who replied stated that they would like to do psychedelic research. 

Self-determination has shown itself to be a flexible concept. From Wilson s internal idea to decolonization it is argued it has turned back to political participation. If art. 1 is understood in this form there is much less reason to argue against a universal applicability. The Human Rights Committee has continuously applied self-determination to post-decolonization contexts and the idea has undoubtedly taken a general hold. ... 

McGoldrick D (1991) The human rights committee - its role in the development of the international covenant on civil and political rights. Clarendon, Oxford Menon PK (1989) Primary, subsidiary and other possible sources of international law. Sri Lanka J Int Law 1 113-149... 

Council of Europe Summit (1993) Vienna Declaration, 08 Octobo- 1993, https //wcd.coe.inl/ ViewDoc.jsp id=621771. Accessed 06 May 2014 Genocide Convention (1948) As published in Ghandi, P. R. (Ed.), Blackstraie s International Human Rights Documents, 3rd. ed.. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2002 Human Rights Committee (1994) General Corrrment No. 23 The Rights of Minorities (Art. 27) UN Doc. CCPR/C/21/Rev.l/Add.5... 

Human Rights Committee The Human Rights Committee is the monitoring body of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Committee is not a prominent actor in the fields of minority rights or self-determination but its General... 

Human Rights Committee (1993) Report of the Human Rights Committee UN Doc. A/48/40 Annex X, 222-225, p. 222. 

Human Rights Committee Self-determination is not the main issue of the Human Rights Committee. It has, however, issued a General Comment on self-determination. It has also faced individual commtmications regarding self-determination. 

After introducing the different actors, a striking observation can be made. There is a pronounced institutional imbalance between the number of actors concerned with minority rights and those concerned with self-determination. While the Human Rights Committee has issued a General Comment on self-determination, it is not a body on self-determination like there is a Forum on Minority Issues. There have been calls for institutions on self-determination. However, as of today they have yet to be heard. This is not the place to speculate about why this is the case or discuss whether it is wishful to establish an international body solely concerned with self-determinati(Mi issues. Here, the observation is simply made. 

In 1984, the Human Rights Committee referred to the right to self-determination as laid down in the FRD. In 1992, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action also referred to self-determination as laid down in the FRD. If self-determination is to be understood only within the colonial context of the 1950s and 1960s, these references are only historical in nature. The contrary is the case. Self-determination as contemplated in the FRD still has validity. 

No. 7 Human Rights Committee (1984) General Comment No. 12 The Right to Self-Determination (Art. 1) UN Doc. CCPR General Comment No. 12. 

The Committee shows a surprisingly open approach to self-determination. While states often seem to equate self-determination with secession and the break-up of the international community, the Human Rights Committee is of the opinion that self-determination contributes to friendly relations, international peace and understanding. This should be a sign to states that self-determination is not all that threatening as it appears. 

Several UN documents refer to the Eriendly Relations Declaration and thus strengthen its status. The Human Rights Committee s General Comment on Self-Determination explicitly refers to the Declaration. The Comment is only of supporting character and has no judicial value. The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action uses the exact same words regarding territorial integrity and the representation of the whole people as the Eriendly Relations Declaration. ... 

Today, the Minority Section would be categorized as a sub-body and its functions are carried out by different actors. As mentioned above, regarding monitoring issues, this is now carried out by the Human Rights Committee or the Advisory Committee regarding the Framework Convention. The Minority Section or rather its director kept in personal contact with both states and minorities. This is one of the functions of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Furthermore, the Section was concerned with the general examination of minority issues. This corresponds to the work of the Forum on Minority Issues and the Independent Expert of Minority Issues who work within but not only on the UN Minority Declaration. 

Human Rights Committee (1981) Communication No. 24/1977, Sandra Lovelace v Canada UN Doc. CCPR/C/13/D /1977... 

Human Rights Committee (1984) Communication 78/1980 The Mikmaq Tribal Society v. Canada UN Doc Supp. No. 40 (A/39/40)... 

International Court of Justice (1955) Nottebohm Case (Second Phase) Judgement Second Phase Nottebohm Case (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala), 06 April 1955 1.CJ. Reports 1955, pp. 4, at p. 26. Para. 20 Human Rights Committee (1999) General Comment No. 27 Freedom of Movement (Art. 12) UN Doc.CCPR/C/21/Rev.l/Add.9. 

There has been a movement away from the nationality requirement. Deschenes and Rec. 1201 of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly include the nationality requirement. Some states still include it in their declarations to the Framework Convention. The Venice Commission also thought the nationality requirement was necessary for a number of years. It was only in later years that a rethinking took place. While art. 27 ICCPR never mentioned nationality and the Human Rights Committee later explicitly stated that art. 27 ICCPR is applicable to non-citizens. 

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