Lecture 10 Human Rights

ESCR Committee

reports initial within every couple years

ICCPR Optional protocols

states have a choice whether or not they want to adopt this, indvidual complaints to human rights committee

ICCPR 2nd optional protocol

aims to abolish the death penalty, no one shall be executed within a parties jurisdiction

CEDAW optional protocol (1999)

specifically for complaints and inquiry purposes

Velasquez Rodriquez v. Honduras

university activist was arrested by men without a warrant and claimed to be unaware of his whereabouts; investigated this and found many articles of human rights were breached

SWM BROEKS v. The Netherlands

payments were terminated to a married woman who did not meet the breadwinner requirement that would apply to a married man; unlawful discrimination and ICCPR article 26 ruled this (after she submitted a consideration to the UN of HR)

Treatment and Action Campaign (SA, 2002):

activist organization supporting people with HIV and aids, sue public minister of health as he failed to provide pregnant people with access to vitamins and treatment that PREVENTS mother child transmission of HIV, Treatment action campaign v. minister of health; section 27 states they must oblige by health