CETIM's human rights publication series was launched in 2005 with the objective of contributing to the information and training of all those engaged in the struggle for the respect and advancement of these rights. Conceived as educational guides, those publications analyze the content and scope of international legal texts (conventions, treaties, declarations, etc.) and the practice and obligations of states. They also present existing complaint mechanisms (at the national, regional and international levels) and provide concrete examples of jurisprudence.
All those publications are available in three languages (French, English and Spanish).
Hard copies can be ordered to CETIM, subject to availability of stocks.
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The
right to non-discrimination 64 pages | 2011 The right to non-discrimination emanates from the general postulate of the equal dignity of human beings, which has been affirmed by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as by all international human rights instruments... |
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The right of peoples to self-determination and to permanent sovereignty over their natural resources seen from a human rights perspective 64 pages | 2010 This right is a pillar of contemporary international law. Since the entry into force of the UN in 1945, it has constituted the legal and political basis of the process of decolonization, which witnessed the birth of over 60 new states in the second half of the twentieth century... |
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The
right to education 64 pages | 2009 Education is very often seen as a means of attaining other objectives (such as a better job or increased earnings) and that education as a human right in and of itself is often lost sight of ... |
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The
right to work 64 pages | 2008 Work is essential for everybody in the organization of contemporary society. It not only contributes to the formation of the individual, but it is also necessary if one is to be able to support oneself and one's family, make and keep social contacts and fulfill one's duties ... |
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War
on terrorism and respect for human rights 56 pages | 2007 Since the beginning of this new millennium, terms such as terrorist, terrorism, fight against terrorism, etc. are part of everyone's daily life even if nobody knows exactly what is hidden behind such terms, or whether they are used adequately or not ... |
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Debt
and human rights 48 pages | 2007 When one speaks of foreign (or external) debt, one is referring to the indebtedness of those countries called “Third World” countries (or the South), particularly since the nineteen sixties. While the amount of the debt was US$ 70 billion in 1970, in 35 years ... |
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The
right to housing 60 pages | 2007 The right to adequate housing is a universal right, recognized at the international level and in more than one hundred national constitutions throughout the world. It is a right recognized as valid for every individual person ... |
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The
right to development 40 pages | 2007 The last decade has been marked by an unprecedented increase in inequalities and a spectacular growth of the gap between “developed” countries and those of the Third World as well as the growth of a gap within countries themselves ... |
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Internally
displaced persons 48 pages | 2007 Although forbidden by international humanitarian law and defined by the Statute of Rome (the International Criminal Court) as a “crime against humanity” (art 7.2.d), forced displacements are still largely practiced in our time during armed conflict and in various ... |
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The
right to health 64 pages | 2006 At first glance, it might seem misplaced to speak of health as a right when ever increasing segments of the world's population are witnessing a steady degradation in the state of their health, to the point where their very existence is threatened ... |
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The
case for a protocol to the ICESCR ! 40 pages | 2006 In paragraph 3 of the common preamble to the two International Conventions of Human Rights – the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – the states parties acknowledge ... |
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Transnational
corporations and human rights 74 pages | 2005 Transnational corporations (TNCs) continue to reinforce their hold on the natural resources of the planet, dictating their agendas to the weakest countries and exploiting their peoples. Directly or indirectly, they bear an enormous responsibility for the deterioration of the environment and for the systematic increase of human rights violations ... |
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The
right to food 53 pages | 2005 The right to food is a human right. It is universal, acknowledged at the national, regional and international level, and applies to every person and group of persons. Currently, however, some 852 million persons throughout the world are seriously –and permanently– ... |
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