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Implementing the UN Racial Convention-some Procedural Aspects M. R. Burrowes Honours Student, Victoria University of Wellington Introduction Over thirty years ago the Charter of the United Nations reversed the notion that human rights are solely a matter of domestic jurisdiction, when it assigned as one of the basic purposes of the organisation the promotion of universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Since 1945 a substantial body of international law has been built up, including over forty treaties, to give effect to the Charter's concern for human rights. Among those treaties is the International Convention on the Elimina tion of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)3 which requires 104 States parties to undertake aseries of measures, guaranteeing to every one, without distinction as to race, complete equality before the law. It 1. Articles 1,55 and 56 of the United Nations Charter. 2. The general principles in the Charter have also been spelt out by general dec1arations (eg the 1%3 Dec1aration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination); by United Nations concern with specific human rights situations (eg Resolution 31/124, 'Proteetion of Human Rights in Chile', adopted on 16 December 1976); and by bilateral action (eg recently
The Australian Year Book of International Law Online – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1981
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