Minorities in the criminal justice system 2015, para. 11
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- The overarching principle of non-discrimination including, specifically, equality before the law and before the courts, is enshrined in, for example, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (hereinafter referred to as the Minorities Declaration), the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. These are reinforced by regional instruments such as the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (hereinafter referred to as the African Charter) (articles 2 and 3), the Arab Charter on Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as the Arab Charter) (articles 3 and 11), the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (Council of Europe) (article 4)) and the American Convention on Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as the American Convention) (articles 1 and 24), as well as by the Inter-American Convention against All Forms of Discrimination and Intolerance (not yet in force) jurisprudence and international humanitarian law. The concept of effective participation is recognized in the Minorities Declaration (article 2), under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and in regional standards.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Special Rapporteur on minority issues
- Type de document
- Special Procedures' report
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Personnes concernées
- Ethnic minorities
- Année
- 2015
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 11
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