Examples of Violations
Your civil, political, economic, cultural, and social rights can be violated through various means.
Violations occur when a Government fails in its obligations to respect, protect and fulfil these rights.
Often a violation of one of these rights is linked to a violation of other rights.
Examples include:.
1) Forcibly evicting people from their homes.
Ratification Status of The Covenants by Country
The International Bill of Human Rights is a powerful statement of your rights and should persuade all Governments to respect your rights.
For the two Covenants to become binding in your country, your Government must ratify them.
This means your Government must expressly agree to abide by them.
Check if your Government has ratified the Conventions
Responsibilities of States
The Covenants identify the responsibilities placed on States to respect, protect and fulfill those rights:
What rights are guaranteed by international human rights law?
International human rights law seeks to guarantee human rights to all human beings without discrimination.
Under international human rights law, states are not only to refrain from interfering with the exercise and enjoyment of human rights, so-called negative obligations, but also to take steps to promote, protect and fulfil their enjoyment ..
Why is international law actually a law?
The article finally concludes by stating that international law is a real law because enforcement is not entirely the only hallmark of what constitutes law and even domestic law in a broader sense does not possess full enforcement as argued by scholars who are of the view that international law is not really law.
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