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Dinokopila BR LL.M (Pret.),LL.B (UB)
Lecturer, Dept. of Law, University of Botswana
Associate Attorney, Duma Boko & Co.
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Principles of the UN Charter (Article 1) Sovereign equality
Peaceful settlement of disputes
Non-use of force Non-intervention in the internal affairs (contra,
article 4 of the AU Constitutive Act & R2P = prvent,react & rebuild)
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Development
Several agencies that are tasked with thevarious sectors of human development
WFO, FAO, WHO etc.
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Human Rights
Thematic areas* Secretary-General's Campaign to End Violence
Against Women
Framework for action, activities and contacts,
statements, resources.* UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict
Special Representative, field updates, news,testimonies, resources.
* GenocideBackground, Mandate, Advisory Committee,
statements, publications.
* Indigenous People.
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These rights are:
Right to education
Right to food
Right to health
Right to land
Right to water
Environmental Rights
Right to social security
Right to housing and cultural rights as wellas traditional civil and political rights.
right to access to information
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The concept of a third generation of rights,
and, indeed, the whole notion of clusteringrights in generational terms, was developedin the late 1970s by a Czech lawyer workingat the United Nations
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* Children and Armed ConflictIssues, conflicts, actions, key documents, media.
* The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme
About the programme, key documents, events.
* Lessons From Rwanda
About the programme, key documents, Visions of Rwanda.* Disability and the UN
Convention, news, reports, Mandate.
* Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights Issues
List of issues, media centre, meetings, events,
publications and resources.
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International Courts and Tribunals International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Special Court for Sierra Leone Special Tribunal for Lebanon
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
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UN HUMAN RIGHTS BODIESFor a detailed discussion Refer to:http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx
Charter-based bodies Human Rights Council
Universal Periodic Review
Commission on Human Rights (replaced by the HumanRights Council)
Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council
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Treaty-based bodiesThere are nine human rights treaty bodies that monitor implementation of the coreinternational human rights treaties : Human Rights Committee (CCPR)
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Committee against Torture (CAT) & Optional Protocol to the Convention against
Torture (OPCAT) - Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Committee on Enforced Disappearance (CED