PHAP - ILFHA 2

Question 1

What was the first international instrument adopted laying down fundamental, universally-protected human rights?

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Answer 1

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Question 2

What are the UDHR, ICCPR, and ICESCR collectively called?

What year was this?

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Answer 2

Intentional Bill of Human Rights

1966

Question 3

What are the 9 core international human rights treaties? [1-5]

What years were they enacted?

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Answer 3

1. Int’l Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)
2. ICCPR (1966)
3. ICESCR (1966)
4. CEDAW (1979)
5. Convention against Torture and Other CIDTP (1984)

Question 4

What are the 9 core international human rights treaties? [6-9]

What years were they enacted?

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Answer 4

1. Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
2. Int’l Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990)
3. Int’l Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2006)
4. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)

Question 5

What are each of the main IHRL treaties monitored / supplemented by?

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Answer 5

• Committee of experts
• Optional protocols (usu.)

Question 6

How is the scope of rights in each IHRL treaty clarified?

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Answer 6

Committees adopt:

• General comments, or
• General recommendations
• not legally binding, but normative value*

Question 7

What are the 6 most notable regional HR treaties? [1-3]

What regional organizations do they come under, and what years were they adopted?

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Answer 7

1. African Charter on Human & Peoples’ Rights (1981) - African Union
2. Arab Charter on Human Rights (2004) - Arab League
3. Covenant on the Rights of the Child in Islam (2005) - Organization of the Islamic Conference

Question 8

What are the 6 most notable regional HR treaties? [4-6]

What regional organizations do they come under, and what years were they adopted?

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Answer 8

1. European Convention on Human Rights (1950) - Council of Europe
2. Charter of Fundamental Rights (2000) - European Union
3. American Convention on Human Rights (1969) - Organization of American States

Question 9

What is the legal status of the UDHR?

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Answer 9

Not legally binding