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Pakistan’S Failed Commitment: How Pakistan's Institutionalized Persecution Of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Violates The International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, Qasim Rashid Jan 2011

Pakistan’S Failed Commitment: How Pakistan's Institutionalized Persecution Of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Violates The International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, Qasim Rashid

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

The United Nations (“UN”) adopted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”) in 1966 and officially implemented it in 1976 to ensure, among other guarantees, that no human is denied his or her right to equal voting, freedom of political association, due process of law, freedom of life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of assembly. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is among 166 nations that have signed and ratified the ICCPR. Since signing the ICCPR in 2008 and ratifying it in 2010, however, Pakistan has perpetuated state-sanctioned and violent persecution of religious minority groups such …


Human Rights And Peace-Keeping Operations, Diego Garcia-Sayan Jan 1994

Human Rights And Peace-Keeping Operations, Diego Garcia-Sayan

University of Richmond Law Review

The purposes of the United Nations, as specified in Article 1 of the United Nations Charter, are to "maintain international peace," to promote and encourage "respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion" and to "achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character."