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A New United Nations Mechanism For Encouraging The Ratification Of Treaties, David Weissbrodt
A New United Nations Mechanism For Encouraging The Ratification Of Treaties, David Weissbrodt
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The ratification of international human rights treaties is critical to the worldwide observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The United Nations General Assembly and Commission on Human Rights have repeatedly emphasized the importance of ratification and have frequently encouraged states to ratify the relevant international instruments. Despite these efforts, acceptance of human rights treaties has been uneven. A considerable number of states have failed to ratify.
International Trial Observers, David Weissbrodt
International Trial Observers, David Weissbrodt
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Since the Dreyfus trial in 1899, governments have sent observers to foreign political trials both to increase their understanding of the affairs of other nations and to express concern about the fairness of the proceedings themselves. It is now common for a number of gov- ernments, including those of Canada, the Federal Republic of Ger- many, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, to send official observers to foreign trials of political or human rights significance.
A New United Nations Mechanism For Encouraging The Ratification Of Treaties, David Weissbrodt
A New United Nations Mechanism For Encouraging The Ratification Of Treaties, David Weissbrodt
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The ratification of international human rights treaties is critical to the worldwide observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The United Nations General Assembly and Commission on Human Rights have repeatedly emphasized the importance of ratification and have frequently encouraged states to ratify the relevant international instruments. Despite these efforts, acceptance of human rights treaties has been uneven. A con- siderable number of states have failed to ratify.