Sentence examples for the iccpr from inspiring English sources
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W International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
It is expected that participating states will implement their obligations under the ICCPR.
It is the committee's fifth periodic review of Ireland's compliance with the ICCPR.
This hardly qualifies as the "independent electoral authority" envisaged in the notes to article 25 of the ICCPR.
The ICCPR does allow for some restrictions on religious freedom to protect public safety, order, health or morals or the freedom of others.
While indefinite administrative detention is legal under Australian law, it is incompatible with Australia's international treaty obligations under the ICCPR, the committee ruled.
The government has also argued with the UN's interpretation of the ICCPR, claiming that "lawfulness" does not mean "lawful under international law" or that arbitrary detention is not lawful.
The Covenant follows the structure of the UDHR and ICCPR, with a preamble and thirty-one articles, divided into five parts.
The ICESCR is part of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, International Bill of Human Rights, along with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights UDHRR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), including the latter's first and second Optional Protocols.
The inherent right to life (ICCPR, art. 6.1); 2. Components of the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (ICESCR, art. 12); 3. Parts of the right to adequate education (ICESCR, art. 13); 4. The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion (ICCPR, art. 18); 5.
A few international legal mechanisms have already been enacted such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ("ICCPR") which grants minorities the right "to enjoy culture and to use language".
The rights to peaceful assembly (ICCPR, art. 21), freedom of association with others (ICCPR, art. 22), and the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs and to vote (ICCPR, art. 25); 6. Equality before the law and the prohibition of discrimination (ICCPR, art. 26).
