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Which rights does a person hold, and where do they come from?

Reference, pending review

Rights as stated in international instruments, each linked to its treaty article, and to national law where the corpus holds it.

Rights

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Rights Access to justice for persons with disabilities Including procedural and age-appropriate accommodations. CRPD art. 13 Pending review Rights Accessibility Access on an equal basis to the physical environment, transport, information and communications, and public facilities and services. CRPD art. 9 Pending review Rights Air passenger compensation, re-routing and care (EU) For denied boarding and cancellation: compensation of €250, €400 or €600 by flight distance, a choice of refund or re-routing, and care while waiting. The Court of Justice extended compensation to arrivals delayed by three hours or more (Sturgeon, C-402/07). Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 arts 4–9 Pending review Rights Best interests of the child In all actions concerning children, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration. CRC art. 3 Pending review Rights Compensation for a miscarriage of justice Where a final conviction is reversed or a pardon granted because a new fact shows conclusively a miscarriage of justice, the person punished shall be compensated according to law. ICCPR art. 14(6) Pending review Rights Consent before projects affecting lands and resources States shall obtain free and informed consent before approving projects affecting Indigenous lands, particularly the development of mineral, water or other resources. UNDRIP art. 32(2) Pending review Rights Consultation before legislative or administrative measures States shall consult and cooperate in good faith to obtain free, prior and informed consent before adopting measures that may affect Indigenous peoples. UNDRIP art. 19 Pending review Rights Equal recognition before the law Persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others, with support where needed. CRPD art. 12 Pending review Rights Equality before the law All persons are equal before the law and entitled to its equal protection without discrimination. ICCPR art. 26 Pending review Rights Freedom from slavery, servitude and forced labour No one shall be held in slavery or servitude, or required to perform forced or compulsory labour. ICCPR art. 8 Pending review Rights Freedom from torture and ill-treatment No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. ICCPR art. 7; CAT Pending review Rights Freedom of association Including the right to form and join trade unions. ICCPR art. 22 Pending review

Procedures

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Procedures Bringing a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee How an individual complaint under the ICCPR Optional Protocol proceeds. ICCPR Optional Protocol Pending review

Remedies

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Remedies Habeas corpus A court order requiring a detained person to be brought before it so the lawfulness of the detention can be decided, and release ordered if it is unlawful. ICCPR art. 9(4) Pending review Remedies Individual communication to the UN Human Rights Committee A complaint that a state party to the Optional Protocol has violated a Covenant right, after domestic remedies are exhausted. The Committee adopts views; it is not a court and cannot award damages itself. ICCPR Optional Protocol arts. 1–5 Pending review

Treaties

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Treaties African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights The African regional human-rights treaty, including peoples' collective rights. Treaties Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Absolute prohibition of torture; statements made under torture are inadmissible (art. 15). Treaties Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms The European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. Treaties Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Equality between women and men in public and private life, including marriage and family relations. Treaties Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Accessibility, legal capacity, access to justice, independent living, inclusive education and work. Treaties Convention on the Rights of the Child Best interests of the child, protection from violence and exploitation, the right to be heard. Treaties Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence Prevention, protection and prosecution of violence against women. Treaties International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Prohibits enforced disappearance and requires investigation and the right to know the truth. Treaties International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Prohibits racial discrimination and obliges states to eliminate it. Treaties International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Civil and political rights: life, liberty, fair trial, privacy, expression, assembly, equality before the law. Treaties International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Work, social security, an adequate standard of living, health and education. Treaties Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa Women's rights in Africa, including against harmful practices.

Statistics

LawStats Human Rights Violations 0 of 6 indicators have data

Recent events

  1. CPED entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  2. CRPD entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  3. Maputo Protocol entered into force African Union ↗
  4. Rome Statute entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  5. CRC entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  6. CAT entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  7. Banjul Charter entered into force African Union ↗
  8. CEDAW entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  9. ICCPR entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  10. ICESCR entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  11. ICERD entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗

Areas of law

International Human Rights Law Fundamental Rights Find a lawyer: International Human Rights Law Find a lawyer: Fundamental Rights

What we do not have yet

  • No legislation in the corpus is tagged with this domain's concepts yet.
  • No court decisions in the corpus are tagged with this domain's concepts yet.
  • None of this domain's statistical indicators has data loaded yet.

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Sources Treaty texts (ICCPR, ICESCR, CRC, CRPD, CEDAW, CAT)