Seit 1980 setzt die Menschenrechtskommission Berichterstatter und Arbeitsgruppen zu einzelnen Arten von Menschenrechtsverletzungen ein, um die Einhaltung vAlkerrechtlicher Menschenrechte auAerhalb internationaler VertrAge zu kontrollieren. Die Arbeit analysiert diesen bislang von der VAlkerrechtswissenschaft vernachlAssigten Bereich in verfahrensrechtlicher Hinsicht und untersucht die Praxis ausgewAhlter Berichterstatter und Arbeitsgruppen auf ihren materiell-rechtlichen Gehalt. Der Vergleich mit der Spruchpraxis internationaler Menschenrechtsgremien zeigt, inwieweit sich ein universeller Mindeststandard bei dem Verbot der willkA1/4rlichen Haft, des "Verschwindenlassens" und der Rassendiskriminierung, bei der Religions- und Meinungsfreiheit sowie bei der UnabhAngigkeit der Justiz entwickelt hat. Die Untersuchung weist nach, daA einzelne dieser "thematischen Mechanismen" zur Konkretisierung vAlkergewohnheitsrechtlicher Menschenrechte beigetragen haben.

Ohne Wasser gabe es kein Leben auf der Erde. Aber besteht auch ein Menschenrecht Wasser? Der Band gibt aus Sicht der politischen Philosophie und der Voelkerrechtswissenschaft eine bejahende Antwort. Problematisch sind aber Inhalt und praktische Bedeutung dieses Rechts. Hierzu nehmen Wissenschaftler/innen und Praktiker/innen, v. a. aus der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und der Menschenrechtsarbeit, Stellung. Schwerpunkte sind die Privatisierung der Wasserversorgung, insbesondere in Entwicklungslandern, die aus medizinischer und entwicklungspolitischer Sicht bestehende Notwendigkeit integrierten Trink- und Abwassermanagements, Wasser als Potential fur zwischenstaatliche Konflikte und Kooperationen sowie die Vorteile und Gefahren einer auf Menschenrechten basierenden Entwicklungspolitik.

This volume is the first comprehensive commentary on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol. The Convention is a key international human rights instrument and the only one exclusively addressed to women. It has been described as the United Nations' 'landmark treaty in the struggle for women's rights'. The Commentary describes the application of the Convention through the work of its monitoring body, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. It comprises detailed analyses of the Preamble and each article of the Convention and of the Optional Protocol. It also includes a separate chapter on the cross-cutting substantive issue of violence against women. The sources relied on are the treaty language and the general recommendations, concluding observations and case law under the Optional Protocol, through which the Committee has interpreted and applied the Convention. Each chapter is self-contained but the Commentary is conceived of as an integral whole. The book also includes an introduction which provides an overview of the Convention and its embedding in the international law of human rights.

This volume is the fully revised and updated version of the first comprehensive commentary on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol. It reflects the developments during the decade following the publication of the first edition in 2012, which has also seen a notable rise in individual complaints (more than 85), ten new General Recommendations, and six new inquiry procedures as well as numerous statements, partly in conjunction with other UN human rights bodies. The Convention is a key international human rights instrument and the only one exclusively addressed to women. It has been described as the United Nations' 'landmark treaty in the struggle for women's rights'. At a time when the backlash against women's human rights and the concept of gender-based discrimination is increasingly challenged by governments and powerful societal actors, the Commentary is an important instrument to hold all state powers to account on their international obligations under the Convention. The Commentary analyses the interpretation of the Convention through the work of its monitoring body, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. It comprises detailed analyses of the Preamble and each article of the Convention and of the Optional Protocol, including a separate chapter on the cross-cutting substantive issue of violence against women. The sources relied on are the treaty language and the general recommendations, concluding observations, and case law under the Optional Protocol (individual complaints and inquiries), through which the Committee has interpreted and applied the Convention. Each chapter is self-contained, but the Commentary is conceived of as an integral whole. The book also includes an introduction which provides an overview of the Convention and its embedding in the international law of human rights as well as the most recent challenges to women's human rights worldwide.

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