UNHCR is pleased to launch the revised Collection of International Instruments and Legal Texts Concerning Refugees and Others of Concern to UNHCR. This edition, which supersedes the last one issued in 1995, features significant changes and contains over 260 essential universal and regional instruments and texts concerning refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR. International instrument…
UNHCR is pleased to launch the revised Collection of International Instruments and Legal Texts Concerning Refugees and Others of Concern to UNHCR. This edition, which supersedes the last one issued in 1995, features significant changes and contains over 260 essential universal and regional instruments and texts concerning refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR. International instrument…
This book contains: - Origins of the Working Group - Composition and mandate of the Working Group - Criteria adopted by the Group to determine whether a case of deprivation of liberty is arbitrary - Procedures followed by the Working Group
This book contetns: 1. Human rights and forced evictions 2. National legislative and policy responses to forced eviction 3. Responses by civil society to forced evictions 4. Remedies against forced evictions 5. Towards new measures of prevention, protection and redress
Thus report examines Armenia's competition policy system (ACPS). It is based upon (a) a review of the legal texts that supply the framework for the ACPS (statutes, implementing regulations, and guidelines); (b) decisions issued by the State Commision for Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC); (c) study of other reports dealing with the ACPS; and (d) interviews with SPEC leadership and sta…
This book contains: - Human rights and migrant worker - Aspects of international action
This book contents: I. Substantive provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women II. Implementing the Convention: the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
The fact sheet emphasizes the interdependence and indivisibility of civil and political rights and the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, including housing. The sheet covers the basic principle of housing as a human right, the entitlements of housing rights, obligations of the international community, clarifications of governmental obligations, and monitoring the right to adequa…
Over the years, much has been achieved in ensuring the use of outer space for the benefit of humankind. Yet, while elements of an international legal framework have been put in place, the key problem of the prohibition of deployment of weapons in outer space has not been solved in a comprehensive manner. The discussions presented in this Report will contribute to promoting awareness of the nece…
Examines the different aspects of SALW (Small Arms and Light Weapons) tracing and marking practices and international legal instruments currently in place. The volume argues that existing marking, record keeping and tracing cooperation need to be substantially improved in order to facilitate more effective tracing. An international instrument building on existing norms and standards, including …