Материал: Гольцева О.Ю. Международное право в официальных документах. Под ред. И.А. Горшеневой

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ternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural

Rights. The Committee currently meets in three sessions each year in Geneva.

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was established pursuant to Article 17 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to supervise its implementation .The Committee meets in two sessions each year in New York.

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was established pursuant to Article 8 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to supervise the implementation of the Convention. The Committee currently meets in two sessions each year in Geneva.

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and members of Their Families was established pursuant to Article 72 of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and members of Their Families to supervise the implementation of the Convention. The Committee currently meets in Geneva.

The Committee on the Rights of the Child was established pursuant to Article 43 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to supervise the implementation of the said Convention. The Committee currently meets in three sessions each year in Geneva.

The Human Rights Committee was established pursuant to Article 28 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Committee meets in three sessions each year in New York and Geneva.

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was first adopted in 1950 and has now been signed by every country of Western Europe. Individual citizens of these countries have the right to bring a complaint before the European Commission if they think their government has broken the Convention. If the Commission agrees, it may try to persuade the country in question to rectify the breach, or it may refer the matter to the European Court

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of Human Rights, which has the right to order a change of law in that country.

However, individual governments still manage to delay making changes to their laws by claiming special national interests.

When the laws of a country violate human rights, groups like Amnesty International protest to the government on moral grounds. Legal arguments are also used— references to the constitution of the country itself and to any relevant international agreements which its government has signed. But despite the development of legally binding national and international conventions, millions of people in the world still do not enjoy human rights.

Exercise 3. Pay attention to the use of the prepositions.

International agreements concerning the treatment of individuals; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; the Commission on Human Rights; the Convention against Torture and Other cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Exercise 4. Study these word combinations and make up sentences of your own.

Exercise 6. Study the following table. The English expressions below correspond to the Russian

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Exercise 7. Fill in the appropriate prepositions.

1.The States Parties ___ the present Covenant shall respect human rights ___ pursuance ___ the provisions ___

the UN Charter.

2.Reservations ___ this Protocol maybe made ___

compliance ___ international law.

3.___ the arbitral decision, the Contracting Party which has made known its dissatisfaction shall have the right to require the other Contracting Party to maintain the tariffs previously ___ force.

4.The third paragraph ___ article 12 shall also apply

___ any information which, ___ virtue ___ this article, is supplied ___ the competent authority ___ the requested State.

5.___ the event ___ denunciation, the Contracting Parties shall take all necessary action to ensure the continuation and completion ___ all contracts signed ___ this Protocol.

6.The Chairman shall exercise the powers ___ his office

___ accordance ___ customary practice.

Exercise 8. Translate into English paying attention to the words and phrases in bold type.

1.Во исполнение статьи 17 Конвенции по защите прав мигрантов и членов их семей был создан одноименный комитет.

2.В соответствии с основными обязательствами, изложенными в статье 2 настоящей Конвенции, государ- ства-участники обязуются не допускать дискриминации во всех её проявлениях

3.Генеральный секретарь Организации Объединённых Наций согласно статье 48 уведомляет представителей государств-членов ООН обо всех текущих изменениях в работе Организации.

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4.Во исполнение своих обязанностей, вытекающих из Устава ООН, Экономический и Социальный Совет может вступать в соглашения со специализированными учреждениями, деятельность которых направлена на реализацию прав человека и основных свобод.

5.В соответствии с рекомендациями экспертов были значительно усилены программы в области защиты окружающей среды.

Exercise 9. Read the text about the United Nations

Convention on the Rights of the Child and answer these questions.

1.What is The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child?

2.When and why was the Convention adopted?

3.Who is considered a child within the meaning of the Convention?

4.What parts does the document consist of?

5.What general principles are proclaimed in the Convention?

6.Is the convention binding?

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is a comprehensive, internationally binding agreement on the rights of children, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1989. It incorporates children's rights.