The Regional Protection of Human Rights Regional human rights systems strengthen the protection and enjoyment of human rights by taking into account regional considerations, such as shared regional customs, values, culture, and practices Regional human rights instruments help to localize international human rights norms and standards. Regional Institution Europe CIS Convention on HR Inter-American Convention The Arab Charter The Banjul Charter The European Social Charter The Charter covers labor rights and trade union rights, the protection of specific groups such as children, women, disabled persons and migrant workers, social security rights, and protection of the family. In an attempt to deal with economic disparities within Europe,. The Charter is implemented by the European Committee of Social Rights, consisting of fifteen independent experts elected for a six-year period, renewable once. States parties submit annual reports on some of the provisions of the Charter The CIS Convention on HRs The CIS, which links together the former Republics of Soviet Union adopted a convention on Human rights in May 1995. Under this Convention, a standard range of rights is included The Arab Charter on Human Rights An Arab Charter on Human Rights was adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States on 15 September 1994 and a revised version was adopted by the League of Arab States in May 2004. It affirms the principles contained in the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights and the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam The Banjul Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights This Charter was adopted by the Organization of African Unity in 1981 and came into force in 1986. Currently all fifty-three members of the African Union. The African Charter is the first human rights convention that details the duties of the individual to the state, society and family The Charter set up the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, consisting of eleven persons appointed by the Conference of the Heads of State for six-year renewable terms, to implement the Charter. The Secretary to the Commission is appointed by the Secretary-General of the AU.

1. The Regional
Protection of
Human Rights

2. Outline

3. Introduction
Regional human rights systems
strengthen the protection and enjoyment
of human rights by taking into account
regional considerations, such as shared
regional customs, values, culture, and
practices
Regional human rights instruments help
to localize international human rights
norms and standards.

4. Europe

5. The Council of Europe
Committee of Ministers
Parliamentary Assembly
Secretary General
Article
1
• Greater unity
between member
states
Article
3
• Pluralist democracy,
human rights and
rule of law

6. The European Convention on HRs
Article
2
• Right to life
Article
3&4
• Prohibition of torture and
slavery
Article
5
• Right to liberty and security
of person
Article
6
• Right to a fair and public
hearing within a reasonable
time by an independent and
impartial tribunal established
by law

7. The European Social Charter

8. The European
Convention for the
Prevention of Torture
and Inhuman and
Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
• This innovative Convention was signed in 1987
and came into force on 1 February 1989. The
purpose of the Convention is to enable the
supervision of persons deprived of their liberty and,
in particular, to prevent the torture or other ill-
treatment of such persons
The Council of
Europe Framework
Convention for the
Protection of
National Minorities
• The Framework Convention for the Protection of National
Minorities was adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10
November 1994 and opened for signature on 1 February
1995. The Framework Convention underlines the right to
equality before the law of persons belonging to national
minorities and prohibits discrimination based on belonging to
a national minority

9. OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe)
meeting at Vienna
in January 1989
‘Human Dimension
of the CSCE’
Copenhagen
meeting in1990

10. The CIS Convention
on HRs

11. Human Rights
Article 14
The Right to work
Article 17
Right to social security, the right
to education and the right of every
minor child to special protective
measures
Article 21
The right of persons belonging to
national minorities to express and
develop their ethnic, linguistic,
religious and cultural identity is
protected
Article 29
While everyone has the right to
take part in public affairs,
including voting .
Article 34
It is intended that the
implementation of the Convention
be monitored by the Human
Rights Commission of the CIS

12. CIS

13. The Human Rights Chamber of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
• the question of refugees seeking to regain possession of
properties from which they had fled and which were being
used to house other persons
Baˇsi´c et al. v. Republika Srpska,
• a case involving expulsion of Bosnian citizens of Algerian
origin into the custody of the US on terrorism charges, the
chamber found that the respondents had violated relevant
human rights provisions.
Case of Boudellaa et al .v. Bosnia and
Herzegovina

14. The Inter-American Convention on Human
Rights
Oversight
bodies
Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights
Inter-American Court
of Human Rights

15. Article
25
• This grants the
Commission the
power in serious and
urgent cases, to
request that the
state concerned
adopt precautionary
measures to prevent
irreparable harm to
persons
• Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba
Article
13
• Freedom of speech
Article
44
• the Convention
provides that any
person or group of
persons or any non-
governmental entity
legally recognized in
one or more of the
OAS states may
lodge petitions with
the Commission
alleging a violation of
the Convention by a
state part
Article
19
• Economic, Social and
Culture rights

16. The Arab Charter on
Human Rights

17. The Banjul Charter on Human and
Peoples' Rights

19. Thank You