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Prof. Nisuke Ando

Mr. Nisuke Ando
Professor of International Law and Director of the Kyoto Human Rights Research Institute

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Human Rights
Civil and Political Rights
International Human Rights Protection
and the Human Rights Committee
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(13/11/2007, 1 hour 10 minutes)
Human Rights
Civil and Political Rights
International Human Rights Protection and the Human Rights Committee
A. Legal Instruments
Treaty of Wesphalia, Münster and Osnabück, 1648.

Covenant of the League of Nations, League of Nations, Paris, 28 April 1919, Official Journal, 1st year, No. 1, February 1920, p. 3 (Text of the Covenant available on the website of Yale Law School’s Avalon Project).

Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice, San Francisco, 26 June 1945.

Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Paris, 10 December 1948.

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Rome, 4 November 1950, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 213, p. 221.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, New York, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 999, p. 171.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, New York, 16 December 1966, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 993, p. 3.

American Convention on Human Rights, San José, 22 November 1969, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1144, p. 144.

B. Documents
United Nations Human Rights Committee, S.W.M. Broeks v. the Netherlands, Communication No. 172/1984, Decision of 9 April 1987.
C. Doctrine
A. Nisuke, “L’avenir des organs de supervision: Limites et possibilités du Comité des droits de l’homme”, Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights, 1991-1992, p. 186.