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National discretion and international deference under the international covenant on civil and political rights
Published 2015-03-24
Keywords
- Margin of appreciation,
- Deference,
- National discretion,
- Human Rights Committee,
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
How to Cite
Contreras Vásquez, P. (2015). National discretion and international deference under the international covenant on civil and political rights. Revista De Derecho (Coquimbo. En línea), 21(1), 21-60. https://revistaderecho.ucn.cl/index.php/revista-derecho/article/view/1886
Abstract
The paper offers a doctrinal reconstruction of the Human Rights Committee's jurisprudence on national discretion and international deference. First, it analyzes how the Committee has avoided the use of the European "margin of appreciation" doctrine. Second, the paper reviews cases in which the Committee has developed particular deference standards, from strict scrutiny to those giving latitude to national author-ities. It concludes by asserting that the Committee has granted discretion to domestic bodies, though only on case-by-case basis.
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GANDHI, P.R. (1998). The human rights committee and the right of individual communication: law and practice. London: Dartmouth Pub Co., 522 pp.
HELFER, Laurence; SLAUGHTER, Anne-Marie (1997). "Toward a theory of effective supranational adjudication", Yale L.J., Vol. 107: pp. 273-351
HUMPHREY, John (1976). "The international bill of rights: scope and implementation", Wm. &Mary L. Rev., Vol. 17. pp. 527.
KABAZAKAL, Zehra (2006). "Forging a Global Culture of Human Rights: Origins and Prospects of the International Bill of Rights", Hum. Rts. Q., Vol. 28: pp. 416.
LEGG, Andrew (2012). The margin of appreciation in international Human Rights Law, deference and proportionality. Oxford: Monographs in International Law, 272 pp.
LETSAS, George (2006). "Two concepts of the margin of appreciation". Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Vol. 26, pp. 705-732.
MACKAY, Fergus (2001). "Guía sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y el comité de los derechos humanos de las Naciones Unidas". Disponible en: <http://odhpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/COMITE-DDHH-Y-PUEBLOS-INDIGENAS.pdf> [fecha de consulta: 4 de julio de 2013], 56 pp.
MUTUA, Makau wa (1998). "Looking Past the Human Rights Committee: An Argument for De-Marginalizing Enforcement". Buffalo Human Rights Law Review. Vol. 4, pp. 211-260.
NOWAK Manfred (1993). U.N. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: CCPR Commentary XXXIX, 710 pp.
SHANY, Yuval (2006). "Toward a general margin of appreciation doctrine", International Law European Journal of International Law, Vol. 16: 907-929 pp. Disponible en: http://www.ejil.org/pdfs/16/5/330.pdf [fecha de consulta: 2 de noviembre de 2013] .
YOUNG, Kirsten (2002). The Law and Process of the U.N, Human Rights Committee. Washington D.C., Hotei Publishing, 400 pp.
YOUROW, Charles (1996). The Margin of appreciation doctrine in the Dynamics of European Human Rights Jurisprudence. Londres: Ed. Kluwer Law International, 196 pp.