The Convention defines a migrant worker as “a person who is to be engaged, is engaged or has been engaged in a remunerated activity in a State of which he or she is not a national.” The Convention “emphasizes the… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
download pdf Canada has neither signed nor acceded to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. Adoption: The Convention was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
United Nations Human Rights – Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Audiovisual Library of International Law – Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide General Assembly resolution 96 (I) on The… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
According to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law – Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, “Unlike most of the other main human rights treaties, the Genocide Convention does not establish a monitoring mechanism. There… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
As required by the Convention, Canada enacted legislation to give effect to the provisions of the Convention. A section was added to Canada’s Criminal Code making it an offence to advocate or promote genocide. But the term “genocide” was only… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
The Convention identifies five acts, any of which constitute genocide if “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”. They are: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
According to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law – Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, “The term ‘genocide’ was first used by Raphael Lemkin in his book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, published in… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948. It entered into force in 1951 after 20 States had ratified or acceded to it. Unlike… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
download pdf Canada signed the treaty on 28 November 1949 and ratified it on 3 September 1952. Adoption: The Convention was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948. Entry into force: 12 January 1951. Number of… Continue Reading…
November 12, 2015
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance United Nations Treaty Collection – International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Disappearances in Law and History – from Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper The… Continue Reading…