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Dinokopila BR LL.M (Pret.),LL.B (UB)

Lecturer, Dept. of Law, University of Botswana

Associate Attorney, Duma Boko & Co.

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Principles of the UN Charter (Article 1) Sovereign equality

Peaceful settlement of disputes

Non-use of force Non-intervention in the internal affairs (contra,

article 4 of the AU Constitutive Act & R2P = prvent,react & rebuild)

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Development

Several agencies that are tasked with thevarious sectors of human development

WFO, FAO, WHO etc.

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Human Rights

Thematic areas* Secretary-General's Campaign to End Violence

Against Women

Framework for action, activities and contacts,

statements, resources.* UN Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict

Special Representative, field updates, news,testimonies, resources.

* GenocideBackground, Mandate, Advisory Committee,

statements, publications.

* Indigenous People.

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These rights are:

Right to education

Right to food

Right to health

Right to land

Right to water

Environmental Rights

Right to social security

Right to housing and cultural rights as wellas traditional civil and political rights.

right to access to information

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The concept of a third generation of rights,

and, indeed, the whole notion of clusteringrights in generational terms, was developedin the late 1970s by a Czech lawyer workingat the United Nations

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* Children and Armed ConflictIssues, conflicts, actions, key documents, media.

* The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme

About the programme, key documents, events.

* Lessons From Rwanda

About the programme, key documents, Visions of Rwanda.* Disability and the UN

Convention, news, reports, Mandate.

* Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights Issues

List of issues, media centre, meetings, events,

publications and resources.

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International Courts and Tribunals International Criminal Tribunal for the former

Yugoslavia (ICTY)

Special Court for Sierra Leone Special Tribunal for Lebanon

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

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UN HUMAN RIGHTS BODIESFor a detailed discussion Refer to:http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/Pages/HumanRightsBodies.aspx

Charter-based bodies Human Rights Council

Universal Periodic Review

Commission on Human Rights (replaced by the HumanRights Council)

Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council

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Treaty-based bodiesThere are nine human rights treaty bodies that monitor implementation of the coreinternational human rights treaties : Human Rights Committee (CCPR)

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Committee against Torture (CAT) & Optional Protocol to the Convention against

Torture (OPCAT) - Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

Committee on Enforced Disappearance (CED