STATE INTEREST AND TRUST IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
Abstract
This article analyzes important issues of Human Rights Law. In particular it focuses on the issue of a state interest and trust. This problem is considered in the light of international law sources such as the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights. It is noted that these acts are vague and unclear; therefore State Parties cannot enforce them. The issue of Human Rights is revealed in the context of demonstration of states’ self-interest. International human rights appear to be remote and disconnected from the very persons they seek to protect. In this connection the author considers a matter of the International Human Rights Court.
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Jaichand V. STATE INTEREST AND TRUST IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW. Kutafin Law Review. 2017;4(1):91-101. https://doi.org/10.17803/2313-5395.2017.1.7.091-101
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