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INTERNATIONAL COVENANT
ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS
The INTERNATIONAL BILL OF HUMAN RIGHTS contains The "Universal Declaration
of Human Rights" (1948), the "International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights" (1966), the "International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights" (1966), and the "Optional Protocol
to the latter Covenant," which together
constitute four stages in the generation
of the document called the International Bill of Human Rights.
"The International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights recognizes the right of every human person
to life, liberty and security of person;
to privacy; to freedom from cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment and from torture;
to freedom from slavery; to immunity from
arbitrary arrest; to a fair trial; to recognition
as a person before the law; to immunity from
retroactive sentences; to freedom of thought,
conscience and religion; to freedom of opinion
and expression; to liberty of movement, including
the right to emigrate; to peaceful assembly
and to freedom of association.
"The International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights sets up a Human Rights Committee to consider
progress reports from Nations which have
ratified the Covenant. The Committee may also hear complaints
by such States that other States which have
ratified the Covenant have failed in upholding the obligations
under the Covenant."
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