Reservations to Human Rights Treaties and the Vienna Convention Regime
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THE RAOUL WALLENBERG INSTITUTE HUMAN RIGHTS LIBRARY VOLUME 17
RESERVATIONS TO HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES AND THE VIENNA CONVENTION REGIME: CONFLICT, HARMONY OR RECONCILIATION
Edited by
Ineta Ziemeie
Springer-Science+Business Media, B. V.
A C.LP. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Printed on acid-free paper.
ISBN 978-90-04-14064-6 ISBN 978-94-017-6019-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-6019-5 © 2004 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Martinus Nijhoff in 2004. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2004 http://www.brill.nl Brill Academic Publishers incorporates the imprint Martinus NijhoffPublishcrs. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming , recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher. Authorization to photocopy items für internal or personal use is granted by Brill Academic Publishers provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subjcet to change. -
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by LUZIUS WILDHABER .....................................................
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Editor 's Prelace INET A ZIEMELE ............................................................................
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Table olCases INTRODUCTION:
Opening 01 the Conference on Reservations to Human Rights Treaties PERCY MACLEAN ........ .... ........... ...... ................ ............. ...............
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Reservations to Human Rights Treaties - Setting the Stage: Wishlul Thinking or Prospects lor Development GÖRAN MELANDER ....... .... .............. ............ ...... ...... ........ ........ .....
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PART I. ELEMENTS OF PRACTICE OF HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING BODIES
Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination 01 All Forms 01 Discrimination against Women: An Unresolved Issue or (No) New Developments? 3 HANNA BEATE SCHÖPP-SCHILLING .......................................... .
Reservations by States under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Its Optional Protocols, and the Practice 01 the Human Rights Committee MARTIN SCHEININ........................................................................ 41 A Comment on the Issue 01 Reservations to the Provisions 01 the Covenant Representing (Peremptory) Rufes 01 General International Law ECKART KLEIN ................. ........... ............. ...... ...... ............ ...... ......
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Approaches to Reservations by the Committee on the Elimination 01 Racial Discrimination MORTEN KJJERUM ..... .... ...... .... ...... ............ .............. ...................
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment - Limitations, Restrictions and Reservations BENT SORENSEN AND PAUL DALTON .........................................
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