“…The development of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Vratislav Pechota -- To respect and to ensure, state obligations and permissible derogations / Thomas Buergenthal -- The self-determination of peoples / Antonio Cassese -- The right to life, physical integrity, and liberty / Yoram Dinstein -- Due process of law for persons accused of crime / Haji N.A. …”

“…It is becoming increasingly important and is the first instrument that includes both civil and political rights on one hand and social rights on the other. …”

“…Virginia Mantouvalou argues that social rights, defined as entitlements to the satisfaction of basic needs, are as essential for the well-being of the individual and the community as long-established civil and political rights. The real challenge, she suggests, is how best to give effect to social rights. …”

“…This publication of the Transnational Trade Union Rights Working Group focuses on the EU and the interplay between the Strasbourg case law and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), analysing the relevance of the ECHR for the protection of workers' rights and for the effective enjoyment of civil and political rights in the employment relation. Each chapter is written by a prominent European human rights expert and analyses the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), and also looks at the equivalent international labour standards within the Council of Europe (in particular the (Revised) European Social Charter), the International Labour Organization (ILO) (in particular the fundamental rights conventions) and the UN Covenants (in particular the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and the interpretation of these instruments by competent organs. …”

“…All governments should ratify international instruments containing safeguards and remedies against torture, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its Optional Protocol which provides for individual complaints. …”