CHAPTER 4: THE RULE OF LAW AND THE CORE PROTECTION MANDATE
SELECTED REFERENCES
International Instruments,
Principles and Norms
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 10 December 1984,
1465 U.N.T.S. 85 (entered into force 26 June 1987) [CAT].
• Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment, 22 June 2006, G.A. res. 57/199, A/
RES/57/199, 10 IHRR 595 (2003).
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
19 December 1966, 999 U.N.T.S 171 (entered into force
23 March 1976) [ICCPR].
• First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966, 999
U.N.T.S. 171 (entered into force 23 March 1976).
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons
from Enforced Disappearance, 20 December 2006, G.A.
res. 61/177, A/RES/61/77, 14 IHRR 582 (2007).
United Nations Declaration on the Protection of All Persons
from Enforced Disappearances (Convention against
Enforced Disappearances), 18 December 18 1992, G.A.
res. 47/133, 47 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 207, U.N. Doc.
A/47/49 (1992).
United Nations, Standard Minimum Rules for the
Treatment of Prisoners (30 August 1955), online:
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docid/3ae6b36e8.html>.
Jurisprudence
Attorney General of Botswana v Dow [1994] 6 B. Const. L.R. 1.
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex p. Brind
[1991] 1 AC 696.
Secondary Materials
Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), the Asia
Pacific Forum for National Human Rights Institutions
(APR), and OHCHR, APT Torture Prevention Manual
(forthcoming in 2009).
Commonwealth Secretariat, Handbook on Ratification
of Human Rights Instruments (London: Human
Rights Unit, 2006), online: The Commonwealth
<http://www.thecommonwealth.org/
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Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, “Stamping out
rights: The Impact of Anti-Terrorism Laws on Policing”
2007. www.humanrightsinitiative.org.
Economic and Social Council, “General Comment No. 9:
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Eide, A. “Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human
Rights” in Eide et al., eds., Economic, Social and Cultural
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Publishers, 1995).
Katz, A. “An Act of Transformation: The Incorporation of
the Rome Statute of the ICC into National Law in South
Africa” (2003) 12 African Security Rev. 4.
Malanczuk, P. Akehurst’s Modern Introduction to International
Law, 7th revised ed. (New York: Routledge, 1997).
Nowak, M. “The International Covenant on Civil and
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the International Protection of Human Rights: A Textbook,
2d rev. ed. (Turku: Abu Academy University, Institute for
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OHCHR, Guidance Note: National Human Rights
Institutions and the Work of OHCHR at Headquarters and
Field Level, 2007. (National Institutions Unit, OHCHR)
• Guidance Note on National Human Rights Institutions
and Transitional Justice (27 September 2008), online:
National Human Rights Institutions Forum <http://
www.nhri.net/2009/NHRIs_Guidance%20Note%20TJ_
Oct%2008.pdf>.
• “Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions
on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights” Professional
Training Series No. 12 (2005), online: OHCHR Training
and Education <http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/
Publications/training12en.pdf>.
• “Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Manual on
Human Rights Training for the Police?” Professional
Training Series No. 5 (1997), online: OHCHR Training
and Education <http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/
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• “Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Trainer’s Guide
on Human Rights for the Police” Professional Training
Series No. 5/Add.2 (2002), online: OHCHR Training
and Education, <http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/
Publications/training5Add2en.pdf>.
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