ANNEX I
Relevant provisions of international instruments mentioned in the Digest
UNITED NATIONS
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 14
1. Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from
persecution.
2. This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from
non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the
United Nations.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Article 4
1.
In time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation and the
existence of which is officially proclaimed, the States Parties to the present Covenant
may take measures derogating from their obligations under the present Covenant to
the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that such
measures are not inconsistent with their other obligations under international law and
do not involve discrimination solely on the ground of race, colour, sex, language,
religion or social origin.
2.
No derogation from articles 6, 7, 8 (paragraphs 1 and 2), 11, 15, 16 and 18
may be made under this provision.
3.
Any State Party to the present Covenant availing itself of the right of
derogation shall immediately inform the other States Parties to the present Covenant,
through the intermediary of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, of the
provisions from which it has derogated and of the reasons by which it was actuated. A
further communication shall be made, through the same intermediary, on the date on
which it terminates such derogation.
Article 6
1.
Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected
by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.
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