Panel on Human Dignity
L’Initiative suisse mis en place à l’occasion du 60ème anniversaire de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme (décembre 2008) avait pour but non seulement de célébrer l’événement mais aussi de profiter de l'occasion pour dresser un bilan et saisir les nouveaux défis dans le domaine des droits humains, 60 ans après la signature de la Déclaration.
Cette réflexion prend forme dans le document Protégeons la dignité : un Agenda pour les droits humains rédigé par un Panel de personnalités éminentes, traduit en huit langues et présenté à Genève en décembre 2008. Les années suivantes sont consacrées à la promotion de l'Agenda et au développement d’actions concrètes.
L'Académie est mendatée pour coordonner ce projet.
Personne de contact
Aline Baumgartner
Projects manager
Documents
L'Agenda
- Protecting Dignity: An Agenda for Human Rights [English]
- Protégeons la dignité : un Agenda pour les droits humains [French]
- Die Achtung der menschlichen Würde: eine Agenda für Menschenrechte [German]
- La protección de la dignidad: un programa de derechos humanos [Spanish]
- Proteger a dignidade: una agenda para os direitos humanos [Portuguese]
- Proteggere la dignità: un' agenda per i diritti humani [Italian]
- Защита достоинства: Повестка дня по правам человека [Russian]
- حمايةالكرامةالإنسانية: جدولأعمالمنأجلحقوقالإنسا[Arabic]
- 捍卫尊严：人权议程[Chinese]
Thèmes et projets de recherche (juin 2009)
1) Human Dignity
Human Rights and Human Dignity, by Jack Donnelly
Dignity: A Special Focus on Vulnerable Groups,by Frédéric Mégret, Florian Hoffmann, et al.
2) Prevention
Prevention is Better than Cure: The UN and Human Rights Education, by Paula Gerber
3) Detention
Democracy, Human Rights and Prison Conditions in South America, by Fernando Salla, et al.
4) Migration
The Protection of People Outside their State: A Comprehensive Analysis, by Mike Hayes,et al.
5) Statelessness
Statelessness and the Benefits of Citizenship: A Comparative Study, by Brad Blitz, Maureen Lynch, et al.
6) Right to Health
Addressing the Reproductive Health Rights of Women Living with HIV in Southern Africa,by Karen Stefiszyn, Mmatsie Mooki and Yohannes Tesfagabir
7) Climate change
The Status of Climate Refugees in Europe, by Marit Ammer
8) A world human rights court
Towards a World Court of Human Rights, by Martin Scheinin
A World Court of Human Rights, by Manfred Nowak and Julia Kozma
A world human right court: Consolidated Statute and Commentary (2010)
Today a plenitude of legal instruments for the protection of a vast number of human rights exists. Many of these rights have reached almost universal ratification. Regional courts have developed and their jurisdiction has brought relief to individual victims of human rights violations and has influenced national legislation and practice. The perpetrators of the most severe human rights violations can be held responsible before the International Criminal Court. Why is it, then, that we are still facing systematic and widespread violations, and that the gap between the high aspirations and the sobering reality, between human rights law and its implementation still exists?
The establishment of a World Court of Human Rights could help to bridge the gap between codified rights and reality. The idea of such a Court dates back to 1947. Due to the Cold War, however, the proposal did not find consensus among States. Thus the World Court of Human Rights was never realised and remained stigmatised as utopian. Probably due to this sense of political infeasibility, scholars have never undertaken to look into the legal possibilities of drafting a statute for the Court. Julia Kozma, Manfred Nowak and Martin Scheinin, authors of "A World Court of Human Rights – Consolidated Statute and Commentary" tried not only to come up with a solid statute but also took into consideration major challenges to the protection.
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A World Court of Human Rights - Consolidated Statute and Commentary
By Julia Kozma, Manfred Nowak and Martin Scheinin, 2010
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