A Handbook of International Human Rights Terminology, Second Edition

List of Terms Defined

1235 Procedure 1503 Procedure Abduction Ab Initio Absolute (Human) Right Abstract Rights Abuse of Right of Petition/Submission Abuse of Rights Abuser Solidarity Acceptable Collateral Damage Acceptance Acceptance of Jurisdiction Accession/Accede Accomplice Liability Accountability/Accountable achr Acquis Conventionnel Acta Jure Gestionis Acta Jure Imperii Actio Popularis Activism Activist Act of Commission Act of Omission Act of State Doctrine Actus Reus Adequately Accessible Adhesion/Adherence Ad Hoc adhr Administrative Detention Administrative Practice Admissibility/Admissible Admission of Guilt Adoption Ad Referendum Advisory Jurisdiction Advisory Opinion Advisory Services Affirmative Action Affirmative Obligation African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights Aggression Agreement Aid Conditionality Alien Alien Tort Claims Act American Convention Amicus Curiae Amnesty Amparo Anarchy Animus Belligerandi Anonymous Complaint Anthropology/Anthropological Foundations/Basis Anticipatory Self-Defense • LIST OF TERMS DEFINED • Antilocution Anti-Semitism Apartheid A Posteriori (Human) Rights Appeals Chamber Applicable Law Application Approval A Priori (Human) Rights Arbitrary Arrest/Detention Armed Conflict Armed Forces Armistice Arrest Arrest Warrant Article Asian Values Assassination Assembly of States Parties Asylum Asylum Seeker Atrocity Atrocity Law Attack Audiatur et Altera Pars Aut Dedere aut Judicare Authentication Authentic Text Authority and Control Automatic Jurisdiction Autonomy/Autonomous Autonomy Regime Available Resources Award Banjul Charter Bantustan Basic Human Rights Basic Principles Bearer Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action Beijing Rules Belgrade Minimum Rules of Procedure for International Human Rights FactFinding Missions Belligerence/Belligerency Belligerent Bigot/Bigotry Bilateral Bill of Rights Binding Bioethics Bis Black Letter Law Body of Principles Bogota Declaration Bona Fides Breach Bricker Amendment Broad-mindedness Capital Punishment Casus Belli Casus Foederis cat Category I, II, III Cautio Judicatum Solvi cedaw Centre for Human Rights cerd cescr Chairman’s Statement Challenges to Jurisdiction Chambers Charity Charter Charter-Based Children’s (Human) Rights Chivalry Citizen Civil Human Rights Civilian Civilian Object Civilian Population Civil Liberties Civil Rights Civil Society Civil War Classical (Human) Rights Clause Clawback Clause xviii • List of Terms Code Code of Conduct Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind Codification/Codify Cold (Human) Rights Collateral Damage Collective Complaint Collective Enforcement Collective (Human) Rights Collective Intervention Collective Punishment Collective Self-Defense Colonialism Combatant Comity Command Responsibility Commentary Commission Commission on Human Rights Committee Committee against Torture Committee for the Prevention of Torture Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee on ngos Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Committee on the Rights of the Child Common Article 3 Common Crime Common European Values Common Standard of Achievement Communication Communication/Complaint Procedures Communitarian Community-Based Organization Compatible/Compatibility Compensation/ex Gratia Compensation Competence/Competence-Competence Complaint Complementarity Compliance Complicitous Guilt Composition of the Court Compromissory Clause Compulsory Jurisdiction Conciliation Concluding Observations Conclusion Concrete Rights Concurrent Jurisdiction Conditionality Condone/Condoning Violation Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Conscience Conscienticization of Human Rights Conscientious Objection Consensus Consensus Principle Consent Consideranda Consideration Consistent Pattern Consolidated (Draft) Text Constant Jurisprudence Constituent Instrument Constitution Constitutionalism Consult/Consultation Consultative Status Contentious Jurisdiction Continuing (Human Rights) Violation Contrario Control Council Law No. 10 Convention Conventional (International) Law Convention(al) Mechanism/Procedure Copenhagen Guidelines Core (Human) Rights Corporal Punishment Corporate Code of Conduct Corpus Country of Particular Concern Country Reports Country Situations List of Terms • xix Country Specific (Human Rights) Legislation Country Specific Procedure/Report/ Mechanism Coup d’Etat Court Court of Fourth Instance Covenant crc Crime against Humanity Crimes against Peace Crimes of Concern to the International Community Cross-Cultural Human Rights Cruel Treatment/Punishment Crystalize csce Cultural/Culture Cultural Diversity Cultural Genocide Cultural (Human) Rights Cultural Imperialism Cultural Relativism Culture of Human Rights Culture of Impunity Culture of Peace Cumulative Incrementalism Custodial State Customary Erge Omnes Customary International Law Damages Dangerous Forces Death Penalty Decade Decision Declaration Declaration of Independence Declaration on Human Rights Defenders Declaratory De Facto De Facto Refugee Defenders Degrading Treatment/Punishment Dehumanization De Jure Démarche De Martens Clause Democracy–Development–Human Rights Triad Democratic Deficit Democratic Governance Democratic Necessity Democratization Demonize/Demonization Denial of Justice Denunciation De Plano Deportation Deposit/Depository Derogable (Human) Rights Derogation Descent Desiderata Désistement Desuetude Detaining Power Detention Developing Country/State/Nation Development Dictatorship Dictum Differential Treatment Dignity Disadvantaged Group Disappearance Discrimination Dissemination Distinction Diversity Doctrine Document Domestic/Internal Affairs Domestic Law Domestic Remedy Double/Dual Criminality Double/Dual Standard Double Jeopardy xx • List of Terms Draft Code of Crimes Draft Convention Draft Text Drittwirkung Droit d’Ingerence Drop/Reject a Communication Dual Criminality Dualist Legal System Dual Standard Due Process Durban...