Human Rights Law

Atty. Mary Catherine A. Alvarez

I. Fundamental Principles of Human Rights Law

A. What are human rights?
B. The international bill of human rights
C. Core human rights instruments
D. Decolonizing human rights

References:

https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/12/28/have-human-rights-treaties-failed

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Pages/WhatareHumanRights.aspx

https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/coreinstruments.aspx

https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/DOC1084632018ENGLISH.pdf

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/openglobalrights-openpage/can-we-decolonise-human-rights/

II. The International Bill of Human Rights

A. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
B. International Convention on Civil and Political Rights
1. Optional Protocols
C. International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1. Optional Protocol
2. Minimum core obligations

References:

https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet2Rev.1en.pdf

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/29144/122563-WP-Tasioulas2-
PUBLIC.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

III. Core International Human Rights Instruments and Mechanisms

A. The core international human rights instruments and their monitoring bodies
B. Human rights mechanisms
1. Treaty bodies
2. The Human Rights Council
3. Universal Periodic Review
4. Special Procedures and Special Rapporteurs
C. Global, regional and national human rights institutions

References:

https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/coreinstruments.aspxeeferences
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/Pages/HRMechanims.aspx#:~:text=Treaty
%20bodies&text=Human%20Rights%20Committee%20(CCPR),of%20Discrimination%20against
%20Women%20(CEDAW)

IV. The Universal Human Rights Instruments

A. Human rights in the administration of justice
B. Sectoral human rights issues
C. War crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide
D. Human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals

References:

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/UniversalHumanRightsInstruments.aspx

https://guides.libraries.psu.edu/international-human-rights

https://sdgs.un.org/goals

V. Human rights in the Philippines

A. Philippine human rights situation
B. National human rights laws and policies
C. Challenges to the obligations to respect, protect and fulfill human rights in the
Philippines