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New Arab Human Rights Court is Doomed from the Start
The United National General Assembly has condemned the human rights violations in the country - but little has actually been done.Reuters
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In September 2014 a ministerial meeting of the Arab League approved the statute of a future Arab Court for Human Rights. It will be several years before the court is ready to formally open its doors but it's not too early to evaluate whether the court is likely to be part of the human rights solution in the Arab world - or part of the problem.
The idea of a regional human rights court in the Arab Middle East is of course attractive. In a region where officials enjoy impunity galore despite serious abuses, such a court could provide a chance to press for some degree of accountability. It's been a decade since the Arab Charter set out the important rights people of the Middle East should expect to have, including freedom from torture, equality before the law, and the right to liberty and security.
But unlike its equivalent in Africa, Europe and the Americas, the Arab Charter on Human Rights has no court to interpret and enforce it and therefore remains, largely, a paper document
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New Arab Human Rights Court is Doomed from the Start?
New Arab Human Rights Court is Doomed from the Start
The United National General Assembly has condemned the human rights violations in the country - but little has actually been done.Reuters
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In September 2014 a ministerial meeting of the Arab League approved the statute of a future Arab Court for Human Rights. It will be several years before the court is ready to formally open its doors but it's not too early to evaluate whether the court is likely to be part of the human rights solution in the Arab world - or part of the problem.
The idea of a regional human rights court in the Arab Middle East is of course attractive. In a region where officials enjoy impunity galore despite serious abuses, such a court could provide a chance to press for some degree of accountability. It's been a decade since the Arab Charter set out the important rights people of the Middle East should expect to have, including freedom from torture, equality before the law, and the right to liberty and security.
But unlike its equivalent in Africa, Europe and the Americas, the Arab Charter on Human Rights has no court to interpret and enforce it and therefore remains, largely, a paper document
Continue reading at:
New Arab Human Rights Court is Doomed from the Start?
