The rights of non-citizens

Format:

Book

Contributor:

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens--Civil rights.

Noncitizens.

Human rights.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (52 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] United Nations 2006

Language Note:

English

Summary:

All persons should, by virtue of their essential humanity, enjoy all human rights. Exceptional distinctions, for example between citizens and non-citizens, can be made only if they serve a legitimate State objective and are proportional to the achievement of the objective. The present publication aims to highlight all the diverse sources of international law and emerging international standards protecting the rights of non-citizens.

Contents:

Intro

Table of contents

Introduction

I. The general principle of equality for non-citizens

A. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

B. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

C. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

D. Regional bodies

E. National constitutions

II. Specific rights of non-citizens

A. Fundamental rights and freedoms

B. Civil and political rights

C. Economic, social and cultural rights

III. Rights of selected non-citizen groups

A. Stateless persons

B. Refugees and asylum-seekers

C. Non-citizen workers and their families

D. Victims of trafficking

E. Non-citizen children

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, general recommendation XXX (2004) on discrimination against non-citizens.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9789210550765

9210550765

OCLC:

1409678367