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THE JUDICIAL APPLICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW Since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, over165countrieshaveincorporatedhumanrightsstandardsintotheir legalsystems;theresultingjurisprudencefromdiverseculturaltraditions brings new dimensions to concepts first articulated in 1948. In this revisedsecondedition,NihalJayawickramadrawsonextensivesources to encapsulate the judicial interpretation of human rights law in one comprehensive volume. Jayawickrama covers the case law of the superior courts of 103 countries in America, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific, as well as jurisprudence of human rights monitoringbodies.Heanalysesthejudicialapplicationofhumanrights lawtodemonstrateempiricallytheuniversalityofcontemporaryhuman rights norms. This definitive compendium is essential for legal practitionersandgovernmentandnon-governmentalofficials,aswellas academicsandstudentsofbothconstitutionallawandtheinternational lawofhumanrights. nihal jayawickrama was the Ariel F. Sallows Professor of Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan, and Associate Professor of LawattheUniversityofHongKong,wherehetaughtbothconstitutional lawandtheinternationallawofhumanrights.HewasChairofJustice,the HongKongSectionoftheInternationalCommissionofJurists;Chairof theTrusteesoftheCommonwealthHumanRightsInitiative,London;and amemberofthePermanentCourtofArbitrationatTheHague.Executive DirectorofTransparencyInternational,Berlin,from1997to2000,hehas since2001beentheCoordinatoroftheUN-sponsoredJudicialIntegrity Group, a representative group of Chief Justices, who prepared the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct and related documents. AmemberoftheSriLankaBar,heheldtheofficesofAttorneyGeneral and Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and served as arepresentativetotheUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly. THE JUDICIAL APPLICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW National, Regional and International Jurisprudence Second Edition NIHAL JAYAWICKRAMA UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 4843/24,2ndFloor,AnsariRoad,Daryaganj,Delhi–110002,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107015685 DOI:10.1017/9781139059121 ©NihalJayawickrama2002,2017 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. FirstEdition2002 Reprinted2006 SecondEdition2017 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyClays,StIvesplc AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN-139781107015685hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyInternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication, anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Inmemoryof Sarojini friend,companionandcritic CONTENTS PrefacetotheSecondEdition pageix Preface xi TableofCases xv PART I Introduction 1 1 HistoricalandJuridicalBackground 3 2 TheInternationalBillofHumanRights 24 3 TheDomesticProtectionofHumanRights 70 4 TheRighttoaRemedy 102 PART II GeneralPrinciples 113 5 Interpretation 115 6 Non-Discrimination 133 7 Limitations 146 8 Derogation 165 PART III TheSubstantiveRights 183 9 TheRightofSelf-Determination 185 10 TheRighttoLife 206 11 TheRighttoFreedomfromTorture 281 vii viii contents 12 TheRighttoFreedomfromSlavery 348 13 TheRighttoLiberty 364 14 TheRightsofPrisoners 432 15 TheRighttoFreedomofMovement 448 16 TheRighttoaFairTrial 490 17 TheRightsofAccusedPersons 561 18 TheRighttoRecognitionasaPerson 642 19 TheRighttoPrivacy 645 20 TheRighttoFreedomofThought 704 21 TheRighttoFreedomofOpinion,Expressionand Information 739 22 TheRighttoFreedomofAssembly 835 23 TheRighttoFreedomofAssociation 851 24 TheRighttoFamilyLife 881 25 TheRightsoftheChild 906 26 TheRighttoParticipateinPublicLife 920 27 TheRighttoEquality 950 28 TheRightsofMinorities 992 29 TheRightsRelatingtoWork 1003 30 TheRightsRelatingtoSocialSecurity 1016 31 TheRighttoanAdequateStandardof Living 1025 32 TheRighttoHealth 1041 33 TheRighttoEducation 1051 34 TheRighttoCulturalLife 1065 35 TheRighttoProperty 1074 Index 1089 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION Itisnearlyfifteenyearssincethefirsteditionofthisbookwaspublished. Although the language of the principal human rights instruments have remainedthesame,theirjudicialinterpretationhassignificantlyextended thefrontiersofhumandignityandfreedom.AsJusticeSachsobservedin the Constitutional Court of South Africa, ‘as the conditions of humanity alterandasideasofjusticeandequityevolve,sodoconceptsofrightstake on new texture and meaning’. This has been particularly evident in the developmentofthelawinrespectoftherighttolife,freedomfromtorture, freedomofexpression,freedomfromdiscrimination,therighttoprivacy andtherighttofamilylife. In this edition, the emphasis is on jurisprudence. Accordingly, in the introductorysection,thechapterdealingwiththeinternationalprotection ofhumanrightshasbeenreplacedwithoneontherighttoaremedy.Inthe sectionon substantive rights,manyof thechaptershavebeenextensively revised and re-written, drawing not only on the increasing volume of jurisprudence from international and regional human rights tribunals, but also on the judgments of superior courts of over a hundred states, from the Pacific to the Caribbean, through Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.Inthisenormousvolumeofcaselaw,onestrikingfeatureisthe recognitionoftheuniversalityofhumanrights–thecommonthreadthat bindsthemtogether. The re-writing of this book was interrupted, intermittently, during almosttwoyearsduetotheillnessofmywife,Sarojini.Sheinsisted,before shepassedaway,thatIshouldcompleteit.Iamextremelygratefulforthe patienceandkindnessextendedtomeduringthatdifficultperiodbyFinola O’Sullivan, the Executive Publisher of Law, and the encouragement that I since received from my two daughters, Nishana and Sharanya, which helpedmebringmytasktoanend. ix
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