The legal status of the UDHR in International law has engendered great debate and discourse. For years, scholars and authors alike have posited a myriad of theories regarding what many have described as a highly contentious subject. The purpose of this paper is to bring clarity to an issue that has befuddled and continues to befuddle students of law. The paper offers an intriguing and a multi-faceted approach to the enforceability of the UDHR on both the world domestic Ghanaian stages. It takes the reader through a refreshing description of basic concepts that encapsulate human rights and expatiates in conjunction with case law the legal effects of the UDHR from the Ghanaian perspective against an international backdrop.
Table of Contents
HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
MEANING OF HUMAN RIGHTS
THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN ENFORCING HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR)
THE ROLE OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN ENFORCING THE PROVISIONS OF UDHR
THE ROLE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ENFORCING PROVISIONS OF THE UDHR
THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (ICCPR) AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ICESCR)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AND THE UDHR
THE APPROACH OF MEMBER STATES TOWARDS UDHR; BINDING OR NOT BINDING
CONCLUSION
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
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- Kofi Kyere Asante (Autor), 2020, The legal Ramifications of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights under the International Human Rights Regime. An Overview, Múnich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/704047
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