Human Rights Committee, General Comment 29, States of Emergency (article 4), U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.11 (2001). 1. Article 4 of the Covenant is of paramount importance for the system of protection for human rights under the Covenant. On the one … Read more . . .
Human Rights Committee, General Comment 5, Article 4 (Thirteenth session, 1981). Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, U.N. Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.1 at 5 (1994) 1. Article 4 of the Covenant has posed a number … Read more . . .
Joan Fitzpatrick Human rights in crisis: the international system for protecting rights during states of emergency University of Pennsylvania Press 1994 … Read more . . .