Human Rights Commissions and Ombudsman Offices: National Experiences throughout the WorldKamel Hossain, Leonard F.M. Besselink, Haile Selassie Gebre Selassie, Edmond Völker BRILL, 2021 M10 18 - 896 pages This volume reflects the findings of a conference organized in preparation of setting up a national human rights commission and ombudsman institution in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The meeting assembled experts in the field of the protection and promotion of human rights, and of the problems of countries in transition from a non-democratic system, characterized by gross violations of human rights, towards a democratic system based on the rule of law and respect for human rights. The book analyses the functioning of national human rights commissions and ombudsman institutions in 23 different countries, by means of country report written in the main by members of these institutions themselves and containing an assessment of their experience. Many offer relevant constitutional and legislative provisions as well. This volume thus forms a unique collection of materials dealing with national human rights commissions and ombudsman offices. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Contextualizing the Establishment of the Institutions of Human Rights Protection in Ethiopia | 7 |
Background Papers and Special Topics | 37 |
National Institutions for the Protection of Fundamental Rights | 153 |
Other editions - View all
Human Rights Commissions and Ombudsman Offices: National Experiences ... Kamal Hossain Limited preview - 2000 |
Common terms and phrases
Act of Parliament action activities administrative Africa alleged apply appointed Article authority body Cambodia Chairperson civil Commissioner Committee competent complaint concerned conduct Constitution Council countries Court decision Defender Defensor del Pueblo Deputy discrimination discriminatory documents duties effective employer employment equity enforcement ensure established Ethiopia exercise Federal functions fundamental groups Human Rights Commission human rights institutions human rights organizations independence individual inquiry Inspector-General international humanitarian law investigation issue judicial jurisdiction Justice Khmer Rouge Landesvolksanwalt legislation Malawi matter Minister Namibia National Commission National Human Rights National Ombudsman NGOs Nigeria Northern Ireland Ombudsman Act Ombudsman institution paragraph Parliament parliamentary ombudsman performance person Pol Pot police political powers practice President procedure proceedings promote protection of human Public Protector recommendations referred regulations relation relevant respect rights and freedoms Riksdag rule Secretary staff submit subsection tion Tribunal Uganda violations of human Vorarlberg Zambia