Human Rights and Constitution Making

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This publication explores human rights in the context of constitution making. It notes the important role of participatory processes which should be designed to ensure that consultations with a wide variety of interest groups and vulnerable parts of the populations take place when a new constitution is drafted. It also focuses on what human rights and fundamental freedoms should be included in a constitution, including civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights. It addresses how the rights of women, children, the disabled, minorities and indigenous peoples can be expressed in a new constitution. Examples from over fifty different constitutions are used to illustrate how these rights can be expressed.

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Agency/Department
UN/Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Print ISBN
9789211542219
PDF ISBN
9789213622513
Print Publication Date
PDF Publication Date
Page Count
148
Print Sales Number
17.XIV.4

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