Additional teaching tools

Human rights protections during times of emergency

Each of the United Nations and regional human rights systems have published a variety of tools which assist in the interpretation and enforcement of human rights protections during times of emergency. Some examples are:

• United Nations, Human Rights Committee (2001). CCPR General Comment No. 29: Article 4: Derogations during a State of Emergency. CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.11. 31 August.
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (2016). What is permissible and what is not when countering terrorism? UN experts welcome new African guidelines. 7 April.
• Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (2017). State of emergency: proportionality issues concerning derogations under Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights . AS/Jur 03. 27 February.
• European Court of Human Rights (2018). Terrorism and the European Convention on Human Rights: Factsheet . April.
• European Court of Human Rights (2018). Derogation in time of emergency: Factsheet . April.
• European Court of Human Rights (2018). Guide on Article 15 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Derogation in time of emergency . Updated on 30 April.
• European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) (2006). Opinion on Protection of Human Rights during States of Emergency . 4 April.
• European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) (2010) . Report on Counter-Terrorism Measures and Human Rights. Adopted by the Venice Commission at its 83rd Plenary Session. CDL-AD(2010)022. Section IV.
• African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (2015). Principles and Guidelines on Human and Peoples' Rights while Countering Terrorism in Africa . Adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights during its 56th Ordinary Session in Banjul, The Gambia (21 April - 7 May 2015).
• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2002). Report on Terrorism and Human Rights. OEA/SER.L/V/II.116, Doc. 5 rev. 1 corr. 22 October.

In addition, a number of national human rights commissions publish instructive reports, papers and so forth. See, e.g., National Human Rights Commission (India) (2009). Journal of the National Human Rights Commission , vol. 8.