2. 2
Rättsstaten – En handledning för politiker
• Rule of Law – A Guide for Politicians. A Guide elaborated under the auspices of
the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund
University, Sweden, and the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law
(HiiL), the Netherlands
• Ca 40 sidor. Finns på 23 språk
• Fritt tillgänglig på nätet
Länk: http://rwi.lu.se/what-we-do/academic-activities/rule-of-law-a-guide-for-politicians-2/
FN och rättsstaten
Resolution A/RES/67/1 of 24 September 2012: Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the
General Assembly on the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels
Länk: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/67/1
From resolution A/RES/67/1 of 24 September 2012
We reaffirm that human rights, the rule of law and democracy are interlinked and mutually
reinforcing and that they belong to the universal and indivisible core values and principles of
the United Nations. (para. 5)
Några hjälpmedel som kan användas vid ett ställningstagande
• Landets grundlag – finns regler om grundläggande fri och rättigheter?
• Medlem i FN?
• Medlem i andra organisationer?
• Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Vienna, 24 April 1963
• FN:s traktatregister – The UN Treaty Collection
• Status of treaties
The UN Treaty Collection – Examples of Chapter titles
• Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
• Privileges and Immunities, Diplomatic and Consular Relations, etc
• Human Rights
• Refugees and Stateless Persons
• Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
• Traffic in Persons
• Health
• International Trade and Development
• Transport and Communications
• Navigation
• Economic Statistics
• Educational and Cultural Matters
• Declaration of Death of Missing Persons
• Status of Women
• Freedom of Information
3. 3
• Penal Matters
• Commodities
• Maintenance Obligations
• Law of the Sea
• Commercial Arbitration
• Law of Treaties
• Outer Space
• Telecommunications
• Disarmament
• Environment
• Fiscal Matters
The UN Treaty Collection – Human Rights Treaties
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. 1948
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination. 1966
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 1966
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. 1966
• Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and
crimes against humanity. 1968
• International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of
Apartheid. 1973
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
1979
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment. 1984
• International Convention against Apartheid in Sports. 1985
• Convention on the Rights of the Child. 1989
• International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of their Families. 1990
• Agreement establishing the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples
of Latin America and the Caribbean. 1992
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 2006
• International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance. 2006
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Human Rights by Country – Information about the following elements:
Länk: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/AsiaRegion/Pages/MYIndex.aspx
• Status of Ratifications
• Reporting Status
• Standing invitation to Special Procedures
• Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
4. 4
The Rule of Law Index
Rule of Law Index – nio faktorer
Länk: http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/#grid
• Constraints on Government Powers
• Absence of Corruption
• Order and Security
• Fundamental Rights
• Open Government
• Regulatory Enforcement
• Civil Justice
• Criminal Justice
• Informal Justice
Sverige som exempel
Länk: http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/#grid
Malaysia som exempel
Länk: http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/#grid
(Spindeldiagrammaen fungerar så att ju närmare man kommer cirkelns ytterkant, desto
bättre är resultatet.)
5. 5
Transparency international 2015
Corruption Perceptions Index 2015
Rank Country/territory 2015 Score 2014 Score 2013 Score 2012 Score
1 Denmark 91 92 91 90
2 Finland 90 89 89 90
3 Sweden 89 87 89 88
4 New Zealand 88 91 91 90
5 Netherlands 87 83 83 84
5 Norway 87 86 86 85
7 Switzerland 86 86 85 86
Länk: https://www.transparency.org/cpi2015/
Results Table: https://www.transparency.org/cpi2015/#results-table
Transparency international – ämnen
Länk: https://www.transparency.org/topic/
Resonemang omkring frågeställningen
• Viktigt informera sig om landet i ett demokratiskt och rättsstatligt perspektiv
• Använd hjälpmedlen!
• Många stater är inte demokratier
• De måste ändå medverka i det internationella samarbetet
• Behovet av konsulär hjälp är generellt
• Vilka möjligheter kan uppdraget ge för att påverka den sändande staten?
• Vilket kontaktnät kan skapas?
• Tankeutbyte med kolleger
• Låt oss nu diskutera frågeställningen inom CC-akademien!
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