Enforcement of Civil Servants’ Human Rights: An Overview
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Date
2013-03
Authors
Ratemo, Tom Junior
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Indian Journal of Law and Justice
Abstract
The universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law in the form of
treaties, customary international law, general principles and other sources of international
law2
. Both Kenya and India are signatories to three key United Nations backed Covenants
that promote human rights of civil servants and other individuals i.e., the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 [hereinafter referred to as UDHR]; the International
Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966 [hereinafter referred to as
ICESCR]; and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 19663
[hereinafter
referred to as ICCPR]
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. Apart from these Conventions, there are various constitutional and
legal provisions both in Kenya and India that promote and protect human rights of individual
in general and human rights of civil servants in particular. All these shall be comprehensively
analysed in this paper.
For the proper perception, this paper is divided into four parts. The first part is an
introductory part while the second part deals with the concept and meaning of the terms ‘civil
servant’ and ‘human rights’. The third segment incorporates constitutional and legal
provisions on civil servants’ human rights while the last part is reserved for conclusions
arrived at from the study
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Junior, R. T. (2013). Enforcement of Civil Servants' Human Rights: An Overview. Indian JL & Just., 4, 1.