Sexual Orientation and Human Rights: The United States Constitution, the European Convention, and the Canadian Charter - Tapa blanda

Wintemute, Robert

 
9780198264880: Sexual Orientation and Human Rights: The United States Constitution, the European Convention, and the Canadian Charter
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ISBN 10: 0198264887 ISBN 13: 9780198264880
Editorial: Oxford University Press, USA, 1997

Sinopsis

Lesbian and gay rights are human rights! Is this just a political slogan to be chanted outside legislatures, or are there legal arguments to support the claim that the right to be free from sexual orientation discrimination is a human right? In particular, can national constitutions or international human rights treaties be interpreted as prohibiting discrimination against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals? Robert Wintemute attempts to answer these questions by examining three of the most commonly used arguments in favor of such an interpretation: sexual orientation is an "immutable status" sexual orientation is a "fundamental choice" (or part of "privacy"), and sexual orientation discrimination is sex discrimination. To assess their merits, he looks at the relative success and failure in cases argued under three of the world's most influential human rights instruments: the United States Constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He also considers the potential impact of the United Nations Human Rights Committee's recent interpretation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Toonen v. Australia.

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Robert Wintemute has been a lecturer in the School of Law, King's College, University of London, since 1991.


Robert Wintemute has been a Lecturer in the School of Law at King's College, University of London since 1991.

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'Lesbian and gay rights are human rights!' Is this just a political slogan to be chanted outside legislatures? Or are there legal arguments to support the claim that the right to be free from sexual orientation discrimination is a human right? In particular, can national constitutions and international human rights treaties be interpreted as prohibiting discrimination against same-sex activity, gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals, and same-sex couples? Robert Wintemute attempts to answer these questions by examining three of the most commonly used arguments in favour of such an interpretation: sexual orientation is an 'immutable status', sexual orientation is a 'fundamental choice' or part of 'privacy', and sexual orientation discrimination is sex discrimination. To assess the merits of these arguments, he looks at their relative success and failure in cases argued under three of the world's most influential human rights instruments: the United States Constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He also considers the potential impact of the United Nations Human Rights Committee's recent interpretation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Toonen v. Australia.

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Editorial
Oxford University Press, USA
Año de publicación
1997
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0198264887
ISBN 13 
9780198264880
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Número de páginas
336
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