INTD 200 Lecture Notes - European Social Charter, European Monetary Institute, European Development Fund

• School: McGill University
• Department: International Development
• Course: INTD 200
• Professor: Warren Allmand

Document Summary

Article 103: in the event of a conflict between the obligations of the members of the. Un under the present charter and their obligations under any other international agreement, their obligations under the un charter prevails (i. e. if a country member state of the un - joins another regional organization or ratify another treaty) Europe for human rights: council of europe (different from european union) 1950; 12 of european democracies set up council of europe. To this day, principle european human rights body and the best in the world (able to implement, enforce their standards better than un and other regional bodies). 37 state parties/members nearly total continent of europe. 1950; adopted european convention of human rights and came into force 1953 and that was before the international covenant on c&p and covenant on e,s&c rights. While un was a declaration, europe had a binding treaty on human rights.