Protecting human rights at international level

In this video, Professor De Schutter discusses the mechanisms for the protection of human rights at international level. He presents the main regional human rights mechanisms in existence, but focuses his presentation at the universal level of protection. Introducing this section of the course he distinguishes the UN Charter-based mechanisms from the treaty bodies established by the nine core UN human rights instruments. This video is part of section 8.0 of the International Human Rights Massive Open Online Course (www.edx.org/co....

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A serious violation of my rights began after i had been a victim of an unprovoked attack in my country. As the perpetrator was a much sought after individual, i was used by the state as a pawn to gain a result, namely a conviction against my attacker…. unfortunately for me this lead to serious repercussion m resulting in the loss of my job etc… The case want to the criminal high court we’re i was awarded.. however, after a conviction was obtained for the state, the perpetrator who was in breech of the court order was later allowed a hearing in the same court by the same judge to have the award struck out and i was immediately denied to appeal … I the victim denied my right to appeal while my offender was granted a hearing while in breech of said court order… since then continued injustice and i no longer trust the justice system! can i seek asylum so i can reveal the entire circumstances surrounding this great injustice ?