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BANGALORE PRINCIPLES

BANGALORE PRINCIPLES The Bangalore Principles were released as a summary of issues discussed at a Judicial Colloquium on "The Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms", held in Bangalore, India from 24 - 26 February 1988. Reprinted in Commonwealth Secretariat Developing Human Rights Jurisprudence vol 3 151 and in 1 African Journal of International and Comparative Law/RADIC (1989) 345 .... 1. Fundamental human rights and freedoms are inherent in all humankind and find expression in constitutions and legal systems throughout the world and in the international human rights instruments. 2. These international human rights instruments provide important guidance in cases concerning fundamental human rights and freedoms. 3. There is an impressive body of jurisprudence, both international and national, concerning the interpretation of particular human rights and freedoms and their application. This body of jurisprudence 's of practical relevance and value to judges and lawyers generally. 4. In most countries whose legal systems are based upon the common law, international conventions are not directly enforceable in national courts unless their provisions have been incorporated by legislation into domestic law. However, there is a growing tendency for national courts to have regard to these international norms for the purpose of deciding cases http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Human Rights Law in Africa Online Brill

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The Bangalore Principles were released as a summary of issues discussed at a Judicial Colloquium on "The Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms", held in Bangalore, India from 24 - 26 February 1988. Reprinted in Commonwealth Secretariat Developing Human Rights Jurisprudence vol 3 151 and in 1 African Journal of International and Comparative Law/RADIC (1989) 345 .... 1. Fundamental human rights and freedoms are inherent in all humankind and find expression in constitutions and legal systems throughout the world and in the international human rights instruments. 2. These international human rights instruments provide important guidance in cases concerning fundamental human rights and freedoms. 3. There is an impressive body of jurisprudence, both international and national, concerning the interpretation of particular human rights and freedoms and their application. This body of jurisprudence 's of practical relevance and value to judges and lawyers generally. 4. In most countries whose legal systems are based upon the common law, international conventions are not directly enforceable in national courts unless their provisions have been incorporated by legislation into domestic law. However, there is a growing tendency for national courts to have regard to these international norms for the purpose of deciding cases

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