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Human rights considerations and the independent monitoring commission

The NIHRC has given careful consideration to the request from officials for advice as to the human rights standards to which the IMC should refer in the course of its operations. The NIHRC can address only the rights issues around the IMC and its proposed powers and functions, without reference to the desirability or otherwise of the IMC in political or security terms (except in so far as decisions in the latter arenas need to respect and secure human rights). Before referring to specific human rights provisions it is necessary to address some issues that could bear on the propriety of the NIHRC offering any advice.

human-rights-considerations-and-the-independent-monitoring-commission-march-2004.pdf