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8 - Category V

Discrimination on Protected Grounds

from Part III. - Case Jurisprudence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2019

Jared Genser
Jared Genser
Affiliation:
Georgetown University Law Center
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When the deprivation of liberty constitutes a violation of the international law for reasons of discrimination based on birth, national, ethnic or social origin, language, religion, economic condition, political or other opinion, gender, sexual orientation, disability or other status, that aims towards or can result in ignoring the equality of human rights.1

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discriminationbirthnationalethnicsocial originreligionpolitical opinioneconomic conditiondisabilitysexual orientation
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The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Commentary and Guide to Practice
 , pp. 425 - 442
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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  • Category V
  • Jared Genser
  • Book: The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
  • Online publication: 20 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139540711.010
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  • Category V
  • Jared Genser
  • Book: The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
  • Online publication: 20 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139540711.010
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  • Category V
  • Jared Genser
  • Book: The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
  • Online publication: 20 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139540711.010
Available formats
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