Prawa obywatelskie i polityczne a prawa gospodarcze, społeczne i kulturalne – porównanie międzynarodowych systemów ochrony (na przykładzie Organizacji Narodów Zjednoczonych i Rady Europy)

Praca poświęcona jest analizie porównawczej systemów ochrony praw człowieka. Celami pracy było ustaleniu podobieństw i różnic pomiędzy mechanizmami ochrony praw obywatelskich i politycznych oraz mechanizmami ochrony praw gospodarczych, społecznych i kulturalnych w prawie międzynarodowym na podstawie umów przyjętych na forum ONZ o wymiarze uniwersalnym i w systemie Rady Europy o wymiarze regionalnym oraz sprawdzenie, czy systemy te realizują ideę niepodzielności praw człowieka, zapewniając skuteczną ochronę tym prawom, niezależnie od kategorii, do której zostały one przypisane.

The doctoral thesis is a comparative analysis of the human rights protection systems. The objective of this study was to determine the similarities and differences between the protection mechanisms of civil and political rights and the protection mechanisms of economic, social and cultural rights in international law on the basis of the treaties adopted under the auspices of the United Nations (representing the universal dimension) and the Council of Europe (representing the regional dimension) to ascertain whether those systems implement the concept of indivisibility of human rights and are sufficient to ensure effective protection of those rights, regardless of the category to which they have been assigned. The comparison covers four systems of protection, two of them dedicated to protect civil and political rights: - The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights singed on 16th December 1966; - The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms singed on 4th November 1950; and further two to protect economic, social and cultural rights: - the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights singed on 16th December 1966; - the European Social Charter singed on 18th October 1961 and the Revised European Social Charter signed on 3rd May 1996; The abovementioned treaties were selected as the subject of analysis due to the fact that they represent, respectively, the universal dimension and the regional dimension, which should together create a coherent system in order to guarantee the effective protection of human rights. The doctoral thesis includes chapters on the following issues: the genesis of the protection systems within the UN and the Council of Europe, an analysis of state obligations arising from UN human rights treaties, an analysis of the protection mechanisms established in the system of UN, an analysis of state obligations arising from Council of Europe treaties, an analysis of protection mechanisms set up under the Council of Europe treaties.