PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION AS AN IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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https://doi.org/10.32689/2617-9660-2020-5(11)-86-122Keywords:
prohibition, discrimination, international treaties, constitutional principle, human rights.Abstract
The article reveals the prohibition of discrimination as an important international and constitutional principle in the field of human rights. It is stated that the prohibition of any discrimination is an integral part of the legal status of a person and a citizen. It is noted that the term «discrimination» in general can be formulated as an unjustified restriction in the rights and freedoms of one person or group of persons compared to the rights and freedoms of another person or group of persons. It is noted that in the history of universal human rights in the world, discrimination has long acquired such meaningful connotations as antagonism, exclusion, selectivity, isolation, difference, hostility, vulnerability, oppression, persecution, denial, superiority, ignoring, inferiority, harassment, incitement, rejection, hostility, injustice, intolerance, intolerance, intolerance, inequality, neglect, limitation, superiority, persecution, oppression, repression, humiliation, discrimination, prejudice and oppression. At the same time, humanity has already managed to go through such extreme forms of discrimination in various countries as anti-Semitism, apartheid, genocide, the Holocaust, xenophobia, Nazism, racism, segregation, fascism, chauvinism, and this is a far from exhaustive list. The author emphasizes that despite the worldwide condemnation of the above extreme forms of discrimination, their terrible and tragic consequences, they still continue to take place in the modern world due to various neo-interpretations and continue to sow hatred, fear and discord between different groups. It is concluded that the establishment of an international prohibition of discrimination in certain spheres of public life is not without three main shortcomings, which in turn in some way undermine the credibility of the international human rights mechanism. First, the international prohibition of discrimination in certain spheres of public life is usually carried out ex post facto, when humanity has already faced the terrible consequences of such discrimination, and only on this basis is the international response to prevent similar cases in the future. Secondly, the response of the international community to the existing facts of discrimination in certain spheres of public life is a rather slow, cumbersome and bureaucratized process, as a result of which it will take decades to implement a certain international prohibition of discrimination in certain spheres of public life. human life is quite long. Third, in international practice there are numerous cases when the obstacle to the establishment of an international prohibition of discrimination in certain spheres of public life is the geopolitical interests of the world’s leading states, which in the hierarchy of international politics are above universal values, resulting in real declarative action. «Deep concern» about certain manifestations of discrimination that should be eliminated immediately in the world.
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