Covenant

1. a formal agreement to make an annual payment to charity

2. a formal sealed agreement

3. (Bible) God's promise to the Israelites and their commitment to worship him alone

2. Choose the right preposition in brackets according to the contents of the sentences (of, in, within, before, for, without, on, between, at).

1. … order to ensure that the human rights activities of the Council of Europe are known and promoted, a Human Rights Information centre has been established … the Organization.

2. … 29 June 1995 a new Human Rights Building … the Council of Europe was officially opened in Strasbourg.

3. A range of cases has come … the Strasbourg organs including the only interstate case to reach the European Court of Human Rights.

4. The UN Charter gives the Security Council primary responsibility … maintaining international peace and security.

5. The Council of Europe has taken steps... different levels in order to promote equality... women and men.

6. The International Covenants on Human Rights consist … three separate treaties.

7. Everyone … any discrimination has the right to equal pay for equal work (Art. 23 of the Universal Declaration).

8. The Covenant provides … the establishment of an international organ called the Human Rights Committee.

Substitute the words in italics with the words from the text.

6. International human rights law is considered a post-World War II fact.

7. The United Nations was set up by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international cooperation and collective security.

8. The United Nations has six nation bodies.

9. The Universal Declaration is the first comprehensive human rights document to be proclaimed by a universal international organization.

10. Enumeration of civil and political rights includes the right to life, liberty etc.

11. Latin American human rights rules are expressed in the Charter of the Organization of American States.

Write as many legal expressions with the word “right” as you can and make up sentences of your own with those expressions.

5.Complete the sentences with the words of the active vocabulary in an appropriate form.

1. … have become a subject of international concern.

2. The Council’s human rights system has its legal source in two treaties: the European Convention of Human Rights and the European Social …

3. The Charter … a catalog of economic and social rights.

4. Private petitions may be filed by “any person, non-governmental organization or group of individuals claiming to be the victim of a …

5. The Genocide Convention was … by the UN General Assembly on December 9, 1948.

6. The Universal Declaration is not a …

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