The InternationalCovenant on Civil and Political Rights: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance While the relationship between the State and the population living within its territory remained for a long time an internal affair of that State, the UN Charter internationalised this relationship for the first time in history by claiming that it is determined “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.”12 The Charter contains references to human rights in the Preamble, among the purposes of the Organization,13 and in several other provisions.14 Thus, since the inception of the UN, an individualist notion of human rights has become the Examples of Civil and Political Rights • • • • • • • • • • • • Right to life Equality before law and non-discrimination Freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention Freedom of assembly and association Freedom of movement Freedom of expression Right to effective judiciary Right to marriage and family Right to nationality Right to privacy Right to property Freedom of religion 12 Ibid. Article 1 of the Charter. 14 Articles 13, 55, 62 and 68 of the Charter. 13 23