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Charter of the United Nations

Charter of the United Nations. United Nations Conference on Internatioanl Organization, 26Jun45

The International Bill of Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights. General Assembly Resolution 217 A (III), 10Dec48 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. General Assembly Resolution 2200 A (XXI), 16dDec66 General Comments Adopted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights HRI/GEN/1/Rev.9 (Vol.I), 27May08 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. General Assembly Resolution 2200 A (XXI), 16Dec66 Human Rights Committee General Comment No. 34 on Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights CCPR/C/GC/34, 21Jul11 General Comments Adopted by the Human Rights Committee HRI/GEN/1/Rev.9 (Vol.I), 27May08 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. General Assembly Resolution 2200 A (XXI), 16Dec66 The Human Rights Committee General Comment No. 33 on the Obligations of States Parties under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights CCPR/C/GC/33, 05Nov08 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. General Assembly Resolution 44/128, 15Dec89

Universal Human Rights Instruments

Acronym Instrument Monitoring Body Date ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 21Dec65 ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Human Rights Committee (HRC) 16Dec66 ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 16Dec66 CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 18Dec79 CAT Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Committee against Torture (CAT) 10Dec84 CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 20Nov89 ICRMW International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) 18Dec90 CPED International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Committee on Enforced Disappearance (CED) 20Dec06 ICRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 13Dec06 ICCPR-OP1 Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Human Rights Committee (HRC) 16Dec66 ICCPR-OP2 Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Human Rights Committee (HRC) 15Dec89 OP-CEDAW Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 06Oct99 OP-CRC-AC Optional Protocol on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 25May00 OP-CRC-SC Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 25May00 OP-CAT Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Committee against Torture (CAT) 18Dec02 OP-CRPD Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 12Dec06 ICESCR-OP Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 10Dec08

World Conference on Human Rights and Millennium Assembly

Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, A/CONF.157/23, 12Jun93 United Nations Millenium Declaration. General Assembly, A/RES/55/2, 13Sep00

The Right of Self-Determination

Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV), 14Dec60 General Assembly Resolution "Permanent sovereignty over natural resources". General Assembly Resolution 1803 (XVII), 14Dec62 International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries. General Assembly Resolution 44/34, 04Dec89 Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. General Assembly Resolution A/RES/61/295, 13Sep07 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169). General Conference of the International Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 27Jun89 Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities. General Assembly Resolution 47/135, 18Dec92 Prevention of Discrimination Equal Remuneration Convention. General Conference of the International Conference of the International Labour Organisation 34th session, 29Jun51 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111). General Conference of the International Conference of the International Labour Organisation 42nd session, 25Jun58 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. General Assembly Resolution 2106 A (XX), 21Dec65 General Recommendations Adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination HRI/GEN/1/Rev.9 (Vol.I), 27May08 Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice. UNESCO General Conference 20th session, 27Nov78 Convention against Discrimination in Education. UNESCO General Conference, 14Dec60 Protocol Instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices Commission to be responsible for seeking a settlement of any disputes which may arise between States Parties to the Convention against Discrimination in Education. UNESCO General Conference, 10Dec62 Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. General Assembly Resolution 36/55, 25Nov81 World Conference against Racism, 2001 (Durban Declaration and Programme of Action). World Conference, Durban, South Africa, 08Sep01 Rights of Women Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. General Assembly Resolution 34/180, 18Dec79 General Recommendations Adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women HRI/GEN/1/Rev.9 (Vol.II), 27May08 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. General Assembly Resolution A/54/4, 06Oct99 Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflicts. General Assembly Resolution 3318 (XXIX), 14Dec74 Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. General Assembly Resolution 48/104, 20Dec93 Rights of the Child Convention on the Rights of the Child. General Assembly Resolution 44/25, 20Nov89 General Comments Adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) HRI/GEN/1/Rev.9 (Vol.II), 27May08 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (CRC-OPSC). General Assembly Resolution 54/263, 25May00 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (CRC-OPAC). General Assembly Resolution A/RES/54/263, 25May00 Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138). General Conference of the International Labour Organisation 58th session, 26Jun73 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 192). General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, 17Jun99 Rights of Older Persons United Nations Principles for Older Persons. General Assembly Resolution 46/91, 16Dec91 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Declaration of Mentally Retarded Persons. General Assembly Resolution 2856 (XXVI), 20Dec71 Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons. General Assembly Resolution 3447 (XXX), 09Dec75 Principles for the Proteection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care. General Assembly Resolution 46/119, 17Dec91 Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities. General Assembly Resolution 48/96, 04Mar94 Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: Protection of Persons Subjected to Detention Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. Economic and Social Council Resolutions 663C (XXIV), 31Jul57 and 2076(LXII), 13May77 Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners. General Assembly Resolution 45/111, 14Dec90 Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment. General Assembly Resolution 43/173, 09Dec88 United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty. General Assembly Resolution 45/113, 14Dec90 Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumn or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. General Assembly Resolution 3452 (XXX), 09Dec75 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. General Assembly Resolution 39/46, 10Dec84 General Comments Adopted by the Committee Against Torture HRI/GEN/1/Rev.9 (Vol.II), 27May08 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment. General Assembly, A/RES/57/199, 18Dec02 Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. General Assembly Resolution 55/89 Anexo, 04Dec00 Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of those Facing the Death Penalty. Economic and Social Council Resolution 1984/50, 25May84 Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials. General Assembly Resolution 34/169, 17Dec79 Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials. 8th UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 07Sep90 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures. General Assembly Resolution 45/110, 14Dec90 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules). General Assembly Resolution 40/33, 28Nov85 United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines). General Assembly Resolution 45/112, 14Dec90 Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power. General Assembly Resolution 40/34, 29Nov85 Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary. General Assembly Resolution 40/32, 29Nov85 y 40/146, 13Dec85 Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers. 8th UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 07Sep90 Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors. 8th UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Havana, Cuba, 07Sep90 Principleson the Effective Prevention and Investgation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions. Economic and Social Council Resolution 1989/65, 24May89 Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. General Assembly Resolution 47/133, 12Feb93 Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation. General Assembly Resolution 60/147, 16Dec05 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. General Assembly Resolution 61/177, 12Jan07 Social Welfare, Progress and Development Declaration on Social Progress and Development. General Assembly Resolution 2542 (XXIV), 11Dec69 Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition. General Assembly Resolution 3348 (XXIX), 17Dec74 Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind. General Assembly Resolution 3384 (XXX), 10Nov75 Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace. General Assembly Resolution 39/11, 12Nov84 Declaration on the Right to Development. General Assembly Resolution 41/128, 04Dec86 Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights. General Assembly Resolution 53/152, 09Dec98 Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity. UNESCO General Conference 31st session, 02Nov01 Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Principles relating to the status of national institutions (The Paris Principles). General Assembly Resolution 48/134, 04Mar94 Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. General Assembly Resolution 53/144, 08Mar99 Marriage Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages. General Assembly Resolution 1763 A (XVII), 07Nov62 Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages. General Assembly Resolution 2018 (XX), 01Nov65 Right to Health Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. General Assembly Resolution S-26/2, 02Aug01 Right to Work and to Fair Conditions of Employment Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (Nş122). General Conference on the International Labour Organisation 48th session, 09Jul64 Freedom of Association Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87). General Conference of the International Labour Organisation 31st session, 09Jul48 Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) . General Conference of the International Labour Organisation 32nd session, 18Jun49 Slavery, Slavery-like Practices and Forced Labour Slavery Convention. Geneva, Switzerland, 25Sep26 Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926. General Assembly Resolution 794 (VIII), 23Oct53 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery. Conference of Plenipotenciaries, Geneva, Switzerland, 30Apr56 Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29). General Conference of the International Labour Organisation 14th session, 28Jun30 Abolition of Forced Labour, 1957 (No. 105). General Conference of the International Labour Organisation 40th session, 25Jun57 Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. General Assembly Resolution 317 (IV), 02Dec49 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crimes. General Assembly Resolution 55/25, 15Nov00 Rights of Migrants International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. General Assembly Resolution 45/158, 18Dec90 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. General Assembly Resolution 55/25, 15Nov00 Nationality, Statelessness, Asylum and Refugees Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. Conference of Plenipotenciaries, 30Aug61 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. Conference of Plenipotenciaries, Resolution 526 A (XVII), 28Sep54 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Conference of Plenipotenciaries, 28Jul51 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. 18Nov66 Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live. General Assembly Resolution 40/144, 13Dec85 War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, Including Genocide Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crimes of Genocide. General Assembly Resolution 260 A (III), 09Dec48 Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. General Assembly Resolution 2391 (XXIII), 26Nov68 Principles of International Cooperation in the Detection, Arrest, Extradition and Punishment of Persons Guilty of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. General Assembly Resolution 3074 (XXVIII), 03Dec73 Statute of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Security Council Resolution 827 (1993), 25May93 Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda. Security Council Resolution 955 (1994), 08Nov94 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. UN Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries, 17Jul98 Humanitarian Law Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Diplomatic Conference, 12Aug49 Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked members of Armed Forces at Sea. Diplomatic Conference, 12Aug49 Geneva Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War). Diplomatic Conference, 12Aug49 Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Diplomatic Conference, 12Aug49 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I). Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts, 08Jun77 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II). Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts, 08Jun77 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III). Diplomatic Conference, 08Dec05 International Human Rights Treaties