PART ONE: GENERAL INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS UNITED NATIONS

Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice 1945

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2008

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty 1989

REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

EUROPE

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 (as amended by Protocols 11, 14 and 15) (Council of Europe)

Protocol to the ECHR 1952

Protocol No 4 to the ECHR, securing certain rights and freedoms other than those already included in the Convention and in the first Protocol thereto 1963

Protocol No 6 to the ECHR concerning the abolition of the death penalty 1983

Protocol No 7 to the ECHR 1998

Protocol No 12 to the ECHR 2000

Protocol No 13 to the ECHR, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances 2002

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 2000

THE AMERICAS

American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man 1948

American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José) 1969

Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Protocol of San Salvador) 1988

Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty

AFRICA

African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights 1981

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights 1998

LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES

Arab Charter on Human Rights 2004

ASIA (Association of Southeast Asian Nations - ASEAN)

ASEAN Human Rights Declaration 2012

PART 2: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON SPECIFIC RIGHTS

Slavery, Servitude, Forced Labour and Similar Institutions and Practices Convention 1926 as amended by the Protocol amending the Slavery Convention 1953

ILO Convention No 29 concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour 1930

ILO Convention No 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention 1948

ILO Convention No 98 on Rights to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention 1949

ILO Convention No 100 on Equal Remuneration 1950

ILO Convention No 105 on Abolition of Forced Labour 1957

ILO Convention No 111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) 1958

ILO Convention No 138 on minimum age 1973

ILO Convention No 182 Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour 1999

UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education 1960

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1948

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 2002

Declaration on the Right to Development 1986

International Health Regulations 2005

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006

REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON SPECIFIC RIGHTS

EUROPE

European Social Charter 1961

ESC Additional Protocol 1988

Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints 1995

European Social Charter (revised) 1996

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1987 (as amended)

THE AMERICAS

Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture 1985

Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons 1994

PART THREE: INSTRUMENTS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC GROUPS

UNITED NATIONS

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 1966

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 1999

Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief 1981

Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts 2000

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 2000

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure 2012

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 1990

Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities 1993

International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities 2006

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007

REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS

EUROPE

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages 1992

European Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 1995

Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence 2011

Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 on International Protection for Stateless and Third-Country Nationals

AFRICA

Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa 1969

African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa 2009

African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa 2016

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa 2018

THE AMERICAS

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women “Convention of Belém Do Parà” 1994

Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities 1999

Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and related forms of Intolerance 2013

Inter-American Convention against all forms of Discrimination and Intolerance 2013

PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING MECHANISMS

Constitution of the ILO (International Labour Organization) 1919 (extracts)

UNESCO Decision 104 Ex 3.3 (1978)

Human Rights Council, General Assembly Resolution 60/251 (2006)

General Assembly Resolution 65/281 (2011)

Human Rights Council Resolution 5/1 Institution-building of the United Nations Human Rights Council 2007

Human Rights Council Resolution 17/119 Follow-up to the Human Rights Council Resolution 16/21 with regard to the universal periodic review (2011)

Human Rights Council Resolution 5/2, Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-Holders of the Human Rights Council (2007)

Principles Relating to the Status of National Human Rights Institutions (Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 48/134 of 20 December 1993)

Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 1993

General Assembly Resolution 55/2. United Nations Millennium Declaration 2000

Sustainable Development Goals 2015

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

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