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Human rights instruments

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

declaration adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly

Convention on the Rights of the Child

international treaty about the rights of children

Paris Agreement

international agreement from 12 December 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020

European Convention on Human Rights

international treaty to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

treaty adopted by United Nations General Assembly in 1966

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

covenant adopted in 1966 by United Nations General Assembly resolution

Genocide Convention

1948 United Nations resolution which legally defined genocide

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

1998 international treaty establishing the International Criminal Court

Chemical Weapons Convention

international treaty banning chemical weapons

Emancipation Proclamation

executive order issued by president Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that freed southern slaves

international humanitarian law

set of rules which seek, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict

1951 United Nations treaty

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

United Nations resolution

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

set of civil, political and social rights enjoyed by European citizens in the European Union

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

international human rights instruments

Declaration by United Nations

European Social Charter

1961 Council of Europe treaty

Biological Weapons Convention

treaty banning production of bioweapons

international human rights law

body of international law designed to promote human rights

Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam

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

UN convention adopted in 1990

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

international human rights instrument

Yogyakarta Principles

set of principles relating to sexual orientation and gender identity issued 2006 and amended 2017 with limited official acceptance

Geneva Protocol

treaty prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons in international armed conflicts

American Convention on Human Rights

1969 international human rights instrument

human rights and climate change

framework for addressing climate change

universal jurisdiction

legal doctrine that some acts can be tried regardless of where they occurred, particularly applied to war crimes

Virginia Declaration of Rights

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

treaty of the United Nations

Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

human rights declaration

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

1966 United Nations treaty

International Bill of Human Rights

series of United Nations human rights instruments

Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism

a declaration signed on 3 June 2008

international human rights instrument

treaty or other international document aimed at protecting universal rights

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

1989 United Nations treaty

Edict of toleration

declaration made by a government or ruler on freedom of religion

Oration on the Dignity of Man

public discourse by Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

1954 United Nations treaty

Arab Charter on Human Rights

2004 multinational agreement

Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity

declaration adopted by UNESCO in 2001

Universal Periodic Review

mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council examining the human rights performance of all UN Member States

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine

Declaration of Montreal

document adopted by the International Conference on LGBT Human Rights outlining rights and freedoms pertaining to LGBT and intersex people

1920 Algerian Political Rights Petition

Algerian political petition

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Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

United Nations General Assembly resolution

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

2008 United Nations treaty

Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees

1967 United Nations treaty

Windhoek Declaration

Statement of press freedom principles by African newspaper journalists in 1991

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

1961 United Nations multilateral treaty

Istanbul Protocol

UN guidelines for the documentation of torture

Committee Against Torture

UN body of human rights experts

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

international human rights instruments

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

treaty and international human rights law

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man

laws intended to prevent the exploitation and mistreatment of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

ASEAN Human Rights Declaration

Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

1968 United Nations treaty

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 53/144

United Nations General Assembly resolution 53/144

Geneva Consensus Declaration

Anti-abortion declaration