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 Jose) 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 Belem Do Para 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
