Core Documents on European and International Human Rights 2018-19

Rhona Smith is Head of School and Professor at Newcastle University

Preface.- PART 1 GENERAL INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS.- UNITED NATIONS.- Charter of the United Nations Organisation 1945.- Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948.- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966.- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966.- REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS.- EUROPE.- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 (as amended by Protocols 11 and 14) (Council of Europe).- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 2000.- THE AMERICAS.- American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San Jose) 1969.- AFRICA.- African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights 1981.- LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES.- Arab Charter on Human Rights 2004.- ASIA (Association of South East Asian Nations - ASEAN).- ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights 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.- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 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.- UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education 1960.- ILO Convention No. 138 on minimum age 1973.- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984.- ILO Convention No. 182 Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour 1999.- Declaration on the Right to Development 1986.- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 2006.- REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON SPECIFIC RIGHTS.- EUROPE.- European Social Charter 1961.- 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 3 INSTRUMENTS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC GROUPS.- UNITED NATIONS.- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951.- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965.- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 1979.- 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.- 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.- 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.- Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence 2011.- Dublin Regulation (EU) Establishing the Criteria and Mechanisms for Determining the Member State Responsible for Examining an Application for International Protection Lodged in One of the Member States by a Third-Country National or a Stateless Person (recast).- 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 People's 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.- PART 4 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING MECHANISMS.- Constitution of the ILO (International Labour Organisation) 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 (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.- Index.