Core Documents on European and International Human Rights 2020-21

Rhona Smith is Professor of International Human Rights at Newcastle Law School

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 José) 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
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 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 Belém Do Parà” 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
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