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Conventions and Declarations

·         Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

·         International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)

·         International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights (1966)

·         International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights      (1966)

·         Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)

·         Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (General Assembly resolution 48/104 of 20 December 1993)

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

·         Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)

·         Declaration on the Right to Development (1986)

·         Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)

·         UN Convention to Combat Desertification (1994)

·         UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)

·         Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (1989) (or in cases when this has not been ratified, the Indigenous and Tribal Populations Convention of 1957).

·         Convention (1951) and Protocol (1967) relating to the Status of Refugees

·         Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961)

·         Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971)

·         United Nations Convention against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988)

·         United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols (2000)

·         United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)

 International labour instruments:

·         Forced Labour Convention (No. 29)  (1930)

·         Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention (No. 87) (1948)

·         Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention (No. 98) (1949)

·         Equal Remuneration Convention (No. 100)  (1951)

·         Abolition of Forced Labour Convention (No. 105) (1957)

·         Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention (No. 111)  (1958)

·         Minimum Age Convention (No. 138) (1973)

·         Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up (1998)

·         Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (No. 182)  (1999)

 International Conferences

·         World Summit for Children – New York 1990

·         World Conference on Environment and Development  - RIO 1992

·         International Conference on Nutrition – Rome 1992

·         World Conference on Human Rights – Vienna 1993

·         International Conference on Population and Development  - Cairo 1994

·         World Summit for Social Development – Copenhagen 1995

·         Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW) - Beijing 1995

·         Ninth Congress on the Prevention of Crime
and Treatment of Offenders (UNCPCTO) – Cairo 1995

·         Second UN Conference on Human Settlements – Istanbul 1996

·         World Food Summit – Rome 1996

·         Ninth Session of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD IX) – Medrand 1996

·         Amsterdam and Oslo Conferences on Child Labour (1997)

·         General Assembly Twentieth Special Session
on the World Drug Problem (GAD) – New York 1998

·         World Conference on Education For All - Dakar 2000

·         World Conference for Women (Beijing +5, 2000)

·         Tenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

·         Millennium Summit – New York 2000

·         UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS – New York 2001

·         World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance – Durban 2001

·         Yokohama Conference on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children - 2001

·         Istanbul+5: Reviewing and Appraising Progress Five Years After Habitat II – New York 2001 

·         International Conference on Financing for Development – Monterrey 2002

·         UN Special Session on Children – New York 2002

·         World Food Summit: Five Years Later - Rome 2002   

·         The World Summit on Sustainable Development – Johannesburg 2002

·         The World Summit on the Information Society, First Phase: Geneva, 10-12 December 2003
 

Observations and Recommendations of International Human Rights Mechanisms

• Treaty Bodies
• Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)

• Human Rights Committee (HRC),
• Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD),
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW),
• Committee Against Torture (CAT),
• Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC),
• Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, (CMW),
• Special procedures. For more information on the Special Procedures, visit OHCHR web page http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/index.htm.