Core Documents on European & International Human Rights 2022-23

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