UNDP-OHCHR TOOLKIT
SOURCES FOR COMPILING
THE GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS
Treaties and Other International Agreements
CAT: Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 10 Dec 1984
Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the
Diversity of Cultural Expressions 20 Oct 2005
CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 Nov 1989
Declaration on Cultural Diversity 20 Nov 2001
Fribourg Declaration 7 May 2007
ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights 16 Dec 1966
ICCPR-OP1: Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 16 Dec 1966
ICESCR: International Covenant on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights 16 Dec 1966
International Convention for the Protection of All
Persons from Enforced Disappearance 20 Dec 2006
Nairobi Declaration on the Administration of Justice
21-24 Oct 2008
OP-CAT Optional Protocol to the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment 18 Dec 2002
Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions
(The Paris Principles) 20 Dec 1993
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
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