C ONTENTS Page Note to users of the Compilation .................................................... iii Section I. THE INTERNATIONAL BILL OF HUMAN RIGHTS.... 1 3 1. 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights .............................. 1. 2. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights [excerpt] ................................................................ 11 1. 3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights [excerpt]............................................................................ 21 1. 3 (a) (a) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights [excerpt]............................... 35 1. 3 (b) Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty [excerpt] .................... 39 Section II. OTHER UNITED NATIONS TREATIES ..................... 41 1. 4. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination [excerpt]............................. 43 1. 5. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [excerpt] ................... 49 1. 5 (a) 1. 6. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women [excerpt] .......................................... 63 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [excerpt] ................................................ 55 v