CHAPTER 4 RIGHT TO PERSONAL LIBERTY International and Regional Legal Instruments Protecting the Right to Personal Liberty YEAR OF LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ADOPTION PARTIES TO THE TREATY 1950 EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 47 1966 INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS 173 1969 AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 25 1981 AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS 54 1985 UN STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE 1988 BODY OF PRINCIPLES FOR THE PROTECTION OF ALL PERSONS UNDER ANY FORM OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT 1989 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD 196 1990 AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD 48 1990 UN RULES FOR THE PROTECTION OF JUVENILES 1990 UN GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVENTION OF 1991 UN STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR 1997 GUIDELINES FOR ACTION ON CHILDREN IN THE 2002 OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE 90 2004 ARAB CHARTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS 14 2006 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 180 2009 UN GUIDELINES FOR THE ALTERNATIVE CARE OF CHILDREN 2015 UN STANDARD MINIMUM RULES FOR THE SOFT LAW HARD LAW 66