CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS
World Conference on Human Rights and
Millennium Assembly
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
United Nations Millennium Declaration
The right of self-determination
United Nations Declaration on the Granting of
Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) of 14 December
1962, “Permanent sovereignty over natural resources”
International Convention against the Recruitment, Use,
Financing and Training of Mercenaries
Rights of indigenous peoples and
minorities
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989
(No. 169)
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to
National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
Prevention of discrimination
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)
Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
(CEDAW-OP)
Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in
Emergency and Armed Conflict
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence
against Women
Rights of the child
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child
pornography (CRC-OPSC)
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
(CRC-OPAC)
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
Rights of older persons
United Nations Principles for Older Persons
Rights of persons with disabilities
Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
International Convention on the Elimination of all
Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
Principles for the protection of persons with mental
illness and the improvement of mental health care
Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice
Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for
Persons with Disabilities
Convention against Discrimination in Education
Protocol Instituting a Conciliation and Good Offices
Commission to be responsible for seeking a settlement
of any disputes which may arise between States Parties
to the Convention against Discrimination in Education
Human rights in the administration of
justice: protection of persons subjected to
detention or imprisonment
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance
and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief
Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners
World Conference against Racism, 2001 (Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action)
Rights of women
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under
Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles
Deprived of their Liberty
Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being
Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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