RIGHT/OBLIGATION
TREATY SOURCE
The right not to be
subjected to torture, cruel,
inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 5;
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 7;
Convention against Torture;
Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 37;
Migrant Workers Convention, article 10;
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, article 15;
European Convention on Human Rights, article 3;
American Convention on Human Rights, article 5;
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, article 5;
Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, article 4.
Non-treaty source: Declaration on the Human Rights of
Individuals who are not Nationals of the Country in which They
Live, article 6.
The right to associate
freely
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 20;
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 22;
Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 15;
European Convention on Human Rights, article 11;
American Convention on Human Rights, article 16;
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, article 10.
The right to freedom of
movement
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 13;
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 12;
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, article 15 (4);
Migrant Workers Convention, article 8;
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, article 18;
European Convention on Human Rights, article 3;
American Convention on Human Rights, article 12;
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, article 12;
Refugee Convention, article 23.
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The right to the highest
attainable standard of
physical and mental health
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
article 12;
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, article 12;
Migrant Workers Convention, article 28;
Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 24;
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, article 15;
European Social Charter, article 11;
Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, article 14.
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