RIGHT/OBLIGATION TREATY SOURCE The right not to be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment • • • • • • • • • • • 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 • • • • • • 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 • • • 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. • • • • • • The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health • • • • • • • 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. (continued on next page) COMMENTARY 55

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