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==Human Rights Declarations== | ==Human Rights Declarations== | ||
===The United States [[Declaration of Independence]] ( | ===The United States [[Declaration of Independence]] (1776)=== | ||
===The French Declaration of the Rights of Man=== | ===The French Declaration of the Rights of Man (1798)=== | ||
===The [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]=== | ===The [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] (1948)=== | ||
Besides listing a wide range of freedoms and entitlements, the Declaration<ref>[http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/2007/hrphotos/declaration%20_eng.pdf Universal Declaration of Human Rights]</ref> deals with implementation by the requirement that "Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law." | Besides listing a wide range of freedoms and entitlements, the Declaration<ref>[http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/2007/hrphotos/declaration%20_eng.pdf Universal Declaration of Human Rights]</ref> deals with implementation by the requirement that "Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law." | ||
===The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam=== | ===The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990)=== | ||
The Cairo declaration <ref>[http://www.oic-oci.org/english/article/human.htm ''The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam'', Organization of the Islamic Conference, 1990]</ref> was signed by the member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in 1990. | The Cairo declaration <ref>[http://www.oic-oci.org/english/article/human.htm ''The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam'', Organization of the Islamic Conference, 1990]</ref> was signed by the member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in 1990. | ||
===The Bangkok Declaration=== | ===The Bangkok Declaration (1993) === | ||
The Bangkok declaration<ref>[http://law.hku.hk/lawgovtsociety/Bangkok%20Declaration.htm ''The Bangkok Declaration'', 1993]</ref> | The Bangkok declaration<ref>[http://law.hku.hk/lawgovtsociety/Bangkok%20Declaration.htm ''The Bangkok Declaration'', 1993]</ref> | ||
===The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action(1993)=== | |||
<ref>[http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/%28symbol%29/a.conf.157.23.en ''Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action'' United Nations General Assembly, 1993]</ref>. | |||
==Human Rights Instruments== | ==Human Rights Instruments== | ||
Revision as of 04:33, 8 August 2012
Human Rights Declarations
The United States Declaration of Independence (1776)
The French Declaration of the Rights of Man (1798)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Besides listing a wide range of freedoms and entitlements, the Declaration[1] deals with implementation by the requirement that "Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law."
The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (1990)
The Cairo declaration [2] was signed by the member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in 1990.
The Bangkok Declaration (1993)
The Bangkok declaration[3]
The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action(1993)
[4].
Human Rights Instruments
United Nations human rights treaties
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Diaabilities
- International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance