Volume I (First Part)

Introduction

xi

Foreword

xiii

A.

The International Bill of Human Rights

1.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1

2.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

7

3.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

17

4.

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

35

5.

Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

39

B.

World Conference and Millennium Assembly

6.

Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

43

7.

United Nations Millennium Declaration

69

C.

The Right of Self-determination

8.

United Nations Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

79

9.

General Assembly resolution 1803 (XVII) of 14 December 1962, "Permanent sovereignty over natural resources"

81

10.

International Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries

84

D.

Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Minorities

11.

Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)

91

12.

Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities

104

E.

Prevention of Discrimination

13.

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)

109

14.

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)

114

15.

International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination

118

16.

Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice

130

17.

Convention against Discrimination in Education

136

18.

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

142

19.

Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

150

F.

Rights of Women

20.

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

155

21.

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

167

22.

Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict

173

23.

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women

175

G.

Rights of the Child

24.

Convention on the Rights of the Child

181

25.

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

200

26.

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict

208

27.

Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)

214

28.

Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)

221

H.

Rights of Older Persons

29.

United Nations Principles for Older Persons

227

I.

Rights of Persons with Disabilities

30.

Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons

231

31.

Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons

233

32.

Principles for the protection of persons with mental illness and the improvement of mental health care

236

33.

Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities

248

J.

Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: Protection of Persons Subjected to Detention or Imprisonment

34.

Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners

273

35.

Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners

290

36.

Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment

291

37.

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty

300

38.

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

313

39.

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

315

40.

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

327

41.

Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

340

42.

Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

342

43.

Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty

345

44.

Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials

346

45.

Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials

351

46.

United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules)

356

47.

United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules)

365

48.

Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System

387

49.

United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines)

398

50.

Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power

407

51.

Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary

410

52.

Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers

413

53.

Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors

418

54.

Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions

423

55.

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

427

K.

Social Welfare, Progress and Development

56.

Declaration on Social Progress and Development

435

57.

Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition

446

58.

Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind

451

59.

Declaration on the Right of Peoples to Peace

453

60.

Declaration on the Right to Development

454

61.

Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights

459

62.

Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity

465

Volume I (Second Part)

L.

Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

63.

Principles relating to the status of national institutions (The Paris Principles)

469

64.

Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

473

M.

Marriage

65.

Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages

479

66.

Recommendation on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages

482

N.

Right to Health

67.

Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS

485

O.

Right to Work and to Fair Conditions of Employment

68.

Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122)

501

P.

Freedom of Association

69.

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)

505

70.

Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)

511

Q.

Slavery, Slavery-like Practices and Forced Labour

71.

Slavery Convention

517

72.

Protocol amending the Slavery Convention signed at Geneva on 25 September 1926

521

73.

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery

524

74.

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)

530

75.

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)

540

76.

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others

543

77.

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

551

R.

Rights of Migrants

78.

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

561

79.

Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

595

S.

Nationality, Statelessness, Asylum and Refugees

80.

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

609

81.

Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons

617

82.

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

629

83.

Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

643

84.

Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live

647

T.

War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, including Genocide

85.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

651

86.

Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity

655

87.

Principles of international co-operation in the detection, arrest, extradition and punishment of persons guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity

659

88.

Statute of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

661

89.

Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda

675

90.

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

689

U.

Humanitarian Law

91.

Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War

763

92.

Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War

825

93.

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)

880

94.

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)

937